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• TASK FORCE BAGHDAD SOLDIER KILLED
• TASK FORCE BAGHDAD SOLDIER KILLED

• Soldier Killed in Attack; Marines Kill Would-be Bomber American Forces Press Service - Dec. 26, 2005 - A Task Force Baghdad soldier was killed today when a rocket-propelled grenade hit his vehicle while on patrol in Baghdad, military officials reported.
• Violence Increases as Political Wrangling Continues in Iraq By Ben Gilbert VOA 26 December 2005 - There has been a resurgence of violence in Iraq in recent days, after a lull that followed the December 15 elections. Political wrangling continues, meanwhile, over allegations of voting fraud in the December 15 parliamentary elections.
• Iraqi Police, Firefighters respond to car bomb attacks MNF-I 26 Dec 2005 -- Iraqi Police, Firefighters and Task Force Baghdad Soldiers responded to multiple car bomb attacks in Central and Eastern Baghdad during the morning of Dec. 26.
• Insurgent Attacks Kill 12 Iraqis VOA 26 Dec 2005 -- A wave of insurgent attacks across Iraq killed at least 12 people, mostly Iraqi policemen Monday.
• Support Command Focuses on Training Iraqi Logisticians By Jim Garamone, American Forces Press Service, Dec. 26, 2005 --- It doesn't matter how many troops you have or how well trained they are if you can't sustain them. Coalition logisticians are working with the nascent Iraqi army to build a logistics capability for the force.
• EOD technicians busiest outside of Iraq AFPN 26 Dec 2005 -- With more than 1,200 man-hours spent on reportable incidents and destroying 595 unexploded bomblets, mortars and various other threats, the wing here has the busiest explosive ordnance flight outside of Iraq
• Police, Firefighters, U.S. Soldiers Respond to Baghdad Attacks AFPS 26 Dec 2005 -- Iraqi police, firefighters and Task Force Baghdad soldiers responded to a series of car bomb attacks in central and eastern Baghdad today, military officials reported.
• Support Command Focuses on Training Iraqi Logisticians AFPS 26 Dec 2005 -- It doesn't matter how many troops you have or how well trained they are if you can't sustain them.

• Afghans Try Former Communist Intelligence Chief RFE/RL 26 Dec 2005 -- An Afghan former intelligence chief went on trial today accused of war crimes and torture during communist rule in the 1980s.
• Afghanistan, Iran Sign Consular Agreement RFE/RL 26 Dec 2005 -- Iran and Afghanistan signed a memorandum of understanding on consular cooperation during a one-day visit by Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki to Kabul.

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• Chechen Separatist Envoy Urges Inquiry Into Mysterious Illness RFE/RL 26 Dec 2005 -- A Chechen separatist envoy today urged an international inquiry into a mysterious children's illness in the Russian republic of Chechnya.

• Sri Lankans Remember Tsunami, as Cease-fire Appears to Unravel VOA 26 Dec 2005 -- Prayers and special ceremonies were held across Sri Lanka to mark the first anniversary of the deadly Indian Ocean tsunami, which killed more than 30,000 people there.
• Thousands of Thais, Foreigners Mark One-Year Anniversary of Indian Ocean Tsunami VOA 26 Dec 2005 -- In Thailand, thousands of Thais and foreigners laid flowers and observed a minute of silence to commemorate the 5,000 people who died in the tsunami one year ago.