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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 24 May 2005 [PDF]
• FOUR 155TH BCT SOLDIERS KILLED
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• MARINE KILLED IN RAMADI
• DoD Identifies Army Casualties
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty

• Task Force Baghdad nabs terrorist disguised as woman MNF-I 24 May 2005 -- An Iraqi man trying to evade capture by donning a woman's dress was foiled May 23, by Soldiers of 4th Battalion, 1st Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 1st Armored Division.
• Reports Say Al-Zarqawi Wounded RFE/RL 24 May 2005 -- Abu Mus'ab al-Zarqawi, Iraq's most wanted man and leader of Al-Qaeda's group in Iraq, is reportedly wounded.
• Islamic Website Says Zarqawi Wounded VOA News 24 May 2005 -- A militant group's website says Jordanian-born terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, who has claimed responsibility for some of the deadliest and bloodiest attacks in Iraq, has been injured.
• 3/4 engineers bring Tennessee pride, tradition to Fallujah USMC News 24 May 2005 -- As the Tennessee state colors are uncased at the camp here, May 15, the engineers of 3rd Platoon, Delta Company, 4th Engineer Battalion, a reserve unit based out of Knoxville, Tenn., carried on a more than 40-year-old tradition.
• Coyotes sniff out insurgents throughout Iraq USMC News 24 May 2005 -- Activated reserve Marines from Johnstown, Pa., along with active duty personnel from Camp Pendleton, Calif., came together to make Marine Light/Attack Helicopter Squadron 775 in 2003.
• 2nd AABN Marine translates success USMC News 24 May 2005 -- Whether he's manning the turret of an amphibious assault vehicle, finding weapons caches with his Marines, or interpreting information from Arabic to English, this 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion Marine always gets the job done.

Deployments

• Kearsarge ESG Offloads 26th MEU in Kuwait Navy NewsStand 24 May 2005 -- The USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) Expeditionary Strike Group ESG) offloaded the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU)(Special Operations Capable) (SOC) at the Kuwait Naval Base May 15-17.

US Policy

• Optimism Grows in Iraq, But More Help Needed, Official Says AFPS 24 May 2005 -- As more Iraqis express confidence in their country's government, more help is needed from the international community to keep Iraq's progress on track, the general director of Iraq's National Security Agency said here today.
• US Terms Syrian Cooperation Minimal and Sporadic VOA 24 May 2005 -- The Bush administration Tuesday brushed aside a Syrian statement that it has severed military and intelligence cooperation with Washington because of what it says is an unfair U.S. media campaign against it. The State Department said Syrian cooperation on Iraq and other issues was minimal and sporadic.

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• Iraqi Army aid missions foster goodwill in Sadr City Army News 24 May 2005 -- Iraqi Army and Task Force Baghdad units held one of their largest humanitarian missions in a neighborhood here May 19.
• Iraq: Sectarian Violence On The Rise RFE/RL 24 May 2005 -- More than 50 people were killed on Monday as a result of bombings in Iraq targeting U.S. troops, Iraqi security forces, and Shi'ite Arab civilians. The bombings were the latest in a rising number of attacks that have led many to express fears that the country is on the verge of a sectarian war. However, analysts say it is too early to speak about a serious sectarian conflict.
• Iraq: Sunnis, Shi'a Still Must Build Working Relationship RFE/RL 24 May 2005 -- The announcement on 21 May by more than 1,000 Iraqi Sunni political, religious, and tribal leaders of the formation of a united political bloc represents the first unified step that Sunnis have taken within the political process since the fall of Saddam Hussein regime.
• IRAQ: Focus on reconstruction in Fallujah IRIN 24 May 2005 -- Reconstruction of Fallujah, the city which was the scene of fierce battles between US forces and insurgents between November 2004 and January 2005, has been slow according to local officials.

Foreign Reactions

News Reports

• Iraqi Media Monitoring UNAMI 24 May 2005