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Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 19 Mar 2008 [PDF]
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualties
• Coalition Force Soldier killed in vehicle rollover (Diyala)
• March 18 airpower summary: B-1B deters enemies AFPN 19 Mar 2008
• Coalition Forces Kill Two Suspected Terrorists, Detain Dozens AFPS 19 Mar 2008 -- Coalition forces killed two suspected terrorists and detained dozens of others in recent days during operations to disrupt al Qaeda networks in central and northern Iraq, military officials reported.
• Agency Helps Clarity Emerge From Fog of War AFPS 19 Mar 2008 -- Multinational Division Center formed in spring 2007 as part of the U.S. troop surge.

Deployments

US Policy

• President Bush Discusses Global War on Terror The White House 19 Mar 2008
• Bush on 5 Years: Removing Saddam Right Decision Army News 19 Mar 2008 -- Five years ago, American forces marched into Iraq to liberate that nation. Today, President George W. Bush affirmed the decision was the right one.
• Iraq: Bush Says War Still Worth Fighting -- And Winning RFE/RL 19 Mar 2008 -- Five years ago, U.S.-led forces began the invasion of Iraq. It was to have been a quick war and inexpensive, paid for at least in part with Iraqi oil revenues.
• Bush: Iraq 'Is a Fight America Can and Must Win' VOA 19 Mar 2008 -- President Bush marked the fifth anniversary of the start of the war in Iraq with a speech at the U.S. Defense Department.
• Bush Marks Five-Year Anniversary of Operation Iraqi Freedom AFPS 19 Mar 2008 -- President Bush reflected on the triumphs and tragedies of the Iraq war today, five years after the U.S. ousted Saddam Hussein and roughly one year after a troop surge helped to tamp down violence there.
• Bush Defends War in Iraq VOA 19 Mar 2008 -- President Bush marked the fifth anniversary of the start of the war in Iraq with a speech at the U.S. Defense Department
• Transcript: The World Beyond Iraq Obama for President 19 Mar 2008
• Iraq War Anniversary Dominates US Election Campaign VOA 19 Mar 2008 -- The war in Iraq took center stage in the U.S. presidential election campaign Wednesday on the fifth anniversary of the start of the conflict

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• Iraqi Presidential Council Withdraws Objection to Local Elections Law VOA 19 Mar 2008 -- Iraq's presidential council has withdrawn its objection to a provincial elections law seen as key to promoting reconciliation among rival political factions
• IRAQ: Palestinian refugees renew appeal for protection IRIN 19 Mar 2008 -- Palestinian refugees in Iraq on 19 March again appealed for protection; they said they were still living as "fugitives" and demanded immediate help for their compatriots stranded on the Iraq-Syria border.

Foreign Reactions

• JORDAN: Government calls for more funds to host refugees IRIN 19 Mar 2008 -- Jordanian government officials said on 18 March they needed hundreds of millions of dollars for health, energy, education and other projects to be able to host the over half a million Iraqi refugees living there.

News Reports

• Commentary: Five Years Later, News From Iraq Not All Bad RFE/RL 19 Mar 2008 -- Politics is a dirty business anywhere in the world, but Iraqi politics today rank among the most divisive
• Five Years On, American Army In Iraq Still Faces Challenges VOA 19 Mar 2008 -- The US military had little difficulty toppling Saddam Hussein's regime in 2003. Yet the post-invasion challenges in Iraq - promoting democracy, rebuilding infrastructure, providing security, beating back an anti-American insurgency and defusing the Sunni-Shiite conflict - have tested the limits of the armed forces