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Current Operations

• Oct. 27 airpower summary: KC-135 provides fuel support AFPN 27 Oct 2008 -- Coalition airpower integrated with coalition ground forces in Iraq and ISAF in Afghanistan during operations.
• US Raid in Syria Targets Al-Qaida Weapons Smuggler VOA 28 Oct 2008 -- US official: Helicopter attack in Syria believed to have killed head of network that had been smuggling weapons and foreign fighters into Iraq.
• Transcript: DoD News Briefing with Col. Caraccilo from Iraq US Dept. of Defense 28 Oct 2008 -- Presenter: Commander, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, Col. Dominic Caraccilo
• Coalition Forces in Iraq Capture Suspects, Seize Caches AFPS 28 Oct 2008 -- Coalition forces apprehended 11 suspected terrorist as they continued operations to dismantle al-Qaida in Iraq networks.
• Airmen receive cavalry spurs for building new base AFNS 28 Oct 2008 -- For their efforts in building more than 25,000 square feet of housing and administrative offices for 1st Cavalry Division Soldiers of 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 29 Air Force Airmen received cavalry combat spurs, symbolic of cavalry service in a combat zone, from the squadron's commander at Forward Operating Base Hunter, Iraq, Oct. 20.
• Iraqi Security Forces Increase Footprint in Southern Baghdad AFPS 28 Oct 2008 -- Iraqi forces once needed 10,000 American troops to maintain security, but by next month, the number will drop to fewer than 1,800.
• Infantry Marines supplement security platoon MCN 28 Oct 2008 -- For most of the Marines of Provisional Rifle Platoon 3, Regimental Combat Team 5, common infantry training is an uncommon virtue.

Deployments

• Seabees in Kuwait Support Army While Strengthening Skills Navy NewsStand 28 Oct 2008 -- A team of five equipment operators from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 4 completed placing a foundation Oct. 22 for a building, but they're building a skill set which will last a a lifetime.
• Poland ends Iraq military mission, pulls out last troops IRNA 28 Oct 2008 -- Poland ended its 5.5 year military mission in Iraq by withdrawing its last troops from the Middle East country.

US Policy

• Iraq Wants US Troop Pact Changes VOA 28 Oct 2008 -- Iraq will propose changes to a controversial draft security pact with the United States.
• US Commander Develops Regional Transition Task Force in Iraq VOA 28 Oct 2008 -- US commander says he developed Transition Task Force to give Iraqi forces responsibility for security in the area.
• Iraq condemns US for Syria air raid IRNA 28 Oct 2008 -- Iraq has denounced a raid into Syria at the weekend, saying it does not want its territory to be used as a launch point for US attacks on its neighbors.
• Iraq 'Rejects' Deadly Helicopter Attack on Eastern Syria VOA 28 Oct 2008 -- The Iraqi government has criticized Sunday's helicopter raid on eastern Syria that Damascus blames on U.S. forces.

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

Foreign Reactions

News Reports

• Interview: Transparency and Surpluses in Iraq's Oil-Dependent Budget cfr.org 28 Oct 2008 -- Interviewee: Joseph A. Christoff, Director of International Affairs and Trade, U.S. Government Accountability Office