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Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 02 Apr 2008 [PDF]
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• PRESS CONFERENCE: Operational Update: Maj. Gen. Bergner, April 2, 2008 MNF-I 02 Apr 2008 -- Maj. Gen. Kevin J. Bergner, Multi-National Force - Iraq spokesman, provides an operational update
• Transcript: DoD News Briefing with Adm. Mullen from the Pentagon 02 Apr 2008 -- Presenter: Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Michael Mullen
• April 1 airpower summary: RAF celebrates 90th Anniversary AFPN 02 Apr 2008
• Temporary hospital finds permanent place in history AFPN 02 Apr 2008 -- Airmen from the 332nd Expeditionary Medical Group and the 332nd Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron here worked together to preserve a piece of Balad Air Base, Logistics Support Area Anaconda and Operation Iraqi Freedom history.
• Troops Kill 14 Suspected Terrorists in Iraq, Capture 49 Others AFPS 02 Apr 2008 -- Coalition and Iraqi forces killed 14 suspected terrorists, detained 49 others, and seized dozens of weapons in Iraq over the past three days, military officials said.
• Aviators Take on Insurgents in Iraq Army News 02 Apr 2008 -- AH-64 Apache attack helicopter crews engaged more insurgents in Iraq during the final days of March than in the previous three months combined, according to Task Force XII officials.

Deployments

• Pentagon Says Plans to Withdraw Troops to Pre-Surge Levels on Track VOA 02 Apr 2008 -- The top U.S. military commander says the Pentagon will continue to withdraw five combat brigades from Iraq through July as planned, despite recent violence in Baghdad and Basra
• Iraq: Britain Delays Troop Cuts RFE/RL 02 Apr 2008 -- Britain has postponed plans to withdraw up to 1,500 troops from Iraq, due to renewed violence in the south of the country

US Policy

• U.S. Applauds Maliki's Strategic Intent in Basra AFPS 02 Apr 2008 -- U.S. leaders applaud Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's strategic attempt to curb criminal and thugs in Basra, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said today.

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• Iraq: In Al-Basrah Aftermath, Iran's And Al-Sadr's Gain Is Al-Maliki's Loss RFE/RL 02 Apr 2008 -- The Iraqi government's operation in Al-Basrah was billed as a decisive battle to regain control of the southern city from what it called armed gangs and criminals
• IRAQ: IOM to distribute aid once movement restrictions lifted IRIN 02 Apr 2008 -- The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on 1 April it was planning to distribute relief items to hospitals and families in Baghdad and the southern provinces once movement restrictions are lifted in the wake of recent fighting between government forces and a Shia militia.
• Civilian deaths in Iraq on the rise IRNA 02 Apr 2008 -- The toll of civilian deaths in Iraq has soared in recent weeks as Iraqi and American security forces carried offensive on Basra and Sadr City, according to Interior Ministry figures.

Foreign Reactions

News Reports

• Roadside Bomb Explodes Near Iraqi Military Convoy VOA 02 Apr 2008 -- A roadside bomb has exploded near a convoy carrying Iraqi generals in a Shi'ite militia stronghold in the southern city of Basra.