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• March 6 airpower summary AFNS 07 Mar 2010 -- Coalition airpower integrated with ground forces in Iraq and International Security Assistance Force troops in Afghanistan during operations March 6 according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here.

Deployments

US Policy

• Obama Hails Iraqi Vote VOA 07 Mar 2010 -- U.S. President Barack Obama said Sunday's parliamentary elections in Iraqi were a milestone in that country's history. The president said it is clear that the future of Iraq belongs to its people.
• Gates Says Elections Show Iraq's Progress AFPS 07 Mar 2010 -- The Iraqi election process shows how far the country has come, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said here today.
• Obama Praises 'Milestone' Iraqi Elections AFPS 07 Mar 2010 -- President Barack Obama called today's parliamentarian elections in Iraq as a "milestone" event and vowed to keep his pledge to remove all U.S. troops from that country by the end of next year.
• Petraeus Expects Iraqi Leaders to Remain Inclusive AFPS 07 Mar 2010 -- Despite sectarian and ethnic differences across Iraq’s political landscape, Army Gen. David H. Petraeus said he expects new Iraqi leaders will continue their previous government’s efforts to employ inclusive coalitions to bridge those divides.

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• IRAQ: National election raises hopes for Iraqis IRIN 07 Mar 2010 -- Amid tight security and strict limits on vehicle movement, millions of Iraqis hoping for change went to the polls on 7 March in what is the country’s second parliamentary election since the US-led invasion of the country toppled the government of former president Saddam Hussein in 2003.
• Iraqis Defy Violence To Vote For New Parliament RFE/RL 07 Mar 2010 -- Iraqi citizens braved bombs and militant attacks to vote in the country's second parliamentary elections since the 2003 U.S. invasion.
• Iraqis Vote for New Parliament VOA 07 Mar 2010 -- Iraqis voted Sunday in national elections, despite a string of attacks across the country that left more than 38 people dead. Security is a key issue in the campaign, as whoever leads the new government will oversee the withdrawal of American troops.

Foreign Reactions

News Reports

• Death toll in Iraqi blasts rises to 24 - media RIA Novosti 07 Mar 2010 -- Bomb attacks by Al-Qaeda militants killed at least 24 and wounded over 60 people in Baghdad as Iraqis voted on Sunday in a general election, the local media reported on Sunday.