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Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 13 May 2008 [PDF]
• MND-B Soldier attacked by IED (Baghdad)
• May 12 airpower summary: C-130s continue support AFPN 13 May 2008
• Coalition, Iraqi Forces Expand Operations Into Qurnah AFPS 13 May 2008 -- Coalition and Iraqi forces expanded their operations about 70 kilometers north of Basra, Iraq, into Qurnah today, as the Iraqi army continues to develop its capabilities for tactical maneuvers over long distances.
• 1 NCD Commander Visits Seabees in Ramadi, Iraq Navy NewsStand 13 May 2008 -- Rear Adm. Richard E. Cellon, Commander, 1st Naval Construction Division (NCD) paid a visit to the Seabees of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 3 at Camp Ramadi on May 4.
• Operation Charge of Knights enters new phase in al Qurnah MNF-I 13 May 2008 -- Operation Sawlat al-Fursan, or Charge of the Knights, entered a new phase of operations in al Qurnah, May 13.

Deployments

US Policy

• U.S. Must Win in Iraq, Focus on Asymmetric Threats, Gates Says AFPS 13 May 2008 -- Concerns that the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are distracting the military from preparing for future conflicts are unfounded, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said today. Rather, he said, the military must heed the lessons of today's wars to prepare for the future.

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• IRAQ: Government negligent in tackling human displacement - MP IRIN 13 May 2008 -- The problem of internally displaced persons (IDPs) and Iraqi refugees in neighbouring countries is likely to grow into a regional and international problem because the government appears to have no clear policy to tackle it, a member of parliament (MP) said on 12 May.
• Iraqi government, al-Mahdi Army sign peace deal IRNA 13 May 2008 -- Representatives of anti-occupation religious leader Moqtada Sadr and the Iraqi government on Monday signed a peace deal.

Foreign Reactions

• UK regiments already serviced 5 tours of duty in Iraq, Afghanistan IRNA 13 May 2008 -- Two British regiments have so far served five tours of duty on Iraq and Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Des Browne has revealed.

News Reports

• Fighting Continues in Sadr City, Despite Cease-Fire VOA 13 May 2008 -- Sporadic fighting in eastern Baghdad's Sadr City continues, despite a cease-fire announced Saturday by the Iraqi government and the movement of Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr