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Current Operations

• Feb. 21 Airpower Summary: JTACS ensure mission success AFNS 22 Feb 2009 -- Coalition airpower integrated with coalition ground forces in Iraq and the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan in the following operations Feb. 21, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here.
• PRESS CONFERENCE: MNF-I Operational Update: Maj. Gen. David Perkins, Feb. 22, 2009 MNF-I 22 Feb 2009 -- Maj. Gen. David Perkins, MNF-I Spokesman, discusses the provincial elections and provides an update on progress in Iraq
• Iraqi Forces Arrest Criminals, Discover Munitions AFPS 22 Feb 2009 -- Iraqi security forces reported arresting a suspected criminal and discovering munitions during a patrol Feb. 19 in southern Baghdad’s Rashid district.

Deployments

US Policy

• US soldier in Germany sentenced to life for murder of four Iraqis IRNA 22 Feb 2009 -- A US martial court in the south German town of Vilseck sentenced a soldier to life for premeditated murder in connection with the deaths of Iraqi prisoners from two separate incidents in early 2007, German media reports said Saturday.

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• IRAQ: NGOs call for a new strategy for displaced people IRIN 22 Feb 2009 -- As Iraq observes the third anniversary of the bombing of a revered Shia shrine in the northern city of Samarra that set off nationwide sectarian violence and led to major displacement, the challenges of meeting the growing needs of internally displaced persons (IDPs) persist and must be addressed more effectively, experts have said.

Foreign Reactions

News Reports

• Iraq Seeks Arrest of Lawmaker in Parliament Bombing VOA 22 Feb 2009 -- Iraqi authorities have asked parliament to lift the immunity of a Sunni lawmaker accused of masterminding a suicide bombing inside the parliament two years ago.