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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 12 Mar 2008 [PDF]
• PRESS CONFERENCE: Operational Update: Maj. Gen. Bergner, Mr. Yost, March 12, 2008 MNF-I 12 Mar 2008 -- Maj. Gen. Kevin J. Bergner, Multi-National Force - Iraq spokesman, and Michael W. Yost, U.S. Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service administrator, provide an operational update and discuss agricultural progress in Iraq
• March 11 airpower summary: F-15s bomb enemy combatants AFPN 12 Mar 2008
• Car Bomb Explodes at Citizens Security Force Headquarters AFPS 12 Mar 2008 -- A car bomb exploded at a "Sons of Iraq" headquarters building in Duluyiah, Iraq, yesterday, killing seven Iraqis and injuring 11 others.
• Al Qaeda in Iraq Damaged, But Remains Dangerous AFPS 12 Mar 2008 -- Coalition and Iraqi military efforts directed against al Qaeda in Iraq and other insurgents over the past few months have achieved much success toward making the country a more stable and secure place for its people, a senior U.S. military officer in Iraq said today.
• Iraqi Police Part of Security Process in Wasit Province AFPS 12 Mar 2008 -- Police in Iraq's Wasit province are gaining the trust of the local populace while assuming more responsibility for security, a senior U.S. military officer in Iraq said today.
• Anti-insurgency Tactics Succeeding in Iraqi Detention Facilities AFPS 12 Mar 2008 -- New ways of dealing with detainees in coalition-run facilities in Iraq are paying off through less violence, more actionable intelligence for warfighters, and a better separation of extremists from more moderate detainees, a senior leader told military analysts today.
• Iraqi Security Volunteers Receive First Month's Pay Army News 12 Mar 2008 -- Sons of Iraq (Abna al Iraq) volunteers gathered outside a crowded council building in the village of Abayachi, north of Baghdad March 2 to get their pictures taken and fingerprints cataloged in preparation for their first pay day.

Deployments

US Policy

• US Military Says Spike in Iraq Violence Not a Trend VOA 12 Mar 2008 -- Dozens of people have died this week in bombings and gunfire across Iraq, including 12 American soldiers
• Bush Administration Denies Central Command Chief Forced to Resign VOA 12 Mar 2008 -- A spokeswoman for President Bush says the head of the U.S. Central Military Command is not being forced to resign, despite reports that Admiral William Fallon disagrees with the president's policy on Iran.

United Nations

• Top UN envoy meets with senior Iraqi religious officials in Najaf UN News Centre 12 Mar 2008 -- The senior United Nations envoy to Iraq has met with Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Sistani and other senior religious officials in the holy city of Najaf, south of the capital Baghdad.

Reconstruction Issues

• IRAQ: Protests mount over insecurity in Basra IRIN 12 Mar 2008 -- Iraq's second largest city of Basra, about 600km south of Baghdad, is still under the sway of militants and criminal groups, and security forces are absent, residents and local officials told IRIN on 11 March.

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