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Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 18 Dec 2008 [PDF]
• Dec. 17 airpower summary: C-130s support heavy airlift AFNS 18 Dec 2008 -- Coalition airpower integrated with coalition ground forces in Iraq and International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan during operations Dec. 17, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here.
• Coalition, Iraqi Forces Capture Suspects to Thwart al-Qaida in Iraq AFPS 18 Dec 2008 -- Coalition and Iraqi forces killed three enemy fighters and captured 24 suspected terrorists during operations in Iraq in the past three days, military officials reported.

Deployments

• Britain to end Iraqi military operations by May 31 - PM Brown RIA Novosti 18 Dec 2008 -- Britain will end its military operations in Iraq by May 31 next year, the country's prime minister announced on Thursday during a parliamentary session.
• British Leader Explains Planned Troop Withdrawal From Iraq VOA 18 Dec 2008 -- Addressing parliament Thursday, Prime Minister Gordon Brown unveiled the specifics of next year's British military withdrawal from Iraq after what will be six years of deployment.

US Policy

• Transcript: DoD News Briefing with Geoff Morrell from the Pentagon Briefing Room, Arlington, Va. DoD 18 Dec 2008 -- Presenter: Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell
• Gates Urges Direct Dialogue With President-elect on Iraq AFPS 18 Dec 2008 -- Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates hopes commanders with a “vested interest” in the future role of U.S. forces in Iraq can share their views directly with the incoming president, a Pentagon official said today.

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• U.S. Probe Says Iraq Reconstruction Effort Marred By Vast Waste RFE/RL 18 Dec 2008 -- U.S. government investigators have compiled a comprehensive report on Washington's reconstruction efforts in Iraq
• Iraq Arrests Alleged Coup Plotters VOA 18 Dec 2008 -- A senior Iraqi security official say as many as 50 Interior Ministry officials have been arrested during the past three days for allegedly "trying to topple the government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki." But some reports say many of those arrested were traffic police involved in corruption.

Foreign Reactions

News Reports

• US Report: Blackwater Could Lose Iraq License VOA 18 Dec 2008 -- The U.S. State Department said the private security firm Blackwater Worldwide could lose its license to protect U.S. diplomats in Iraq.