Iraq Weekly Status Report

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1 1 UCLII UCLII Iraq Weekly tatus eport Bureau of ear astern ffairs U epartment of tate

2 UCLII able of Contents his report provides weekly updates in the eight key areas identified as pillars of U government policy for victory in Iraq. CI Highlights 1. efeat the errorists and eutralize the Insurgents 2. ransition Iraq to ecurity elf-eliance 3. Help Iraqis to orge a ational Compact for emocratic Government 4. Help Iraq Build Government Capacity and rovide ssential ervices 5. Help Iraq trengthen Its conomy 6. Help Iraq trengthen the ule of Law and romote Civil ights 7. Increase International upport for Iraq 8. trengthen ublic Understanding of Coalition fforts and ublic Isolation of the Insurgents ources and Contact Information otes and ource Citations LI 3 2 UCLII

3 UCLII Highlights 1. efeat the errorists and eutralize the Insurgents n arch 16, Iraqi ecurity orces and their Coalition partners launched the largest air assault operation since peration Iraqi reedom began. 2. ransition Iraq to ecurity elf-eliance oldiers from the 2nd Brigade, 6th Iraqi rmy ivision provided support, aid and transport for civilian casualties and disarmed a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device in adr City on arch Help Iraqis to orge a ational Compact for emocratic Government he first meeting of the new parliament convened in Baghdad for the first time on arch 16. he 3-minute session began with a reading from the Koran, followed by a minute's silence in memory of the Iraqis who died fighting addam Hussein's Baath party regime. he deputies rose to collectively swear an oath of office after the inauguration speech. 4. Help Iraq Build Government Capacity and rovide ssential ervices he U rmy Corps of ngineers (UC) completed work on the $16.1 million Basrah/Umm Qasr water supply project this month. Work included major refurbishment of a pump station, sediment cleaning and repairs on the 249 km (155 mile) long weetwater canal, and installing a computer system to track maintenance and repairs. hese improvements will help provide water to approximately 2.5 million people in the Basrah and hi Qar rovinces. 3 UCLII

4 UCLII Highlights 5. Help Iraq trengthen Its conomy I is successfully providing microfinance throughout Iraq to local entrepreneurs. s of arch 21, $49 million has been lent through over 25, different loans, up from a total of $28 million through 14, loans as of ugust 1, Help Iraq trengthen the ule of Law he U.. military released more than 35 detainees in Iraq on arch Increase International upport for Iraq t a press conference on arch 16, United ations ecretary General s pecial epresentative for Iraq Qazi proposed establishing a contact group, comprised of Iraq s neighbors at a working level, to meet in Baghdad at a regular interval. 8. trengthen ublic Understanding of Coalition fforts and ublic Isolation of the Insurgents n arch 2, resident Bush delivered the second in a series of speeches updating the merican people on our strategy for victory in Iraq. he speech profiled the northern Iraqi town of al far. nce a key base of operations for l- Qaeda, al far is a concrete example of progress in Iraq. 4 UCLII

5 UCLII [1.] efeat the errorists and eutralize the Insurgency Iraqi ecurity orces, Coalition Launch peration warmer: n arch 16, Iraqi ecurity orces and their Coalition partners launched the largest air assault operation since peration Iraqi reedom I in southern alah d in province to clear a suspected insurgent operating area northeast of amarra. peration warmer began with soldiers from the Iraqi rmy s 1st Brigade, 4th ivision, the 11st irborne ivision s 3rd Brigade Combat eam and the 11st Combat viation Brigade conducting a combined air and ground assault to isolate the objective area. ttack and assault aircraft provided aerial weapons support for the operation and also delivered troops from the Iraq rmy s 4th ivision, the akkasans from 1st and 3rd Battalions, 187th Infantry egiment and the Hunters from 2nd quadron, 9th Cavalry egiment to multiple objectives. orces from the 2nd Commando Brigade then completed a ground infiltration to secure numerous structures in the area. ore than 1,5 Iraqi and Coalition troops, over 2 tactical vehicles, and more than 5 aircraft participated in the operation. 5 UCLII

6 UCLII [2.] ransition to ecurity elf-eliance Iraqi ecurity orces Iraqi oldiers espond to adr City ttacks: oldiers from the 2nd Brigade, 6th Iraqi rmy ivision provided support, aid and transport for civilian casualties and disarmed a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device in adr City on arch 11 after a series of bombings in the area. uring the night, three blasts reportedly exploded in various parts of adr City. he Iraqi soldiers dispatched more than 1 military ambulances to adr City to provide aid, assisted in assessing the situation, secured the affected locations and transported the wounded to medical treatment. he troops also helped provide traffic control around the stricken area. n Iraqi explosive ordnance disposal team succeeded in disarming a VBI that terrorists had targeted against the civilians of east Baghdad. roops also captured a 12 mm mortar system, which could have been used to inflict more casualties on area residents. 6 UCLII

7 UCLII [2.] ransition Iraq to ecurity elf-eliance Iraqi ecurity orces inistry of Interior orces inistry of efense orces C I & QUI C IL LIC ~9,9 Y ~19,6 HIGHWY L I C ~6 H I C ~39,8 VY ~8 L ~13,7* L ~111,** otal rained & quipped I: ~241,7 * inistry of Interior orces: Unauthorized absence personnel are included in these numbers ** inistry of efense orces: Unauthorized absence personnel are not included in these numbers ata as of arch 2, 26 (updated bi-weekly by ) 7 UCLII

8 UCLII [3.] Help Iraqis to orge a ational Compact for emocratic Government evelopments Iraqis articipate In Civic orums on ational arliament: ational emocratic Institute s (I) civic forum programs have reached nearly 37, Iraqis on the role of the national parliament. espite curfews and increased violence, Iraqis remained committed to improving the political process by continuing to conduct training and grassroots organizing in civic forums. bout 14, citizens received training on the role and responsibilities of elected members of parliament (s) as well as how to advocate for citizens rights. ver 4, booklets on tructure, ole, and ublic Life of the Council of epresentatives were also distributed. Iraqi Leaders to orm a olicy Council: Leading Iraqi blocs are working to form a council to consult on policy on security issues in the new government in response to growing concerns about sectarian violence. he specifics regarding the role and composition of the council is now being discussed. 8 UCLII

9 UCLII [3.] Help Iraqis to orge a ational Compact for emocratic Government evelopments ICI fficial nnounced ecember, lection esults: olitical ntity ame Unified Iraqi Coalition Kurdistani Gathering awafoq Iraqi ront ational Iraqi List Hewar ational Iraqi ront Islamic Union of Kurdistan Liberation and econciliation Gathering ithal l loosi List for Iraqi ation Iraqi urkoman ront Ballot umber otal Votes Governorate eats Compensatory eats ational eats otal eats rogressives l zediah ovement for rogressing and eform l afedain List otal UCLII

10 UCLII [3.] Help Iraqis to orge a ational Compact for emocratic Government - Iraqi ransitional Government eputy rime inister awsh haways inister of griculture li al-bahadili inister of ducation bdul un im al- alah Hasan inister of Communications Juwan u ad a sum () inister of nvironment armin Uthman () eputy resident heikh Ghazi al-yawr eputy rime inister bd utlak al-juburi inister of Culture uri al-awi inister of inance li llawi resident Jalal alabani rime inister Ibrahim al-ja fari inister of efense a dun al-ulaymi inister of oreign ffairs Hoshyar Zebari eputy resident dil bd al-ahdi eputy rime inister hmad al-chalabi inister of isplacement & igration uhayla al-kinani () inister of Health bd al-uttalib al-ubay i eputy rime inister Vacant inister of lectricity uhsin hallash inister of Higher ducation ami al-uzaffar inister of Human ights Vacant inister of Industry & inerals Usama al-ajafi inister of Interior Bayan Jabr inister of Justice bd al-husayn handal inister of Housing & Construction Jasim Ja far inister of Labor & ocial ffairs Idris Hadi inister of il Hashem al-hashemi (cting) inister of Water esources bd al-latif ashid inister of lanning Barham alih inister of Youth & ports alib ziz al-zaini inister of tate for rovinces a d al-hardan inister of rade bd al-basit awlud inister of tate for Civil ociety la abib Kazim inister of tate for ourism and ntiquities Hashim al-hashimi inister of cience & echnology Basima Butrus () inister of unicipalities & ublic Works afa al-in al-afi asreen Berwari () inister of tate for ational ssembly ffairs inister of tate for Women s ffairs zhar al-haykhli () inister of ransportation alam al-aliki inister of tate for ational ecurity ffairs bd al-karim al- nzi () = emale 1 UCLII

11 UCLII [4.] Help Iraq Build Government Capacity and rovide ssential ervices inancials from Iraq elief and econstruction und (I) 1 and I 2 pportioned s of arch 21, UCLII

12 UCLII [4.] Help Iraq Build Government Capacity and rovide ssential ervices lectricity verview aily lectricity upplied and stimated emand in Iraq ince January 24 aily Load erved (Wh) 18, 16, 14, 12, 1, 8, 6, 4, 2, 1/1/24 1/29/24 ummer 25 Goal ctual 7-day verage re-war stimate stimated emand 2/26/24 3/25/24 4/22/24 5/2/24 6/17/24 7/15/24 8/12/24 9/9/24 1/7/24 11/4/24 12/2/24 12/3/24 1/27/25 2/24/25 ate 3/24/25 4/21/25 5/19/25 6/16/25 7/14/25 8/11/25 9/8/25 1/6/25 11/3/25 12/1/25 12/29/25 1/26/26 2/23/26 Lower seasonal demands with moderate temperatures are resulting in greater electricity availability throughout Iraq. lectricity availability in Baghdad improved in the last week (14-21 arch 26) with an average of 8.6 hours per day. ationwide average electricity availability likewise increased slightly to 13.9 hours per day. lectricity output thus far for arch 26 is 11 percent higher than it was for the same period in arch UCLII

13 UCLII [4.] Help Iraq Build Government Capacity and rovide ssential ervices lectricity, ublic Health and Healthcare lectricity: he U rmy Corps of ngineers (UC) turned over four electrical substations to the inistry of lectricity that were completed in ebruary 26. his $16 million project serves over 37, homes (222, Iraqis) in the ahuk, iyala and alah d in provinces. he new substations are fitted with two transformers each, replacing temporary, portable substations, which were undersized and overloaded. ublic Health and Healthcare: n arch 15, the eputy inistry of Health officially accepted the first six rimary Health Care Centers (HCs) from UC. he six HCs were constructed with I funds and are located in Baghdad. taff training in clinic operation will begin on arch 27, and clinics should begin opening for patient care in early pril. ver 3,8 Iraqi patients have received treatment from five UI-supported mobile medical units (Us), helping expand access to essential healthcare. stablished in January 26 in coordination with Iraqi health officials, UIsupported Us have operated in areas where other healthcare services are practically non-existent. 13 UCLII

14 UCLII [4.] Help Iraq Build Government Capacity and rovide ssential ervices Water and anitation, ducation Water and anitation: he U rmy Corps of ngineers (UC) completed a $225, water treatment project that provides potable water to approximately 5, people in a township in aysan province. he project included a 5 cubic meter-per-hour water treatment plant, an above ground storage reservoir with a connection to the water network. ducation: he UC renovation is complete on the l Watan chool in BeniZaid, qurquf in Baghdad province. he project included refurbishing the existing structures, classrooms, offices, storage rooms and schoolyard of the secondary school. he school will accommodate more than 3 students. UC renovation is also complete on the l rabiyah chool in Istiglal, ashidiya in the Baghdad province. he project required the repair and upgrade of the structural, mechanical, plumbing and electrical building systems. he renovation will benefit about 25 students. or the ullbright cholarships for the school year, 41 Iraqis were chosen out of 55 applicants. he ulbright program in Iraq, now in its fourth year, is the largest in the iddle ast/orth frican region. 14 UCLII

15 UCLII [4.] Help Iraq Build Government Capacity and rovide ssential ervices Communications and ransportation Communications: here are now 5.8 million cellphone subscribers in Iraq. ctive fixed-line telephone subscribers total 1,36,854. ransportation: -I and U mbassy worked closely with the Iraqi ailroad and inistry of il to resume LG rail movement in Iraq. his is the first movement of fuel via rail since UCLII

16 UCLII [5.] Help Iraq trengthen Its conomy il Update and Job Creation il Update: Crude oil prices in world markets for the week ending ebruary 24 closed with the following prices: Basrah Light at $55.67/barrel ated Brent at $62.84/barrel WI Cushing at $62.68/barrel man/ubai at $57.65/barrel Kirkuk Crude at $66.85/barrel mployment Update: he following chart shows the number of Iraqis employed by UG-administered projects: (roject and Contracting ffice) (ccelerated Iraqi econstruction rogram) (ilitary Construction) (Commanders' mergency esponse rogram) C numbers have not been updated recently and C will be reporting on a bi-weekly basis. UI continues to update weekly. ata as of arch UCLII

17 UCLII [5.] Help Iraq trengthen Its conomy - Banking ector Central Bank s U ollar (U) Currency uction: he following table shows volume sold and exchange rates for U in the Iraqi currency auction since ovember 1, 25. he dinar remained stable against the dollar this week, ending at 1,477 dinars per U on arch 19. U illions $85 $75 $65 $55 $45 $35 $ /1 U Central Bank of Iraq U Currency uction: ovember 1, 25 - arch 19, /1 U 1475/1 U I = 1483 $15 15-ct-5 4-ov-5 24-ov-5 14-ec-5 3-Jan-6 23-Jan-6 12-eb-6 4-ar-6 24-ar-6 13-pr-6 *n January 8, the CBI purchased $1,32, of Iraqi inars at the exchange rate of 1481 I/$. I = 1477 U$ sold *he I exchange rate line is calculated as a weekly weighted average. 17 UCLII

18 UCLII [5.] Help Iraq trengthen Its conomy ecurities arkets rading of Iraqi Bonds on the International econdary Bond arket: he following table shows the daily bond resale price and yield on Iraqi bonds issued January 2. he bonds were originally issued to about two-thirds of Iraq s commercial creditors as part of a debt exchange arrangement at aris Club terms. Iraq s commercial debt was approximately $22 billion before the debtswap arrangement. he bonds, which are not yet rated, will mature in 228. hese are the only Iraqi sovereign debt instruments trading on the international market. he bonds current yield of 9.1 percent is slightly lower than cuador and rgentina, but still one of the highest in the world for sovereign debt instruments. $75. $74. $73. $72. Iraq i C o m m ercial B o n d ales January 2, 26 - arch 17, % 9.2% 9.% Bond rice in U $71. $7. $69. $68. $67. $66. $65. $ Jan 23- Jan 26- Jan 29- Jan 1- eb 4- eb 7- eb 1- eb 13- eb 16- eb 19- eb 22- eb 25- eb 28- eb 3- ar 6- ar 9- ar 12- ar 15- ar 8.8% 8.6% 8.4% 8.2% 8.% 7.8% Yield ercentage rading High = $73.98 (January 24) Bond rice Yield rading Low = $67.76 (arch 8) 18 UCLII

19 UCLII [5.] Help Iraq trengthen Its conomy emporary oultry Ban mbassy Baghdad reported that on arch 12, the Council of inisters sent a recommendation to rime inister Jafari to temporarily close the borders to imported poultry. he Basra rovincial Government already has an import ban in effect. mbassy Baghdad continues to engage the Government of Iraq on this issue at the highest levels to resolve the situation. raining on echnical Barriers to rade: he UI Izdihar roject staff conducted a training session on arch 12 on the World rade rganization s (W) echnical Barriers to rade (B) greement for 28 officials from the Central ffice for tandardization and Quality Control (CQC). he training highlighted the difference between the World rade rganization s B and anitary and hytosanitary () agreements as well as the best methods to adopt these agreements and other international standards in order to comply with W requirements. 19 UCLII

20 UCLII [5.] Help Iraq trengthen Its conomy icrofinance Lending I is successfully providing microfinance throughout Iraq to local entrepreneurs. s of arch 21, $49 million has been lent through over 25, different loans, compared with $28 million through 14, loans as of ugust 1, 25. his represents a 75 percent increase in both the number of loans and the total amount. hese loans range from $5 to $25,, and are being used to finance a diverse range of projects that create economic opportunities and boost local employment. 2 UCLII

21 UCLII [5.] Help Iraq Build Government Capacity and rovide ssential ervices Crude il roduction illions of Barrels er ay 2.8 Iraqi il inistry Goal: 2.5 B January January 3 January - 5 ebruary 6-12 ebruary ebruary roduction 2-26 ebruary arget 27 ebruary - 5 arch Weekly verage (arch 13-19) of 2.5 illion Barrels er ay (B) 6-12 arch arch 21 UCLII

22 UCLII [5.] Help Iraq Build Government Capacity and rovide ssential ervices Crude il xport illions of Barrels per ay $ $ $2.3 evenue (U$B) rojected xports (B) 1.55 $ $ $ $ $ $1.6 $ $ $1.4 $2.8 $2.4 $2. $1.6 $1.2 $.8 U (Billions) $1.26 $.4. $. pr-5 ay-5 Jun-5 Jul-5 ug-5 ep-5 ct-5 ov-5 ec-5 Jan-6 eb-6 ar-6 25 evenue stimate: $23.5 Billion 26 evenue stimate: $5.3 Billion (Year to ate) 22 UCLII

23 UCLII [5.] Help Iraq Build Government Capacity and rovide ssential ervices otal Critical efined roduct upplies ercentage of onthly arget eached his Week 1% 8% 6% 4% 2% % 22% 78% omestic roduction 1% 9% iesel Kerosene Gasoline LG ote: his is a daily average for the week of arch iesel: 1.3 L supply of 2.6 L target Kerosene: 4.6 L supply of 1.5 L target Import 4% 6% 34% 66% Gasoline: 18. L supply of 23.4 L target LG: 2,91 tons supply of 4,4 tons target 23 UCLII

24 UCLII [5.] Help Iraq Build Government Capacity and rovide ssential ervices ational tock Levels Jan-6 eb-6 ar-6 Goal iesel Kerosene Gasoline LG he goal is to have on hand 15 days supply of all refined products, calculated on the basis of maximum consumption over the year and not adjusted for seasonal variation. he numbers given above are monthly averages UCLII 5

25 UCLII [6.] Help Iraq trengthen the ule of Law and romote Civil ights Iraqi Judicial ystem U ilitary rees 35 etainees in Iraq: he U military released more than 35 detainees in Iraq on arch 18, a statement said. he releases were recommended by the Combined eview elease Board (CB) consisting of U.. officers and Iraqi officials from the ministries of human rights, justice and interior, which found no reason to hold them, the military statement said. esident Legal dvisor rogram xpanded in Iraq: In ebruary, the epartment of tate s Bureau of International arcotics and Law nforcement ffairs (IL) funded the epartment of Justice s proposal to expand its verseas rosecutorial evelopment, ssistance and raining () Iraq esident Legal dvisor (L) program from three to fourteen Ls. s a result, is gearing up to send additional Ls to Iraq for one-year assignments to provide justice sector support to provincial courts. hortly after IL approved additional funding, sent two additional Ls to Iraq to serve as members of rovincial econstruction eams (s) as rule of law coordinators. Currently, has two Ls in s - inewa rovince (osul) and amim rovince (Kirkuk) and one L stationed at the mbassy in Baghdad. he two new Ls in Baghdad are awaiting deployment to Babil rovince (Hilla) and alah d in rovince (ikrit). 25 UCLII

26 UCLII [7.] Increase International upport for Iraq evelopments U roposes egional Contact Groups in Baghdad: t a press conference on arch 16, ecretary General s pecial epresentative for Iraq Qazi proposed establishing a contact group, comprised of Iraq s neighbors at a working level, to meet in Baghdad at a regular interval. hough it was only a proposal, he hoped to develop it further, and he believed that there was support in principle from almost all neighboring countries. Qazi believes the proposal for a regional contact group is relevant and has the potential for further promoting dialogue among all the parties involved. U-Iran alks on tabilizing Iraq: Iran offered to enter into talks with the United tates aimed at stabilizing Iraq. his marked the first time since the 1979 Islamic evolution that Iran had officially proposed dialogue with the United tates. ecretary ice declined to provide a timeline for these potential talks but indicated they would involve U mbassador in Iraq, Zalmay Khalilzad. 26 UCLII

27 UCLII [7.] Increase International upport for Iraq Contributors to Iraqi tability perations ata as of arch 2, Countries with forces in Iraq (in addition to U) lbania rmenia ustralia zerbaijan Bosnia-Herzegovina Czech epublic enmark l alvador stonia Georgia Italy Japan Kazakhstan Latvia Lithuania acedonia oldova ongolia etherlands oland ortugal L ~ 2, orces omania lovakia outh Korea Ukraine 29 Countries and * (including U) upport Iraqi tability perations UK *ote: iji participating as a part of the U mission in Iraq. *29 includes the 26 countries listed above, the U, iji, and ingapore. 27 UCLII

28 UCLII [8.] trengthen ublic Understanding of Coalition fforts and ublic Isolation of the Insurgents evelopments trategic Communications: n arch 2, resident Bush delivered the second in a series of speeches updating the merican people on our strategy for victory in Iraq. he speech profiled the northern Iraqi town of al far. nce a key base of operations for l-qaeda, al far is a concrete example of progress in Iraq. - al far shows how the three tracks of the trategy for Victory In Iraq political, security, and economic depend on and reinforce one another. By working with local leaders to address community grievances, Iraqi and Coalition forces helped build the political support needed to make the military operation to drive terrorists out of that city successful. he military success against the terrorists gave the citizens of al far security, and this allowed them to vote and rebuild their city. he economic rebuilding taking place is giving al far's residents a real stake in the success of a free Iraq and further marginalizing the terrorists. 28 UCLII

29 UCLII [8.] trengthen ublic Understanding of Coalition fforts and ublic Isolation of the Insurgents evelopments trategic Communications: mbassador avid atterfield, eputy Chief of ission, U mbassy Baghdad spoke on C s he ituation oom on arch 17. "nd [the people of Iraq] are a people who, by overwhelming numbers, in a progression of elections and referenda over the course of the past 15 months, have stated their views on the worthiness of what has happened here since the overthrow of addam Hussein. nd the story that they are telling to the world, to the region, to the merican people, is that yes, it was worth it. It was worth it to rid themselves of the tyranny of addam and the Baathists. It was worth it to have the opportunity to do what they're doing, literally, today, working together Kurds, rabs, hias, unnis, the representatives of the people of Iraq to form a government that can speak for all of them, that can accomplish the national goals all Iraqis are seeking, and in doing that, help to make this country a stable place for the future. nd that is an important goal to the merican people." 29 UCLII

30 UCLII Iraq Weekly tatus General Information his brief draws from multiple sources. eferences are cited on the following pages. lease forward all questions and/or comments to -I-IG- 3 UCLII

31 UCLII otes and ource Citations (1 of 4) lide 5: -I ress elease, lide 6: he dvisor (186 dition) lide 7: o Input to Iraq Weekly tatus eport 2 ar 6 lide 8: UI econstruction weekly update, arch 17, lide 9: ICI Website lide 11: he I inancial Chart is sourced from the 21 ar 6 I Weekly tatus eport lide 12: he chart shows average daily power production in megawatt hours (Wh). 12, Wh goal equates to 2 hours at 6 W average supplied load or 24 hours at 5 W average supply load. Currently supplies are not much improved over last year when judged by hours of power, but this is due in part to an influx of new appliances. his has dramatically altered demand and diluted the effect of increased generation capacity on actual results. lide 13: lectricity: UC aily eport arch 16 ublic Health and Healthcare: arch 16 mbassy Baghdad Unclassified /I UI Weekly Update arch UCLII

32 UCLII otes and ource Citations (2 of 4) lide 14: Water and anitation: C Weekly Iraq econstruction Update ar 16 UC aily eport arch 21 ducation: C Weekly Iraq econstruction Update ar 16 mbassy Baghdad Cable (98) arch 2 lide 15: I Weekly eport, arch 21, 26 lide 16: il rices: il rices are sourced from Bloomberg mployment Update: Information regarding the mployment Update was sourced from the I Weekly eport arch 21, 26 C has not reported figures for some time. Until they report accurate data, the number will remain at. C will be reporting on a bi-weekly basis. lide 17: Information regarding the I auction was gathered from the Central Bank of Iraq s website: lide 18: Bond rices: Iraqi Bond rices are sourced from Bloomberg lide 19: Information regarding the W ccession training was sourced from the Izdihar newsletter arch 18, UCLII

33 UCLII otes and ource Citations (3 of 4) lide 2: I Weekly eport, arch 21, 26 lide 21: epartment of tate, -I-C, lide 22: epartment of tate, -I-C, lide 23: epartment of tate, -I-C, UCLII

34 UCLII otes and ource Citations (4 of 4) lide 24: epartment of tate, -I-C, lide 25: eport, epartment of Justice, L Update ebruary 26 lide 26: ress conference by ecretary-general s special representative for Iraq Iran offers to enter Iraq talks with U.. lide 27: - Input to Weekly tatus eport 22 eb 6-eport is updated bi-weekly lide 28: amantha Quigley, Iraqis ed Up With Insurgency, merican orces ress ervice, 3/9/6 lide 29: mbassador avid atterfield on C s he ituation oom,, arch UCLII