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Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 20 Feb 2008 [PDF]
• DoD Identifies Army Casualties
• MND-N Soldiers attacked in Ninevah Province (Mosul)
• Multi-National Division - Center Soldier attacked by IED
• Operational Update: Rear Adm. Smith MNF-I 20 Feb 2008 -- Rear Adm. Gregory Smith, director of MNF-I's Communication Division, provides an operational update, Feb. 20.
• Troops in Iraq Identify Slain Terrorist, Rescue Civilian, Destroy Bombs AFPS 20 Feb 2008 -- Iraqi and coalition troops identified a slain terrorist, rescued a kidnapped civilian and destroyed a munitions cache in Iraq over the past three days.
• Al Qaeda in Iraq Leaders Killed or Captured, But Threat Continues AFPS 20 Feb 2008 -- Coalition forces in recent days have killed or captured three terrorist leaders responsible for planning or conducting attacks in Iraq or supplying other terrorists with supplies or training to attack, a Multinational Force Iraq spokesman reported today.

Deployments

• Nassau Strike Group Deploys Navy NewsStand 20 Feb 2008 -- The Nassau Strike Group (NASSG), with its more than 2,800 Sailors and Marines, deployed Feb. 19-20 for a regularly scheduled deployment to the Navy's 5th and 6th Fleet areas of operation in support of Maritime Security Operations (MSO).

US Policy

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• IRAQ: Government moves to curb suicide bombings IRIN 20 Feb 2008 -- The Iraqi police are to start rounding up beggars, mentally disabled persons and others living on the streets to prevent them from being used by militant groups in suicide attacks, the Interior Ministry said on 19 February.
• Iraq Launches Campaign to Halt Use of Mentally Disabled in Bombings VOA 20 Feb 2008 -- Iraq's Interior Ministry says it has ordered police to detain beggars, homeless and mentally disabled people from the streets of Baghdad to prevent insurgents from using them as unwitting suicide bombers.

Foreign Reactions

News Reports

• Cordesman: U.S. Making 'Major' Security Gains in Iraq but Needs to Stay for Years to Come cfr.org 20 Feb 2008