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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 01 May 2008 [PDF]
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• April 30 airpower summary: Predator hits enemy target AFPN 01 May 2008
• Police Transition Teams Help Develop IP Communication Systems Army News 01 May 2008 -- Soldiers visited the Baghdad Patrol Headquarters Communications Center April 30 to assess and develop communication systems as a part of a program to determine the requirements needed for a legitimate Iraqi police force.
• Air Force Predators take out insurgents and weapons AFPN 01 May 2008 -- Air Force unmanned aerial vehicles continued to play a key role in supporting ground troops fighting the war on terrorism in Iraq.
• Coalition Forces in Iraq Kill, Detain Terrorism Suspects AFPS 01 May 2008 -- Coalition and Iraqi forces killed and captured suspected terrorists in various operations around Iraq over the past two days, military officials reported.

Deployments

US Policy

• Gates Says Question in Iraq is 'What's the Endgame?' AFPS 01 May 2008 -- The question for the American people is not whether the United States ought to be in Iraq, but what the endgame is, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said at Fort Bliss, Texas, today.
• US Defense Chief Welcomes Iraqi Delegation's Trip to Iran VOA 01 May 2008 -- U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates has welcomed Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's decision to send a delegation to Iran to confront leaders there with evidence of support by some Iranian elements for insurgents inside Iraq.
• Bush Speech Declaring End to 'Major Combat' in Iraq Passes 5th Anniversary VOA 01 May 2008 -- This week marked the fifth anniversary of the speech President Bush gave on a U.S. aircraft carrier, in which he declared the end of major combat in Iraq.

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

Foreign Reactions

News Reports

• US Port Workers Strike in Anti-War Protest VOA 01 May 2008 -- Workers at ports on the west coast of the United States staged a one-day strike Thursday to call for an end to the war in Iraq, five years after President George Bush stood underneath a banner that declared "Mission Accomplished."
• IRAQ: Shia militiamen attack aid convoys in Baghdad suburb IRIN 01 May 2008 -- Government officials and residents of Baghdad's mainly Shia district of Sadr City on 30 April accused pro-Moqtada al-Sadr militiamen of attacking aid convoys and closing down schools.