A new Harris Poll conducted in France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Spain, and the US last month indicates large majorities in five of the six countries believe the coalition should withdraw military forces from Iraq within the next few months. More than 80 percent of respondents in France (90 percent), Spain (84 percent), Britain (83 percent), and Germany (82 percent) favor a timetable of a few months. The survey also asked what were the three most significant events of 2006, which Harris lists as: the Israel/Hezbollah war in Lebanon; the first nuclear test in North Korea; and the defeat of George Bush and the Republican Party in the US Congressional Elections.
An important U.S. Air Force E-3 Sentry AWACS command and control plane was among the aircraft damaged in a March 27 Iranian missile and drone attack on Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia, people familiar with the matter told Air & Space Forces Magazine.