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Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 26 Oct 2006 [PDF]
• MNF-W Sailor, Marines Killed in Attacks
• DoD Identifies Navy Casualty
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualties
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
• Operational Briefing, Oct. 26, 2006 MNF-I 26 Oct 2006 -- TOPIC: SECURITY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ
• Transcript: DoD News Briefing with Secretary Rumsfeld from the Pentagon 26 Oct 2006 -- Presenter: Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld
• Iraqi Forces Disrupt Kidnapping Cell, Raid Illegal Armed Group AFPS 26 Oct 2006 -- Iraqi police forces captured members of a murder and kidnapping cell and the leadership of an illegal armed group in separate operations yesterday, U.S. military officials reported.
• CENTAF releases airpower summary for Oct. 26 AFPS 26 Oct 2006 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials have released the airpower summary for Oct. 26.
• U.S., Iraqi Forces Continue Search for Missing Servicemember AFPS 26 Oct 2006 -- Coalition and Iraqi forces are continuing operations to search for a U.S. servicemember reported missing Oct. 23, a U.S. military spokesman in Iraq said today.

Deployments

US Policy

• U.S. Adjusts Tactics, Maintains Basic Goal in Iraq, Rice Says Washington File 26 Oct 2006 -- The United States continually is adapting its tactics in response to new challenges in Iraq, but it remains committed to the goal of helping the Iraqis achieve stability and security, according to U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
• Rumsfeld Reaffirms Goal of Helping Iraqis Govern Themselves Washington File 26 Oct 2006 -- The United States is not taking sides in Iraq’s sectarian fighting, but coalition forces must continue to protect the Iraqi people as their government works to create a multiethnic, multisectarian democracy that opposes extremism, U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said October 26.
• Benchmarks for Iraq Represent Steps Ahead, Not Firm Dates AFPS 26 Oct 2006 -- Benchmarks being developed with the Iraqis toward making them increasingly responsible for their own national affairs aren’t hard-and-fast timelines, but rather a basic plan for working toward that goal over the next two years, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld told Pentagon reporters today.
• Rumsfeld: Military Demonstrates Flexibility While Pursuing Goals in Iraq AFPS 26 Oct 2006 -- The U.S. military continues to adapt to changing circumstances on the ground as it works with coalition partners and the Iraqis to confront terrorists, help build up the Iraqi government and pave the way for Iraq’s security forces to become self-reliant, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld told reporters today.
• Rumsfeld: Iraq Benchmarks Reasonable, Timetable Proponents Should 'Back Off' VOA 26 Oct 2006 -- U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld says it is entirely reasonable for U.S. and Iraqi officials to discuss setting benchmarks and target dates for achieving their goals during the coming year

United Nations

• Money paid out by UN Compensation Commission for Kuwait invasion tops $21 billion UN News Centre 26 Oct 2006 -- The amount of money paid out by the United Nations Compensation Commission (UNCC) settling damage awards stemming from Iraq’s 1990 invasion and occupation of Kuwait topped $21 billion today with the allocation of more than $417 million to 46 claimants in seven countries.

Reconstruction Issues

• Iraqis Taking Responsibility Across Country AFPS 26 Oct 2006 -- Coalition forces are increasingly shifting from a lead role to a supporting role in Iraq as Iraqi forces take responsibility for more territory and security operations throughout the country, a U.S. military spokesman in Iraq said today.
• IRAQ: Gunmen refuse to disarm IRIN 26 Oct 2006 -- Abu Zaineb, 56, is one of the most well known small arms dealers in Baghdad. He sells guns under the table in his upmarket shop in Mansour, one of the capital’s most prestigious districts.

Foreign Reactions

News Reports

• Backgrounder: Iraq’s Militia Groups cfr.org 26 Oct 2006