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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 19 Feb 2008 [PDF]
• MND-B Soldiers attacked by IED
• Feb. 18 airpower summary: weapons loaders arm the fleet AFPN 19 Feb 2008
• Troops in Iraq Kill Nine, Capture 56, Destroy Terrorist Hideouts AFPS 19 Feb 2008 -- Coalition and Iraqi forces killed nine suspected terrorists, detained 56 others and destroyed terrorist safe havens and training grounds in Iraq over the past four days, military officials said.
• US Military Says al-Qaida Tactics in Iraq Show Desperation VOA 19 Feb 2008 -- The U.S. military says the tactics used by al-Qaida in Iraq, including the use of women and mentally impaired suicide bombers shows how desperate the terrorist network is
• New Iraq Operation Targets Dwindling Insurgent Forces AFPS 19 Feb 2008 -- Multinational Division Center forces in Iraq began pursuit of remaining insurgent elements near Salman Pak with the Feb. 15 kickoff of Operation Marne Grand Slam.
• Longest Road Project in Iraq Marks Security Success AFPS 19 Feb 2008 -- Uranium Road, which runs from Hit to Asad, is getting a $29.6 million makeover in the longest road project by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Iraq.
• Reduced Violence, Economic Progress Mark Fardh al-Qanoon Anniversary AFPS 19 Feb 2008 -- Coalition troops and Iraqi security forces marked the one-year anniversary of Operation Fardh al-Qanoon over the weekend in an environment of reduced violence and forward momentum on both the political and economic fronts, a Multinational Force Iraq spokesman told Baghdad reporters.

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• Draft dossier prompts new calls for Iraq war inquiry IRNA 19 Feb 2008 -- Britain's two main opposition parties have led renewed calls into a fully independent inquiry into the Iraq war following the belated publication of an initial draft of the government's discredit dossier on Saddam Hussein's arms threat.

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• Iraq: Will Al-Sadr Extend Militia Cease-Fire? RFE/RL 19 Feb 2008 -- In August 2007, the militia loyal to radical Shi'ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr clashed with Iraqi police in the Shi'ite holy city of Karbala during a religious festival, leaving over 50 people dead
• IRAQ: No solution in sight for Palestinian refugees stranded at border IRIN 19 Feb 2008 -- Palestinian refugees trapped in three makeshift camps along the Iraqi-Syrian border are living in very precarious conditions and their situation is deteriorating by the day, a senior Palestinian diplomat said on 18 February.