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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 27 Jan 2006 [PDF]
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty

• Transcript: News Briefing with Col. H.R. McMaster 27 Jan 2006 -- Presenter: Col. H.R. McMaster, commander, 3rd Armord Cavalry Regiment and Multinational Force-Northwest
• CENTAF releases daily airpower summary AFPN 27 Jan 2006 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials released today's airpower summary.
• Suspected Terrorists Detained; Tips Lead to Weapons Caches AFPS 27 Jan 2006 -- Coalition and Iraqi forces captured several weapons caches and suspected terrorists in operations throughout Iraq over the past few days, officials reported.
• Iraqi Soldiers Seek Captive U.S. Journalist AFPS 27 Jan 2006 -- Iraqi soldiers and police are conducting a house-to-house search for American freelance journalist Jill Carroll, who was taken hostage in the Baghdad area Jan. 7, a senior Iraqi military officer said on U.S. television today.
• Iraqi Army Division Takes Security Lead in Two Provinces AFPS 27 Jan 2006 -- The 8th Iraqi Army Division now has responsibility for military operations across two large provinces, a senior U.S. military officer told reporters in Baghdad yesterday.
• Good tips lead to insurgents, weapons Army News 27 Jan 2006 -- A series of tips here enabled coalition forces of the Multi-National Division, Baghdad, to bust insurgent shooters and bombers, and led to several caches of weapons, explosives and ammunition.
• US Commander: Insurgents Driven from Tal Afar in Northern Iraq VOA 27 Jan 2006 -- A senior U.S. military commander in Iraq says coalition and Iraqi forces have driven insurgents from the northern Iraqi city of Tal Afar, and that reconstruction of the area is well under way.
• Defense Department Report, January 27: Iraq Operational Update Washington File 27 Jan 2006 -- A U.S. military commander who works in northwestern Iraq says the security situation has changed visibly in the town of Tal Afar and that sectarian violence there is winding down.

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Reconstruction Issues

• Iraq Humanitarian and Reconstruction Assistance Updates USAID 27 Jan 2006 [PDF]
• Iraq: Kurdish Leaders Comment On Unification Of Regional Government RFE/RL 27 Jan 2006 -- Kurdish leaders signed a long-awaited agreement on 21 January to jointly administer the Kurdistan regional government.

Foreign Reactions

• UK troop deployment switched in Iraq due to military overstretch IRNA 27 Jan 2006 -- British soldiers from the Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters regiment in central England have been suddenly switched to domestic duties after being originally told at the end of last year that they would "shortly" be sent to Iraq.
• UK unwilling to divulge US plans to stay in Iraq IRNA 27 Jan 2006 -- The British government has confirmed that it regularly discusses military planning in Iraq with the US but is unwilling to divulge whether Washington wishes to retain permanent military bases in the country.
• German Government Confirms Contact With Iraq Kidnappers VOA 27 Jan 2006 -- Germany's foreign minister said the government has made contact with insurgents who kidnapped two German engineers in northern Iraq.

News Reports

• RFE/RL Iraq Report, Volume 9, Number 4 27 Jan 2006 -- SUNNIS TURNING AGAINST AL-ZARQAWI IN IRAQ / IRAQI KURDISH LEADERS COMMENT ON UNIFICATION OF KURDISH REGION