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Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 14 Apr 2008 [PDF]
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• MND-B Soldier attacked by IED (Baghdad)
• Transcript: DoD News Briefing with Col. Malay and Robert Carrington From Iraq 14 Apr 2008 -- Presenter: Commander of Regimental Combat Team 5 Col. Patrick Malay and Embedded Provincial Reconstruction Team Leader Robert Carrington
• Coalition Forces Detain 12 Suspects in Iraq Operations AFPS 14 Apr 2008 -- Coalition forces netted nine suspects during operations in Iraq targeting senior al-Qaida leaders today.
• April 13 airpower summary: C-130s provide heavy airlift support AFPN 14 Apr 2008
• Troops Kill Terrorist, Detain 10 in Northern Iraq AFPS 14 Apr 2008 -- Coalition forces killed one terrorist and detained 10 suspects in operations across northern Iraq yesterday.
• Operation Charge of Knights continues progress in Basrah MNF-I 14 Apr 2008 -- Operation Sawlat al-Fursan, or Charge of the Knights, entered a new phase of operations in Basrah, April 12.

Deployments

US Policy

• US Military to Release News Photographer VOA 14 Apr 2008 -- The U.S. military has announced it will release Associated Press photographer Bill Hussein, who has been held in custody in Iraq for more than two years for allegedly working with insurgents.
• Prospect of Success Revived in Iraq, Bush Says AFPS 14 Apr 2008 -- In the wake of the early 2007 surge of additional forces into Baghdad and western Baghdad, coalition forces have "revived the prospect of success in Iraq," President Bush said in his weekly radio address.
• Extremism is Enemy of Success in Iraq, Gates Says AFPS 14 Apr 2008 -- Extremism is the enemy of success in Iraq, whether in the form of Iranian-backed "special groups," criminal militias or al-Qaida, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said yesterday.

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• Iraqi Forces Make Progress in Basra, Baghdad AFPS 14 Apr 2008 -- Iraqi security forces are continuing to lead operations against insurgents in Basra and Baghdad and have made significant progress toward establishing security, a U.S. military spokesman in Iraq said yesterday.
• U.S., Iraqi Forces Winning in Western Anbar Province, Colonel Says AFPS 14 Apr 2008 -- Increased security brought about by military success against insurgents in the western portion of Iraq's Anbar province is enabling a drawdown of U.S. forces there as well as enhanced regional reconstruction efforts, a senior Marine commander told Pentagon reporters today.
• Iraq: Awakening Councils Change Sunni Arab Insurgency RFE/RL 14 Apr 2008 -- U.S. military leaders have warned for months that awakening councils, formed by Sunni Arab tribesmen last year in several governorates to fight Al-Qaeda, may be infiltrated by Sunni Arab insurgents.

Foreign Reactions

News Reports

• Radical Cleric Demands Iraq Reinstate Fired Security Forces VOA 14 Apr 2008 -- Radical Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr is demanding the Iraqi government reinstate all security forces fired for abandoning their duty in recent fighting.
• IRAQ: Two thousand demining jobs up for grabs IRIN 14 Apr 2008 -- Two thousand jobs are being created to help boost mine-clearing operations, a government statement said on 13 April.
• Iraq's Largest Power Plant Awaits Improvements MNF-I 14 Apr 2008 -- There's a reason the lights never go out at FOB Iskan, and it's not because of Coalition forces.