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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 26 Jul 2005 [PDF]
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty

• Transcript: Defense Department Regular Briefing 26 Jul 2005 -- Presenter: Larry Di Rita, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs and Lieutenant General James T. Conway, United States Marine Corps
• Gunmen Kill At Least 16 In Baghdad Bus Ambush RFE/RL 26 Jul 2005 -- Gunmen opened fire today on a bus carrying employees home from a factory in Abu Ghurayb, west of Baghdad, killing at least 16 people, international media report.
• Pressure continues to route terrorists in northern Iraq MNF-I 26 Jul 2005 -- Iraqi Security Forces and Multi-National Forces from Task Force Freedom detained 42 suspected terrorists and seized a number of weapons during operations in northern Iraq July 24.
• Task Force Freedom continues to pressure terrorists, seize weapons MNF-I 26 Jul 2005 -- Task Force Freedom detained seven suspected terrorists and seized a large weapons cache during operations in northern Iraq July 25.

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US Policy

• New Report Cites Progress, Challenges for Iraqi Police Force AFPS 26 Jul 2005 -- A new report on training of police forces in Iraq shows steady progress but identifies areas that need improvement, including the process used to vet members into the force, Larry Di Rita, the Defense Department's top spokesman, told Pentagon reporters today.

United Nations

• Secretary-General welcomes return of Iraq's Sunnis to committee drafting new constitution UN News Centre 26 Jul 2005 -- Secretary-General Kofi Annan today welcomed the prospective return of Iraq's Sunni Arab representatives to the committee drafting the strife-torn country's new constitution

Reconstruction Issues

Foreign Reactions

• Polish Premier Visits Iraq RFE/RL 26 Jul 2005 -- Polish Prime Minister Marek Belka today said that Poland is determined to keep its troops in Iraq.

News Reports

• Al-Qaida In Iraq Says Algerian Diplomats Sentenced to Death VOA 26 Jul 2005 -- Al-Qaida in Iraq has posted a video of two men, believed to be Algerian diplomats kidnapped last Thursday. The group says the pair has been sentenced to death and would soon be killed.
• Report: Al-Qaeda In Iraq To Execute Algerian Envoys RFE/RL 26 Jul 2005 -- Al-Qaeda in Iraq says it will execute two Algerian envoys kidnapped in Baghdad last week.