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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 02 Mar 2009 [PDF]
• MND-B Soldier death
• Mar. 1 airpower summary: MQ-9 targets enemy with missiles AFNS 02 Mar 2009 -- Coalition airpower integrated with coalition ground forces in Iraq and International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan during operations Mar. 1, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here.
• Unmanned aerial system fires weapons in combat; proves capabilities, makes history MNF-I 02 Mar 2009 -- A team of Soldiers from Alpha Troop, , 10th Combat Aviation Brigade, made history Feb. 23 when the unmanned aerial vehicle they were operating became the first armed Warrior Alpha unmanned aerial system to fire missiles in combat
• Black Dragons on the move Army News 02 Mar 2009 -- After providing base security just north of Baghdad, then training a new Iraqi Army brigade in southern Iraq, the 'Black Dragons' of the 4thBrigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, were once again on the move.

Deployments

• DoD News: DoD Announces Iraq Unit Rotations DoD 02 Mar 2009 -- The Department of Defense announced today that 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, based in Ft. Lewis, Wash., will deploy in the fall of 2009 to support Operation Iraqi Freedom
• Dagger Brigade gains Stryker Soldiers, more ground Army News 02 Mar 2009 -- No sooner than the troopers of the 4th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment said goodbye to the 2nd Heavy "Dagger" Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, did Soldiers of the 2nd Battalion, 112th Infantry Regiment arrive and begin combat operations as an attached unit to the Dagger Brigade.
• Keystone state Soldiers settle into mission Army News 02 Mar 2009 -- Several days into the official start of his unit's mission in Iraq, the commander of an Army National Guard battalion from central Pennsylvania says a partnership is already being developed between his Soldiers and Iraqi Security Forces.

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Reconstruction Issues

• Iraqis Get Electronic Countermeasure System AFPS 02 Mar 2009 -- Iraqi army field engineer regiments are training here with an electronic countermeasure system designed to prevent remote triggering of roadside bombs.

Foreign Reactions

• Rafsanjani Calls for withdrawal of occupation forces from Iraq IRNA 02 Mar 2009 -- Chairman of the Expediency Council Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani said on Monday that occupation forces are expected to leave Iraqi territory as soon as possible

News Reports

• Iraqi Court Gives 'Chemical Ali' Third Death Sentence VOA 02 Mar 2009 -- An Iraqi court has given a third death sentence to Saddam Hussein's cousin, Hassan al-Majid, also known as "Chemical Ali" for his role in the gassing of Iraqi Kurds.