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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 31 Mar 2008 [PDF]
• DoD Announces Change in Status of Army Soldier
• MND-B Soldier attacked by IED
• MND-C Soldier attacked by IED (Baghdad)
• PRESS CONFERENCE: Security Operations: Iraqi Maj. Gen. Abdul-Aziz, Dr. al-Dabbagh, March 31, 2008 MNF-I 31 Mar 2008 -- Maj. Gen. Abdul-Aziz, commander of operations for Ministry of Defense, and Dr. al-Dabbagh, Government of Iraq spokesman, provide a security operations update
• March 30 airpower summary: A-10s support ground forces AFPN 31 Mar 2008
• Remains Found in Iraq Identified as MIA Maupin Army News 31 Mar 2008 -- The Army has confirmed positive identification of remains found last week in Iraq as belonging to Army Staff Sgt. Keith 'Matt' Maupin.
• U.S., Iraqi Soldiers in Baghdad Kill 48 Insurgents, Capture 11 AFPS 31 Mar 2008 -- U.S. and Iraqi security forces killed 48 insurgents and captured 11 others during a series of operations conducted across Baghdad yesterday, military officials reported.
• Explosions Hit US-Protected Green Zone in Baghdad VOA 31 Mar 2008 -- Rockets have smashed into Baghdad's heavily-fortified Green Zone, a day after radical Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr called a ceasefire with Iraqi and coalition troops.

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Reconstruction Issues

• Iraq: Fighting Over, But Shi'ite Power Struggle Continues RFE/RL 31 Mar 2008 -- When Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki ordered the Iraqi Army to clean out what he called criminal elements in Al-Basrah a week ago, he offered no compromise.
• IRAQ: Basra residents hit by surging food, fuel prices IRIN 31 Mar 2008 -- Residents of Iraq's second-largest city of Basra are breathing a sigh of relief after Shia radical leader Moqtada al-Sadr ordered his militia to end the clashes with government forces which erupted on 25 March.

Foreign Reactions

News Reports

• Iraq: Al-Qaeda Killing Field Found Near Farming Village RFE/RL 31 Mar 2008 -- Villagers digging in an abandoned pomegranate orchard in the Diyala River Valley have unearthed the remains of at least 52 people murdered by Al-Qaeda in Iraq during its two-year reign of terror in the area.