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Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 19 Jul 2005 [PDF]
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• Task Force Baghdad patrols detain 10 terrorists MNF-I 19 Jul 2005 -- In combat operations July 15, Task Force Baghdad Soldiers detained six suspected terrorists after stopping a white Land Cruiser at 1:30 a.m. in the Thawra district of north Baghdad.
• Operations south of Mosul detain 20, net weapons cache MNF-I 19 Jul 2005 -- Task Force Freedom detained 20 suspected terrorists and seized a weapons cache during operations in northern Iraq July 18.
• Turkey Says U.S. Orders PKK Arrests In Iraq RFE/RL 19 Jul 2005 -- Turkish General Ilker Basbug said today that the United States has ordered the arrest of top Kurdish rebels of the PKK movement in Iraq.
• 15 Dead In Fresh Iraq Violence RFE/RL 19 Jul 2005 -- At least 15 people are reported to have been killed today in two separate attacks in northern Iraq.
• Sunni Members of Iraq's Constitutional Drafting Committee Killed in Drive-by Shooting VOA 19 Jul 2005 -- In Iraq, three Sunni Arab members of a team drafting the country's constitution, were shot and killed Tuesday in Baghdad.
• Forces Capture Dozens of Insurgents, Uncover Weapons Caches AFPS 19 Jul 2005 -- Joint raids by Iraqi and coalition forces have rounded up dozens of suspected terrorists and uncovered thousands of weapons and ammunition, according to military reports.
• Sunnis Drafting Constitution Gunned Down In Iraq RFE/RL 19 Jul 2005 -- Three Sunni men connected to the Iraqi National Assembly's constitutional drafting committee were gunned down outside a Baghdad restaurant today
• Airmen keep mission rolling AFPN 19 Jul 2005 -- Every day, dozens of C-130 Hercules aircraft at this forward-deployed location fly to Iraq with their bellies full of critical supplies and people to support the war on terrorism.

Deployments

US Policy

• Conditions in Iraq to Dictate Troop Numbers, Rumsfeld Says AFPS 19 Jul 2005 -- A Defense Department report expected to go to Congress soon will address stability and security in Iraq, but won't deliver force-level projections, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld told Pentagon reporters today.
• DoD Assists Iraq in Establishing Inspectors General System AFPS 19 Jul 2005 -- There are now 31 inspectors general within the Iraqi government, including Ministry of Defense Inspector General Layla Jassim Al-Moktar.

United Nations

• Iraq: Annan condemns murder of Sunni constitutional committee member UN News Centre 19 Jul 2005 -- Secretary-General Kofi Annan today voiced his "shock and dismay" at the assassination of a Sunni member of the commission writing Iraq's new constitution, stressing the need for all segments of Iraqi society to be represented in the process.

Reconstruction Issues

• Iraq Reconstruction Conference Ends Today RFE/RL 19 Jul 2005 -- An international conference on rebuilding postwar Iraq ends today on the Dead Sea coast in Jordan.
• Iraq Tells World To Give Aid Or Risk Insecurity RFE/RL 19 Jul 2005 -- Iraqi officials warned the international community today that more delays in delivering on aid pledges would further destabilize the country and threaten global security.

Foreign Reactions

• Iran, Turkey stress security and stability in Iraq IRNA 19 Jul 2005 -- Iranian Interior Minister Abdolvahed Moussavi-Lari and his Turkish counterpart Abdulkadir Aska explored here Monday ways of establishing security, and regional cooperation, notably in Iraqi developments.
• Iran, Iraq stress political, security cooperation IRNA 19 Jul 2005 -- Iran and Iraq here Monday stressed expansion of all-out relations, particularly in the areas of politics and security.
• Mousavi Lari condemns terrorist operations in Iraq IRNA 19 Jul 2005 -- Iranian Minister of the Interior Abdolvahed Mousavi Lari on Tuesday condemned terrorist operations in Iraq and said that Iran supports Iraqi national sovereignty and territorial integrity.

News Reports

• Study Claims Nearly 25,000 Civilian Deaths In Iraq RFE/RL 19 Jul 2005 -- A new study in Britain suggests that nearly 25,000 Iraqi civilians have been killed since U.S.-led troops invaded the country two years ago.