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Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 27 Feb 2008 [PDF]
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• PRESS CONFERENCE: Operational Update: Maj. Gen. Bergner, Mr. Reeker, Feb. 27, 2008 MNF-I 27 Feb 2008
• Feb. 26 airpower summary: B-1Bs destroy Taliban check point AFPN 27 Feb 2008
• Iraqi, Coalition Forces Capture Suspected Terrorists AFPS 27 Feb 2008 -- Iraqi and coalition forces throughout Iraq have killed and captured several terrorists over the past several days.

Deployments

• Vice President Welcomes 1st Cavalry Division Home Army News 27 Feb 2008 -- Vice President Richard B. Cheney visited Fort Hood Feb. 26 to welcome home a roaring crowd of about 9,000 troopers from the 1st Cavalry Division and he credited the recent progress in Iraq to hard work by the Soldiers.

US Policy

• Quicker is Better for Turkish Military Operations in Iraq, Gates Says AFPS 27 Feb 2008 -- Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates landed in Turkey today with the message for the country's leaders that sooner is better for wrapping up Turkish military operations in northern Iraq.
• US Defense Chief to Tell Turkey to Quickly Conclude Iraq Military Operation VOA 27 Feb 2008 -- U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says he will tell Turkish leaders that they must conclude their military operation in northern Iraq within the next two weeks.
• US Senate Resumes Debate on Iraq VOA 27 Feb 2008 -- A bill to cut off funding for the Iraq war survived a procedural vote in the U.S. Senate Tuesday
• US Congressional Panel Considers Iraqi Refugee Problem VOA 27 Feb 2008 -- In testimony to a congressional committee, a United Nations official has expressed renewed concern about conditions facing Iraqi refugees who have fled to neighboring countries

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• Iraq's Presidential Council Rejects Provincial Election Law VOA 27 Feb 2008 -- Iraq's presidential council has rejected a law setting up provincial elections and returned the measure to Parliament for further discussion.
• Iraqi Air Force King Air Pilots Get Airborne AFPS 27 Feb 2008 -- The Iraqi air force's 3rd Squadron here recently took another step on the path to establish a fully functioning airpower capability as Iraqi pilots took the controls of a King Air 350 for the first time.
• EGYPT: High rates of trauma, sickness among Iraqi refugees IRIN 27 Feb 2008 -- Many of the estimated 70,000-150,000 Iraqi refugees in Egypt have developed serious psychological and stress-related illnesses, including cardiac problems, according to Ahlam Tobia, a medical doctor who works with refugees in Cairo.

Foreign Reactions

• Pressure Increases on Turkey to End Iraq Incursion VOA 27 Feb 2008 -- Turkey is continuing to send its forces into northern Iraq, in an operation against Kurdish rebels
• Turkish troops to stay put in N. Iraq until Kurd threat removed RIA Novosti 27 Feb 2008 -- The Turkish Army will set no timeline on the withdrawal of its troops from northern Iraq until the Kurdish separatist threat has been eliminated, a Turkish government spokesman said on Wednesday.

News Reports

• Shiite Pilgrims Attacked; Iraq Rejects Provincial Election Law VOA 27 Feb 2008 -- Another Shiite pilgrim has been killed in Iraq as millions of Shiites gathered for an annual religious commemoration