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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 04 Mar 2008 [PDF]
• Transcript: DoD News Briefing with Lt. Gen. Odierno from the Pentagon Briefing Room, Arlington, Va. 04 Mar 2008 -- Presenter: III (US) Corps Commander Lt . Gen. Ray Odierno
• Transcript: DoD News Briefing with Lt. Gen. Dubik from the Pentagon Briefing Room, Arlington, Va. 04 Mar 2008 -- Presenter: Commander, Multinational Security Transition Command-Iraq Army Lt. Gen. James Dubik
• March 3 airpower summary: A-10s deter enemy activities AFPN 04 Mar 2008
• Coalition Takes New Approach to Detainees in Iraq AFPS 04 Mar 2008 -- Much has changed in the approach coalition forces take to detainees in Iraq over the past year, a senior military officer said today.
• Coalition Focuses on Clearing Mosul Terrorist Networks AFPS 04 Mar 2008 -- Coalition forces are targeting a foreign-terrorist-facilitator network in Mosul, Iraq, a senior military official said yesterday.
• Troops in Iraq Kill Suspected Terrorists, Seize Weapons AFPS 04 Mar 2008 -- Coalition and Iraqi forces killed three suspected terrorists, captured one other and found a weapons cache in Iraq yesterday, military officials said.

Deployments

US Policy

• US Military Commander Warns Against Early Pullout from Iraq VOA 04 Mar 2008 -- The top U.S. military commander in the Middle East says he is encouraged by Iraq's improved security situation, but favors a wait-and-see approach when it comes to making further commitments to withdraw U.S. troops form the country.
• US General Calls Iran a Chief Concern for Iraq's Future VOA 04 Mar 2008 -- A senior U.S. Army general says Iranian support for violent extremists in Iraq is one of his chief concerns for Iraq's long-term stability.
• Odierno: Progress in Iraq Approaches Point of Irreversibility AFPS 04 Mar 2008 -- The former commander of Multinational Corps Iraq reflected today on vast improvements made during the past 15 months and said Iraq is approaching the point where no single incident or chain of events will be able to reverse those positive trends.

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• Iraqi Security Forces Take Advantage of Stability to Grow AFPS 04 Mar 2008 -- Iraq's security forces have taken advantage of security gains to grow their force both in size and quality, the senior U.S. commander in charge of helping the Iraqis develop their forces said today.

Foreign Reactions

• Georgia may withdraw military contingent from Iraq this summer RIA Novosti 04 Mar 2008 -- Georgia could withdraw its military contingent from Iraq this summer, State Minister for Euro-Atlantic Integration Giorgi Baramidze said on Tuesday.
• Iran/Iraq: Trade Flow Increases, But Mostly From Tehran To Baghdad RFE/RL 04 Mar 2008 -- Since the collapse of the Saddam Hussein regime in 2003, Iraq has seen a large influx of goods from various countries, most prominently from Iran.

News Reports

• Analysis: Sadr's War cfr.org 04 Mar 2008 -- There were few losers in Muqtada al-Sadr's decision to extend the cease-fire (NYT) of his Mahdi Army on February 22.