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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 26 Dec 2003 [PDF]

• Four Soldiers Killed in Iraq, Accident Claims Another, Operation Nets 66 AFPS 26 Dec 2003 -- Four soldiers were killed in operations in Iraq and another was killed in an accident Dec. 24 to 26, coalition officials announced.
• IRAQ/ATTACKS VOA 26 Dec 2003 -- Separate attacks in central Iraq have killed four U-S soldiers.
• TASK FORCE ALL AMERICAN SOLDIERS CONTINUE TO IMPROVE SECURITY IN AL ANBAR CENTCOM Release 26 Dec 2003-- During the last 24 hours, Task Force All American soldiers in Al Anbar conducted 160 patrols (including seven joint patrols with Iraqis).

Deployments

• JAPAN/ TROOPS / IRAQ VOA 26 Dec 2003 -- Japan has sent a small military advance team to the Middle East to prepare for a larger humanitarian mission to Iraq in January. This will be Japan's largest troop deployment since World War Two. The Japanese public opposes the dispatch, fearing troop casualties and terror attacks.

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• IRAQ: Biyara IDPS face tough winter IRIN 26 Dec 2003 -- It is midday and the welcome sun bathes Avin Abdullah’s home in the remote village of Biyara. The icy mud has just begun to melt as the temperature creeps above zero. For Avin, the next few hours are the only time she will not feel cold.