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Current Operations

• MARINE DIES IN NON-HOSTILE INCIDENT

• Incident investigation team surveys helicopter crash site MNF-I/MNC-I 22 Apr 2005 -- An investigation team surveyed the Mi-8 helicopter crash site north of Baghdad this morning, April 22nd.
• Civilian Helicopter Shot Down Near Baghdad RFE/RL 22 Apr 2005 -- Iraqi insurgents shot down a Bulgarian commercial helicopter near Baghdad on 21 April, killing 11 people.
• Iraq Car Bomb Kills 9, Wounds 20 at Shi'ite Mosque VOA News 22 Apr 2005 -- A car bomb killed at least nine people at a Shi'ite mosque in Baghdad Friday during midday prayers, and wounded at least 20.
• INCIDENT INVESTIGATION TEAM SURVEYS CRASH SITE CENTCOM 22 Apr 2005 -- An investigation team surveyed the MI-8 helicopter crash site north of Baghdad this morning.
• 1/6 Marine nabs insurgents USMC News 22 Apr 2005 -- Iraqi Security Forces and Marines with Company C, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment conducted a raid at a local business here April 17.
• Helicopter mechanics stay faithful to the Corps, return to Iraq USMC News 22 Apr 2005 -- Hundreds of Marines spend the better part of their days here in a hangar or out on the flightline repairing and maintaining aircraft to have them ready for the next mission.

Deployments

US Policy

• Guilty Akbar could face death penalty Army News 22 Apr 2005 -- Sgt. Hasan Akbar, the former 101st Airborne Division Soldier accused of the March 23, 2003 grenade attack on three tents in Kuwait, was found guilty April 21.
• US Senate Approves $81 Billion for Iraq, Afghanistan Combat and Reconstruction VOA News 22 Apr 2005 -- The U.S. Senate has approved more than $81 billion to sustain combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
• US Senate Approves Funding for New Iraq Embassy VOA News 22 Apr 2005 -- The U.S. Senate has approved $592 million for a new embassy in Baghdad as part of an emergency spending package for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• Iraqi Security Forces Top 155,000; Positive Trends Continue AFPS 22 Apr 2005 -- There are more than 155,000 "trained and equipped" members of the Iraqi security forces, and trends are clearly positive, a senior defense official said during a Pentagon background briefing today.

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