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Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 24 Apr 2008 [PDF]
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
• MND-N Soldiers die in non-combat related incident in Salah ad Din
• April 23 airpower summary: B-1B destroys enemy compound AFPN 24 Apr 2008
• Coalition Forces Kill Four Iranian-Trained Fighters in Iraq AFPS 24 Apr 2008 -- Coalition forces killed four Iranian-trained "special groups" criminals and detained five other suspected criminals today in Rashidiyah, Iraq, north of Baghdad.
• Coalition Forces in Iraq Kill Iranian-Trained Militants VOA 24 Apr 2008 -- The U.S. military says coalition forces in Iraq have killed four Iranian-trained militants, and captured five others during operations north of Baghdad.
• Class IV: The Lifeblood of Expeditionary Construction Navy NewsStand 24 Apr 2008 -- The Class IV yards located throughout the Anbar Province of Iraq and run by the 22nd Naval Construction Regiment (22 NCR) can be considered the lifeblood of military construction in the region.

Deployments

• NMCB 1 Returns to Homeport After Combat Deployment Navy NewsStand 24 Apr 2008 -- Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 1 returned to their homeport, Naval Construction Battalion Center (NCBC), Gulfport, April 22, from a regularly scheduled six-month deployment.

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Reconstruction Issues

• Iraqi Government Expands Use of Biometrics AFPS 24 Apr 2008 -- The Iraqi government has expanded its use of biometric identification, a U.S. official in Iraq said yesterday.
• IRAQ: Baghdad's Sadr City residents under "strain" - ICRC IRIN 24 Apr 2008 -- Residents of Baghdad's mainly Shia district of Sadr City have been living in stressful conditions since a government security crackdown on Shia militiamen loyal to radical leader Moqtada al-Sadr began on 25 March, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on 23 April.

Foreign Reactions

• Britain to Maintain Troop Levels in Iraq VOA 24 Apr 2008 -- Britain's defense secretary says his country will maintain its current troop levels in Iraq until security improves.
• UK to cut Iraq troops only if conditions allow - defence minister IRNA 24 Apr 2008 -- British troop numbers in Iraq will be further reduced only "if conditions allow," Defence Secretary Des Browne said Thursday.
• US calls for restoration of talks on Iraq: Hosseini IRNA 24 Apr 2008 -- Foreign Ministry Spokesman Mohammad- Ali Hosseini said here Wednesday that Iran has received the US official request to resume talks on Iraqi security.
• FM urges withdrawal of foreign forces from Iraq IRNA 24 Apr 2008 -- Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said here Wednesday that time is ripe for presenting a timetable for withdrawal of foreign forces from Iraq.

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