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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 08 Mar 2010 [PDF]
• Iraqis Arrest 3 Suspects During Elections AFPS 08 Mar 2010 -- Iraqi police arrested three suspected terrorists yesterday during a combined security operation targeting a man believed to be assisting al-Qaida in Iraq in planning and carrying out attacks to deter voters from participating in national elections.
• Paratroopers escort international team to observe Iraqi polling Army News 08 Mar 2010 -- In the truck was the self-described "last John Denver fan," a mountaineering Frenchman working for the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq as a polling center monitor, his colleague from Yemen who normally works with displaced persons, a 36-year veteran rifleman of the Fijian army, his United Nations security colleague, Rob, from Nashville, and five paratroopers from across the United States.
• Security paved way to successful Iraqi elections; leaders pleased Army News 08 Mar 2010 -- As Iraqi forces celebrate what their leaders are calling a resounding victory for a safe and free Iraq, U.S. Division-Center leaders are praising their Soldiers for their strategic role in assisting them.
• Iraqi and U.S. forces prepare for National Elections Army News 08 Mar 2010 -- The success of this week's elections for five southern provinces in Iraq rested on the Mid-Euphrates Operations Center, located at Contingency Operating Station Echo.
• 1-38 provide defensive support for Iraqi elections Army News 08 Mar 2010 -- Before the sun rose at Victory Base Complex March 7, Soldiers from Company C, 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment found themselves poised to help Iraqi Security Forces protect voters at the national elections.
• Supporting Small Government in Iraq Army News 08 Mar 2010 -- While considerable attention has been devoted to Iraqi reconstruction at the national and provincial levels, U.S. forces are leveraging their resources to advise and assist local Iraqi governmental bodies as well.
• Soldiers from 1-38 provide backup for Iraqi election security Army News 08 Mar 2010 -- Before the sun rose at Victory Base Complex, March 7, Soldiers from Company C, 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment found themselves poised to help Iraqi Security Forces protect voters at the national elections.

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US Policy

United Nations

• After polls close in Iraq, UN envoy calls for unity UN News Centre 08 Mar 2010 -- The United Nations’ chief envoy to Iraq called on political candidates and groups to respect the democratic process as counting gets under way after yesterday’s vote in national parliamentary elections.

Reconstruction Issues

• Iraqis Express Hope, Await Results After Parliamentary Vote RFE/RL 08 Mar 2010 -- Iraqis are resting and enjoying a warm and sunny holiday today in much of the country as they await official results of the March 7 parliamentary ballot -- Iraq's second national elections since the collapse of Saddam Hussein's regime seven years ago.
• Iraqis Await Results Of Elections; Obama Praises Vote RFE/RL 08 Mar 2010 -- Iraqis are today awaiting the results of their parliamentary elections.
• Iraqi PM Al-Maliki leading in parliamentary elections - unofficial results RIA Novosti 08 Mar 2010 -- According to unofficial results in the Iraqi parliamentary elections, Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki, who heads the State of Law Coalition, is leading in the ballot count, the head of an independent Iraqi organization said on Monday.
• Vote Counting Underway in Iraq VOA 08 Mar 2010 -- Iraqi officials are counting votes from Sunday's parliamentary election. Despite a series of attacks that left more than 30 people dead, the vote is being hailed as a general success.

Foreign Reactions

• Miliband challenged over different reasons for Iraq war IRNA 08 Mar 2010 -- Foreign Secretary David Miliband was challenged Monday over different reasons given by British ministers for the 2003 Iraq war.
• Initial reports of Iraq elections ‘encouraging,’ says UK IRNA 08 Mar 2010 -- British Foreign Secretary David Miliband has expressed hope that a government will be formed in Iraq to serve all the people after Sunday’s election results have been confirmed by the country’s electoral commission,
• Germany hails Iraqi voters' courage for defying election violence IRNA 08 Mar 2010 -- German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle praised Iraqis for going to the polls on Sunday to vote for a new parliament amid election-day violence.

News Reports

• Commentary: After Elections, Iran Remains A Major Player In Iraq RFE/RL 08 Mar 2010 -- On March 7, millions of Iraqis "made their mark" and participated in the country's second, generally fair and democratic post-Saddam Hussein parliamentary elections -- an event that is exemplary for Iraq's Arab and Iranian neighbors.