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Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 19 Dec 2008 [PDF]
• CF Soldier dies of non-combat related causes
• Dec. 18 airpower summary: F-16s protect coalition forces AFNS 19 Dec 2008 -- Coalition airpower integrated with coalition ground forces in Iraq and International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan during operations Dec. 18, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here.
• Forces Capture Suspected Iranian Agent, Other Terrorism Suspects AFPS 19 Dec 2008 -- Coalition forces apprehended a suspected Iranian intelligence agent and an alleged associate, as well as 10 other terrorism suspects, in operations in Iraq over the last two days, military officials reported.

Deployments

• S. Korea Ends Iraq Deployment With Homecoming Fanfare VOA 19 Dec 2008 -- South Korea has now formally terminated its military deployment to Iraq, with a ceremony to welcome returning troops home to the capital, Seoul. South Koreans had mixed feelings about the four year deployment.
• 519th MP Battalion Transfers Authority to 744th MP Battalion MNF-I 19 Dec 2008 -- Lt. Col. Enrique Guerra, 744th Military Police Battalion Commander, transferred authority to Lt. Col. Bradley Graul, 519th MP Battalion Commander, during a ceremony Tuesday at Camp Cropper, Iraq

US Policy

• Interview: Rice Defends Regime Change in Iraq, Stresses Diplomacy Elsewhere cfr.org 19 Dec 2008 -- Interviewee: Condoleezza Rice, U.S. Secretary of State
• Pentagon Briefs Obama Transition Team on Iraq Pullout VOA 19 Dec 2008 -- The U.S. Defense Department says top military officials have briefed President-elect Barack Obama's national security team on plans to withdraw thousands of troops from Iraq next year.
• Mullen Discusses Northern Iraq as January Elections Approach AFPS 19 Dec 2008 -- The situation in northern Iraq is complex and dangerous, and the upcoming Iraqi elections add further complications, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said today.

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

Foreign Reactions

News Reports

• Iraqi Leaders Dismiss Coup Plot, Release Officials VOA 19 Dec 2008 -- Iraq's interior ministry says authorities have released some 23 officials accused of working to rebuild the outlawed Baath party of former leader Saddam Hussein.
• Iraqi Officials Arrested for Working to Rebuild Saddam's Party VOA 19 Dec 2008 -- Iraq's Interior Ministry says 23 government officials have been arrested in recent days for working to rebuild the outlawed Baath party of former leader Saddam Hussein.