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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 15 Dec 2010 [PDF]
• Airpower Summary for December 12 AFNS 15 Dec 2010
• Airpower Summary for December 11 AFNS 15 Dec 2010
• Airpower Summary for December 10 AFNS 15 Dec 2010
• Airpower Summary for December 09 AFNS 15 Dec 2010
• Airpower Summary for December 08 AFNS 15 Dec 2010
• Airpower Summary for December 07 AFNS 15 Dec 2010
• Route clearance in Iraq goes high-tech Army News 15 Dec 2010 -- Soldiers of 1st Platoon, E/1-68th Armor have made improvements in route clearance in Basra, Iraq.
• Big bang: US, Iraqi explosives disposal teams destroy cache Army News 15 Dec 2010 -- Specialists from the 8th Iraqi Army conducted a joint demolition with Soldiers from the 75th Ordnance Company.

Deployments

• Gator Brigade leaves desert, New Hampshire National Guard Fires Brigade takes over Army News 15 Dec 2010 -- Florida's largest National Guard Unit is coming home after a year-long deployment to Kuwait.

US Policy

United Nations

• Fact Sheet: UN Security Council High Level Meeting on Iraq The White House 15 Dec 2010
• Remarks by the Vice President at a Meeting of the United Nations Security Council The White House 15 Dec 2010
• UN Security Council Ends Saddam Hussein-Era Sanctions Against Iraq RFE/RL 15 Dec 2010 -- The UN Security Council has lifted a major sanctions program on Iraq in a move aimed at restoring the country to the international standing it occupied before 1990 invasion of Kuwait.
• UN lifts major sanctions against Iraq RIA Novosti 15 Dec 2010 -- The UN Security Council adopted three resolutions to end sanctions imposed against Iraq during the Saddam Hussein era.
• Iraq: Security Council ends several war-related mandates UN News Centre 15 Dec 2010 -- The Security Council ended United Nations mandates on Iraq stemming from the 1991 and 2003 wars.
• UN Security Council Lifts Some Restrictions On Iraq VOA 15 Dec 2010 -- The United Nations Security Council has lifted restrictions prohibiting Iraq from pursuing a civilian nuclear program.

Reconstruction Issues

• Iraqi border station opens modern housing facility Army News 15 Dec 2010 -- The 3rd ACR, ISF, and the Wasit Provincial Reconstruction Team held a ribbon cutting ceremony on Dec. 2, opening the new Zurbatiyah Point of Entry force housing facility.

Foreign Reactions

News Reports

• Iraq Heightens Security for Ashura VOA 15 Dec 2010 -- Iraqi officials have increased security in the holy city of Karbala where tens of thousands of pilgrims are gathering for Ashura, one of the most important holy days for Shi'ites.