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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 01 Feb 2005 [PDF]

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• The 201st Iraqi Army Battalion secures ballots prior to elections MNF-I/MNC-I 01 Feb 2005 -- The 201st Iraqi Army Battalion with support from Task Force 1-18 Infantry successfully secured the ballots during the week leading up to the Iraqi elections.
• Iraqi citizens' information results in insurgents apprehension MNF-I/MNC-I 01 Feb 2005 -- Iraqi citizens in Fallujah demonstrated their desire to rid their city of insurgents by providing information that aided Iraqi and U.S. forces in counterinsurgency operations on two separate occasions Feb. 1.

Deployments

US Policy

• Ambassador Sees Unifying Effect in Wake of Iraqi Election AFPS 01 Feb 2005 -- The fact that Iraq's Jan. 30 national assembly election was on time and successful may bring prior skeptics on board as the country continues on the road to democracy, the U.S. ambassador to Iraq said Jan. 31.

United Nations

• Press briefing on iraq elections United Nations 01 Feb 2005
• UN/Iraq Sanctions VOA 01 Feb 2005 -- Iraq's ambassador to the United Nations is calling for an end to all sanctions placed on the previous Baghdad government led by Saddam Hussein. The envoy is asking that the U.N. weapons inspections unit be disbanded.
• UN electoral chief 'extremely pleased' with logistical feat of Iraq elections UN News Centre 01 Feb 2005 -- Using the term "incredible" several times, the chief United Nations electoral official who led the team giving technical aid and advice for Iraq's national poll on Sunday said today she was "extremely pleased" over what she called "the biggest logistic exercise" since the invasion of the country in terms of just moving materials around.

Reconstruction Issues

• Transcript: MINISTRY OF DEFENSE NEWS CONFERENCE MNF-I 01 Feb 2005
• Iraq: Leaders Look For Ways To Include Sunnis In New Order RFE/RL 01 Feb 2005 -- Iraq's official election results could still be a week away as ballot counting continues. But fears are increasing that representation in Sunni areas -- where insurgents have been most active -- could be too low to assure the community is adequately represented in the National Assembly. Iraqi leaders are now scrambling to assure the Sunnis they will have a place in the new order.
• IRAQ / KURDISTAN / FUTURE EXPECTATIONS VOA 01 Feb 2005 -- Kurds are making a push to have more influence in Iraq in the wake of elections. For many Kurds, the election was as much about shaking off a debilitating past as it was about shaping a prosperous future.
• IRAQ / SUNNIS VOA 01 Feb 2005 -- The final counting of ballots cast in Iraq's landmark elections Sunday began in Baghdad Tuesday. But with preliminary surveys indicating that many Sunni Arabs stayed away from the polls, Iraq's Interim President Ghazi al-Yawer says he and other Sunni Arabs will work with Sunni leaders to build an inclusive government.
• Shi'ites Pledge To Include Sunnis In Political Process RFE/RL 01 Feb 2005 -- As Iraqi election officials continue counting the ballots from the 30 January national polls, a leading Shi'ite Muslim politician is reiterating that the country's new government will include members of the Sunni minority.
• Iraqis, U.S. Hail Vote As Insurgent Defeat RFE/RL 01 Feb 2005 -- The interim Iraqi government and the United States say Iraq's national elections have marked a major defeat for insurgents.
• Iraq Elections Raise Hopes For More Aid RFE/RL 01 Feb 2005 -- The results of its landmark elections are still days away, but Iraq is already receiving signals of support from some key organizations.

Foreign Reactions

• MUFTI RAVIL GAINUTDIN BELIEVES THAT "IT WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT" TO CONSIDER ELECTIONS IN IRAQ TO BE DEMOCRATIC RIA Novosti 01 Feb 2005 -- Chairman of the Muftis' Council of Russia (SMR) mufti Sheikh Ravil Gainutdin stated that "it will be very difficult" to view the elections in Iraq as democratic. He said this at the meeting with journalists in Moscow on Monday.
• IRAQ'S ELECTIONS: 'FINALLY, SOME GOOD NEWS' US Dept. of State IIP, Foreign Media Reaction 01 Feb 2005

News Reports

• Iraqi Media Monitoring UNAMI 01 Feb 2005
• Analysis: Anatomy Of An Election RFE/RL 01 Feb 2005 -- Iraq's first foray into democratic elections in 54 years has been hailed as the first step in the transformation of the country.