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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 25 Oct 2006 [PDF]
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
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• DoD Identifies Navy Casualty
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualties
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• CENTAF releases airpower summary for Oct. 25 AFPN 25 Oct 2006 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials have released the airpower summary for Oct. 25.
• US Military: 10 Militants Killed in Raids on Shi'ite Stronghold in Baghdad VOA 25 Oct 2006 -- The U.S. military says Iraqi forces backed by U.S. warplanes killed 10 militants in raids on a Baghdad stronghold of a powerful Shi'ite militia.

Deployments

US Policy

• Press Conference by the President The White House 25 Oct 2006
• Bush Says Iraq Violence a 'Serious Concern' VOA 25 Oct 2006 -- President Bush says if he did not think the war in Iraq was vital to American security, he would bring home the troops immediately.
• US Audit: Administrative Costs Swallow 50 Percent of Iraq Reconstruction Funds VOA 25 Oct 2006 -- A report on reconstruction in Iraq says up to half of the money paid to U.S. government contractors goes to administrative costs rather than actual building work.
• Bush: U.S., Iraqi Leaders Stand Firmly United AFPS 25 Oct 2006 -- President Bush praised Iraqi Prime Minister Mouri al-Maliki’s leadership today and said he reminds Maliki regularly that “we’re with him so long as he continues to make tough decisions” for Iraq to succeed.
• Bush Says U.S. Security Depends on Victory in Iraq AFPS 25 Oct 2006 -- Winning the war on terror in Iraq is critical to American defense, President Bush said today in a White House news conference.
• Bush Steadfast On Iraq Despite Criticism RFE/RL 25 Oct 2006 -- U.S. President George W. Bush today expressed dissatisfaction with developments in the Iraq war, citing the heavy casualties suffered by both Iraqis and Americans.
• Bush: Iraq War Vital for US Security VOA 25 Oct 2006 -- With American casualties on the rise in Iraq and a U.S. congressional election less than two weeks away, President Bush is making his case for continuing involvement in Iraq to the American people.
• Bush Reaffirms Support for Iraq Washington File 25 Oct 2006 -- President Bush said that although the United States is adapting its military tactics in Iraq, its objective remains unchanged: a democratic Iraq capable of defending and governing its people while becoming a regional ally in the War on Terror.
• US Congressional Democrats Say Bush Iraq Policy in Disarray VOA 25 Oct 2006 -- U.S. Congressional Democrats say President Bush's policy on Iraq is in disarray
• Cheney: Iraqi Forces About 75 Percent Ready to Take Over Own Security AFPS 25 Oct 2006 -- The U.S. and coalition are “about 75 percent of the way there in terms of getting an Iraqi force that’s able to provide for their own security,” Vice President Richard B. Cheney said yesterday during an interview with National Public Radio.

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• Iraqi Army Captures Death Squad Commander, Kidnapping Suspects AFPS 25 Oct 2006 -- Special Iraqi army forces, aided by coalition advisors, captured a death squad leader and three people believed to have been involved in the kidnapping of a U.S. soldier in separate raids in the Iraqi capital’s Sadr City neighborhood, military officials reported.
• Iraq: Mecca Charter Unlikely To Stem Sectarian Violence RFE/RL 25 Oct 2006 -- Last week, approximately 50 Iraqi religious leaders signed a text in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia in the hopes that it would lead to the end the sectarian bloodshed that has been raging in Iraq for eight months.
• Iraqi Leader Vows Action Against Militia VOA 25 Oct 2006 -- Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is promising a major crackdown on illegal militias, which are blamed for widespread sectarian violence.
• Iraq Weekly Status Report US Dept. of State 25 Oct 2006 [PDF]

Foreign Reactions

News Reports

• U.S. Contractors Working to Improve Facilities for Iraqi Police AFPS 25 Oct 2006 -- Law enforcement is one of most urgently needed careers in Iraq, a country rife with insurgent, sectarian and criminal violence. The rush to recruit, train and equip the new Iraqi police forces has gone hand in hand with renovating facilities for offices, headquarters, and training centers, U.S. officials here said.
• IRAQ: Curfew in Amarah cripples daily life IRIN 25 Oct 2006 -- Residents of Amarah, a half-million strong city in south-eastern Iraq, say they are being severely restricted by an indefinite daily 20-hour curfew. Imposed by the Iraqi government on Monday after clashes between militia fighters and the Iraqi army intensified, the curfew is crippling daily life.