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Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 29 Apr 2008 [PDF]
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• MND-B Soldier attacked by IED (Baghdad)
• MND-B Soldier attacked by small arms fire (Baghdad)
• April 28 airpower summary: F-15s fly support missions AFPN 29 Apr 2008
• Coalition Forces Kill Three Terrorists, Detain 12 AFPS 29 Apr 2008 -- Coalition forces killed three terrorists and detained 12 suspects today during operations in the northern half of Iraq.
• US Military: 28 Militants Killed in Fresh Clashes in Baghdad VOA 29 Apr 2008 -- The U.S. military says 28 militants have been killed in fighting between Shi'ite militiamen and U.S. and Iraqi forces in the Sadr City area of east Baghdad.

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US Policy

United Nations

• Only 4 per cent of Iraqis in Syria plan to return home: UN report UN News Centre 29 Apr 2008 -- Only 4 per cent of Iraqi refugees currently plan to return to their own country, while almost all have fled their homeland because of direct threats or general insecurity, >according to a report out today from the United Nations refugee agency.

Reconstruction Issues

• Tariq Aziz Goes on Trial in Baghdad VOA 29 Apr 2008 -- Former Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz has gone on trial under tight security in Baghdad. Aziz is accused of approving the execution of scores of merchants
• Iraq: Former Foreign Minister Tariq Aziz Faces Death Penalty RFE/RL 29 Apr 2008 -- Tariq Aziz, who served as foreign minister and deputy prime minister under Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, is due to go on trial at the Iraqi High Tribunal in Baghdad.

Foreign Reactions

• JORDAN: Increased domestic violence among Iraqi refugees - IOM report IRIN 29 Apr 2008 -- A study published in March by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) on the mental state of Iraqis in Jordan and Lebanon has pointed to mounting social and economic problems as the cause of increased domestic violence.
• Iran criticizes US for scapegoating others for Iraq policy failure IRNA 29 Apr 2008 -- Iranian Ambassador to United Nations dismissed "certain baseless allegations" made by representative of the United States at the Security Council meeting against Iran on April 28.

News Reports