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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 19 Jan 2006 [PDF]
• DoD Identifes Army Casualties

• CENTAF releases daily airpower summary AFPN 19 Jan 2006 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials released its daily airpower summary.
• 23 Iraqis Die in Bomb Explosions VOA 19 Jan 2006 -- Two bombs exploded moments apart killing 23 people in downtown Baghdad, and 35 kidnapped police recruits are also feared dead.
• Defense Department Report, January 19: Terrorists' Demands Washington File 19 Jan 2006 -- The United States will not release any women detainees currently held in Iraq in response to recent terrorist demands, a U.S. general says.
• Twin Bombings in Baghdad Kill 22 VOA 19 Jan 2006 -- Iraqi officials say simultaneous blasts in Baghdad have killed at least 22 people and wounded 25 others in central Baghdad.
• 35 Iraqi Police Volunteers Reportedly Kidnapped RFE/RL 19 Jan 2006 -- Reports say U.S. and Iraqi forces were searching north of Baghdad today for 35 Iraqi police volunteers kidnapped by insurgents.
• Iraqi Officials Ask US to Release 6 Female Prisoners VOA 19 Jan 2006 -- Iraqi officials say they have asked U.S. forces to release six of eight Iraqi female prisoners, but they say the move is not related to the demand of a militant group that kidnapped an American journalist.
• IRAQ: New offensive in Anbar leads to more displacement IRIN 19 Jan 2006 -- Nearly 200 families have been displaced in the western governorate of Anbar as a result of a military offensive launched by US troops backed by the Iraqi Army on 15 December.

Deployments

• Italy Discloses Timeline for Troop Withdrawal from Iraq VOA 19 Jan 2006 -- Italy's defense minister says his country will withdraw 1,000 troops from Iraq by June and the rest of the force by the end of the year.

US Policy

• Iraqi Security Forces Move Toward Independence, General Says AFPS 19 Jan 2006 -- The past year showed a significant increase in the number of trained and equipped Iraqi security forces and in the capability of these forces to conduct independent operations, a U.S. military spokesman in Baghdad said today.

United Nations

• UN envoy welcomes International Mission for Iraqi Elections Assessment Team report UN News Centre 19 Jan 2006 -- The top United Nations envoy for Iraq welcomed today's report of the International Mission for Iraqi Elections (IMIE) Assessment Team and called on all parties to note its recommendations for future elections.

Reconstruction Issues

• News Analysis: Military academy key for Iraq Army News 19 Jan 2006 -- In northern Iraq, there is a school under reconstruction that may have a greater impact on the future of Iraq than any other reconstruction effort. The school is Zakho Military Academy.
• Iraqi Army graduates 'master trainers' Army News 19 Jan 2006 -- Iraqi Army soldiers graduating from a "Master Trainer" program participated in a ceremony Jan. 16 to acknowledge their newly acquired skills at the K1 Iraqi Army base.
• NATO trains 1,500 Iraqi security officials IRNA 19 Jan 2006 -- In 2005, the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation's (NATO) training mission in Iraq trained 1,000 mid-and senior-level officers in the country, and nearly 500 in NATO facilities in Europe.

Foreign Reactions

News Reports

• New Images Show Abducted U.S. Journalist In Iraq RFE/RL 19 Jan 2006 -- The Arabic television channel Al-Jazeera has aired new images of the kidnapped U.S. journalist Jill Carroll.