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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 15 Jul 2005 [PDF]

• Transcript: Defense Department Special Briefing on Security Operations in Baghdad 15 Jul 2005 -- Presenter: Major General Joseph J. Taluto, Commander, Multinational Division North-Central Iraq, Commander, Task Force Liberty
• General Says Jihadist Groups in North-Central Iraq Are Merging VOA 15 Jul 2005 -- The Army general in charge of U.S. military operations in north-central Iraq said Friday that while the number of insurgents is declining, the number of attacks remains at the same level as it did before the January election.
• Car Bombs Target U.S., Iraqi Forces RFE/RL 15 Jul 2005 -- A series of car bombs exploded in separate areas of Baghdad today.
• Phase Two of Oil Terminal Security Turnover Begins Navy NewsStand 15 Jul 2005 -- The Iraqi military has begun the next phase in the security turnover process to assume responsibility for the Khawr Al Amaya and Al Basrah oil terminals.
• F-16 pilots provide support for troops on the battlefield AFPN 15 Jul 2005 -- In an instant they are gone, but the 510th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron's F-16 Fighting Falcons can be found in the Iraqi sky providing air support for servicemembers fighting against insurgents on the ground.
• Baghdad Car Bombs Kill 20; Two U.S. Marines Killed AFPS 15 Jul 2005 -- Three suicide-car-bomb attacks today in Baghdad, Iraq, claimed the lives of 15 Iraqi civilians and five Iraqi soldiers. Six Iraqi soldiers and 17 civilians were wounded.

Deployments

US Policy

• Iraqi Forces Assume Greater Solo Responsibilities, General Says Washington File 15 Jul 2005 -- Iraqi military and police forces are providing security for increasingly larger swaths of the country and are commanding more respect daily, says a U.S. military officer with knowledge of their operations.
• U.S. Commander Says Iraqi Forces Improving AFPS 15 Jul 2005 -- Iraqi forces are shouldering more of the security burden in north-central Iraq, the coalition forces commander there said today.

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• IRAQ: Families returning to Karabila in need IRIN 17 Jul 2005 -- Nearly all residents from the town of Karabila, in Iraq’s western Anbar governorate have returned, but are now in need of humanitarian assistance.

Foreign Reactions

• Iran/Iraq: Neighbors Mending Ties, But Several Outstanding Issues Remain RFE/RL 15 Jul 2005 -- Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Ja'fari is to travel to Iran tomorrow, making him the first Iraqi prime minister to visit the country in recent history. Officials are expected to sign key oil and power agreements during al-Ja'fari's trip.

News Reports

• Sunni Leaders in Iraq Urge Followers to Play a Bigger Political Role VOA 15 Jul 2005 -- Sunni politicians and clerics in Iraq are urging fellow Sunni Muslims to play a larger role in Iraq's political future by registering to vote in elections, scheduled for December 15th. The call comes amid rising sectarian tensions between the country's Sunni Arabs and majority Shi'ite Muslims, who dominate Iraq's current interim government