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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 06 Apr 2010 [PDF]
• Airpower Summary: April 4 AFNS 06 Apr 2010
• Airpower Summary: April 3 AFNS 06 Apr 2010
• Airpower Summary: April 2 AFNS 06 Apr 2010
• 264th CSSB transfers authority to 541st CSSB Army News 06 Apr 2010 -- The 264th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 15th Sustainment Brigade, 13th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), transferred authority to 541st CSSB, 15th Sust. Bde., at a ceremony at the main gym here April 1 signaling the end of 264th's Iraq tour.
• Providers operate Army's largest supply support activity Army News 06 Apr 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.
• Sustainment Soldiers travel to JBB to renovate buildings for future occupancy by replacement units Army News 06 Apr 2010 -- Soldiers of the 15th Sustainment Brigade, 13th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) came from various locations in Iraq to work on a renovation project that began March 15 at Joint Base Balad, Iraq.
• Leading the way toward a stronger democracy Army News 06 Apr 2010 -- The 2010 national elections in Iraq went by with order and relative peace throughout the country, and Maysan Province is a prime example of this success by Iraqi Security Forces in securing their nation and their democracy.

Deployments

• 85th Medical Detachment Deploys to Iraq to Combat Stress Army News 06 Apr 2010 -- After months of training, Soldiers from the 85th Medical Detachment, 1st Medical Brigade, said their farewells in a ceremony Mar. 25 before leaving for Iraq two days later.

US Policy

United Nations

• Iraq to obtain rest of Oil-for-Food funds by end of the year, UN official says UN News Centre 06 Apr 2010 -- The Iraqi Government has a “realistic” plan to take full ownership by the end of this year of a fund administering proceeds from export sales of petroleum under the now defunct Oil-for-Food Programme, a top United Nations budget official told the Security Council today.
• French Oil Company Investigated in UN Oil for Food Scandal VOA 06 Apr 2010 -- French oil giant Total is being investigated for bribery charges related to the U.N. Oil for Food Program in Iraq, under the former regime of Saddam Hussein.

Reconstruction Issues

• Iraqis Debate The Reach Of De-Ba'athification Law RFE/RL 06 Apr 2010 -- Officials responsible for Iraq's de-Ba'athification process say not all ministries and state institutions have complied with the measures aimed at purging those with links to the regime of Saddam Hussein and his disbanded Ba'ath Party, RFE/RL's Radio Free Iraq (RFI) reports.

Foreign Reactions

News Reports

• Bombs Kill 35 People in Shi'ite Neighborhoods of Baghdad VOA 06 Apr 2010 -- A series of explosions ripped through Baghdad, killing 35 people and wounding at least 140 others. The blasts are the latest in a string of attacks, raising new fears about Iraq's ability to maintain security as U.S. forces withdraw from the scene.
• At least 35 Iraqis die in another wave of bombing in Baghdad IRNA 06 Apr 2010 -- At least 35 Iraqis died in another wave of deadly bomb attacks shook the Iraqi capital on Tuesday.