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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 21 Jul 2005 [PDF]
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty

• Report to Congress Measuring Stability and Security in Iraq 21 Jul 2005 -- Presenter: Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs Lawrence Di Rita
• Close air support MNF-I 21 Jul 2005 -- Soldiers and airmen from 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, Task Force Liberty destroyed a suspected anti-Iraqi forces weapons cache near Ad Duluiyah with an air strike.
• Algerian Envoy, Attache Reportedly Abducted In Iraq RFE/RL 21 Jul 2005 -- Reports from Iraq are claiming that Algeria's envoy to Baghdad and a diplomatic attache were abducted today in the Iraqi capital.
• Gunmen Kidnap Algerian Envoy in Baghdad VOA 21 Jul 2005 -- Gunmen in Iraq have kidnapped Algeria's top envoy, the second kidnapping of a high-ranking Arab diplomat in the country in less than a month
• Radio Baghdad: Insurgents explode oil pipeline in southern Iraq IRNA 21 Jul 2005 -- Iraqi state Radio Baghdad announced minutes ago that insurgents on Wednesday night exploded an oil pipeline in southern Iraq's Mahmoudiyeh region.
• Sailor Dies From Wounds Suffered in July 15 IED Attack AFPS 21 Jul 2005 -- A sailor assigned to Regimental Combat Team 2, 2nd Marine Division, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward), died today of wounds suffered in a July 15 improvised explosive device attack in Hit, Iraq, military officials in Baghdad reported.

Deployments

US Policy

• Report to Congress: Measuring Stability and Security in Iraq US Department of Defense 21 Jul 2005 -- "The report is divided into two sections (...) The initial section of the report focuses on Stability and Security in Iraq and enumerates goals and progress regarding Iraq's political stability, security environment, and economic progress. The second section of the report, on Security Force Training and Performance, provides indicators of the training and development of the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF), including the forces of the Ministry of Defense (MOD) and the police and other paramilitary forces of the Ministry of Interior (MOI)." [PDF]
• Official Warns Against Misinterpreting Iraqi Forces Report AFPS 21 Jul 2005 -- A Pentagon report detailing the readiness of Iraqi security forces should not be interpreted to mean that Iraqis aren't meeting expectations, a military official in Baghdad said today.
• Indicators Show Progress Toward Stable Iraq, DoD Report States AFPS 21 Jul 2005 -- Terrorists in Iraq have been unable to derail the political process, a new Defense Department report on Iraqi stability and security states. Still, the report contends, insurgents "remain capable, adaptable, and intent on carrying out attacks."
• Iraq Report Measures Political, Economic, Security Improvements Washington File 21 Jul 2005 -- A new 23-page report on Iraq prepared by the Defense Department at the behest of Congress finds that a still virulent, but largely confined, Iraqi insurgency has failed to derail that country's movement toward democracy.

• U.S. Defense Chief Says Iraq Militants Still Effective RFE/RL 21 Jul 2005 -- U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said yesterday that a new Pentagon assessment has concluded that militants remain effective and intent on carrying out attacks targeting Iraqi officials and civilians.

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• Pentagon Says Iraqi Forces Better, Problems Remain VOA 21 Jul 2005 -- A report issued Thursday by the U.S. Defense Department says Iraqi security forces are improving, but that border control units remain weak, with a high level of infiltration by insurgent groups.

Foreign Reactions

• Italy Lower House Approves Funds for Extended Iraq Deployment VOA 21 Jul 2005 -- Italy's lower house of parliament has approved funding to extend the deployment of Italian troops in Iraq. Cabinet ministers also reached agreement on a new anti-terror package, which had caused some friction within the ruling coalition government.

News Reports

• Report: Egyptian ambassador in Iraq most probably alive IRNA 21 Jul 2005 -- Managing director of Egypt's telecommunications network in Iraq told an Iraqi TV network Wednesday, "Egypt's Ambassador in Iraq Ihab Sharif is most probably still alive."