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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 25 Jul 2005 [PDF]
• ONE TASK FORCE LIBERTY SOLDIER KILLED, TWO WOUNDED BY INDIRECT FIRE
• TASK FORCE LIBERTY SOLDIER KILLED IN SAMARRA
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualty

• Two Suicide Car Bombings Rock Baghdad RFE/RL 25 Jul 2005 -- There were two suicide car bombings in Baghdad this morning.
• Successful operations net terror suspect and weapons cache MNF-I 25 Jul 2005 -- Multi-National Forces from 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team) detained one suspected terrorist and seized a weapons cache during operations in northern Iraq July 23.
• U.S. Soldier Among Several Killed in Suicide Attacks AFPS 25 Jul 2005 -- Suicide attacks in Iraq today killed a U.S. soldier and several Iraqis, including two Iraqi commandos and 10 civilians, military officials in Baghdad reported.
• Planes soar thanks to Baghdad's 'tower of power' AFPN 25 Jul 2005 -- Except for a thick dusty haze squatting on the city from day to day, Baghdad and the surrounding Iraqi countryside would be completely visible from here.

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Reconstruction Issues

• Sunnis End Boycott of Iraq's Constitution Committee VOA 25 Jul 2005 -- Sunni Arab members of a committee drafting Iraq's constitution have ended a six-day boycott. The return of the members has renewed hopes the charter could be submitted to the Iraqi National Assembly by the August 15th deadline
• Iraqi Women Differ on Greater Role for Islam in Constitution VOA 25 Jul 2005 -- Reports that Iraq's draft constitution could give Islamic law a powerful role in society have sparked strong reactions by women's groups, who fear the move will greatly curb women's rights.
• Nearly 1,000 Iraqi Police graduate from training course MNF-I 25 Jul 2005 -- Distinguished police and military leaders turned out to watch 931 new Iraqi Police officers graduate from their training course at Baghdad Police College on Camp Shield July 21.
• Sunni Arabs End Boycott Of Iraq's Constitutional Committee RFE/RL 25 Jul 2005 -- Sunni Arab members of a committee that is writing Iraq's new constitution have ended a week-long boycott of the group.
• IRAQ: Shortage in food rations raises concern IRIN 25 Jul 2005 -- A shortage of items in Iraq’s monthly food rations is starting to worry government planners and the UN World Food Programme, particularly as most of the Iraqi population still depends on food aid.

Foreign Reactions

• Australian Premier Visits Baghdad RFE/RL 25 Jul 2005 -- Australian Prime Minister John Howard arrived today on an unannounced visit to the Iraqi capital Baghdad.
• Australian Premier Pledges To Keep Soldiers In Iraq RFE/RL 25 Jul 2005 -- Australia's Prime Minister John Howard, on a surprise visit to Baghdad, has pledged that his country's soldiers will remain in Iraq as long as the Iraqi government needs them.

News Reports

• Amnesty International Slams Iraqi Insurgents RFE/RL 25 Jul 2005 -- The London-based human rights group Amnesty International says insurgents battling U.S.-led forces in Iraq are engaged in "a pattern of war crimes and crimes against humanity."