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• Transcript: DoD News Briefing with Colonel Mark Dewhurst and Conrad Tribble Via Teleconference From Iraq in the Pentagon Briefing Room, Arlington, Va. DoD 15 Dec 2008 -- Presenter: United States Army, Commander, 4th Brigade, 10th Mountain Division Colonel Mark Dewhurst and Team Leader, Baghdad-2 Embedded Provincial Reconstruction Team Conrad Tribble
• Soldiers in Iraq Detain Suspects, Seize Weapons AFPS 15 Dec 2008 -- U.S. soldiers detained five suspected terrorists in separate operations in Baghdad’s Rashid district in recent days, military officials reported.

Deployments

US Policy

• Bush, Maliki Sign Security Pact in Baghdad AFPS 15 Dec 2008 -- With fewer than 40 days left in office, President George W. Bush signed a security pact in Baghdad yesterday, putting an end in sight for the Iraq war after nearly six years of fighting.
• Officials Cite Progress in East Baghdad AFPS 15 Dec 2008 -- Progress in East Baghdad is going so well that the area is “beyond counterinsurgency” and into development, U.S. officials with responsibility for the area said today.
• Bush Makes Final Presidential Visit with Deployed Troops MNF-I 15 Dec 2008 -- Camp Victory servicemembers had the opportunity to spend time with their commander in chief during the holiday season when President George W. Bush visited Al Faw Palace here, Dec. 14
• Colonel Offers Insight Into Iraqi Police Training Evolution AFPS 15 Dec 2008 -- Iraqi police training continues as the focus moves from a counterinsurgency mission to a routine police mission, a senior Army official said.

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• Waning Violence In Iraq A Sign Of Political Stabilization RFE/RL 15 Dec 2008 -- Events in Iraq in the last couple of months suggest the political process is gradually becoming more stable -- even if many Iraqis find it difficult to believe that the situation really is improving at last
• Incorporating The Sons Of Iraq RFE/RL 15 Dec 2008 -- Come the New Year, the Shi'ite-dominated government of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki faces an ongoing challenge that will either help bridge the country's sectarian divide or widen it, contribute to security efforts or undermine them
• IRAQ: IDPs enticed to vacate southern camp IRIN 15 Dec 2008 -- Over 1,200 internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the southern province of Najaf are to receive financial aid in return for leaving an IDP camp 20km south of Najaf city.

Foreign Reactions

• Iraqi Protesters Demand Shoe Thrower's Release VOA 15 Dec 2008 -- Thousands of Iraqis have demonstrated in the streets to demand the release of a journalist who threw his shoes at U.S. President George Bush.

News Reports

• Bush shoe attacker in custody, public pressure mounts for his release IRNA 15 Dec 2008 -- A journalist who threw shoes at George Bush is being questioned over the incident amid large crowd rally in Baghdad demanding his immediate release
• Iraqis call for release of Bush 'shoe attack' journalist RIA Novosti 15 Dec 2008 -- Demonstrations have taken place across Iraq calling for the release of a journalist who was arrested after hurling his shoes at U.S. President George Bush at a press conference in the capital, Baghdad.
• Iraq Detains Journalist Who Threw Shoes at US President VOA 15 Dec 2008 -- The Iraqi government has detained the reporter who threw his shoes at U.S. President George Bush.