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Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 31 Mar 2010 [PDF]
• Providers operate Army's largest supply support activity Army News 31 Mar 2010 -- Soldiers with the 716th Quartermaster Company out of Jersey City, N.J., manage the largest multi-category Supply Support Activity facility in the Army at Joint Base Balad, Iraq.
• Air Cav conducts joint air assault demo with elite ISF Army News 31 Mar 2010 -- After spending several weeks working with an Iraqi strike force on planning and executing air assault missions and the importance of air-ground integration, 1st Air Cavalry Brigade concluded the training with a culminating demonstration March 29 to show off their newly capabilities.

Deployments

• 36th Engineer Brigade uncases colors, 194th reaches mission end Army News 31 Mar 2010 -- The 194th Engineer Brigade out of Jackson, Tenn., transferred authority to the 36th Engineer Brigade out of Fort Hood, Texas, during a ceremony March 25 at Joint Base Balad, Iraq.

US Policy

United Nations

• Security Council congratulates Iraqis on successful elections UN News Centre 31 Mar 2010 -- The Security Council today congratulated the people and Government of Iraq on a successful parliamentary election, and said it looked forward to the certification by the Supreme Court of the results announced last week.

Reconstruction Issues

• Iraq Vote Winner Allawi Accuses Iran Of Interference RFE/RL 31 Mar 2010 -- Former Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi is accusing Iran of seeking to prevent him from becoming prime minister again following his bloc's win in Iraq's national elections.
• Iraqi Blocs Negotiating To Form Ruling Coalition RFE/RL 31 Mar 2010 -- Iraqi politicians say the parties that placed second and third in the March 7 parliamentary elections are in advanced talks on forming a broad ruling coalition, RFE/RL's Radio Free Iraq (RFI) reports.

Foreign Reactions

• US wanted tougher UK interrogation in Iraq, inquiry told IRNA 31 Mar 2010 -- The US wanted British forces to adopt tougher interrogation techniques in Iraq even though they were already using methods officially banned by the government, the UK's most senior military intelligence officer in Iraq has suggested.

News Reports