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Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 27 Apr 2006 [PDF]
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• Weekly Press Briefing April 27, 2006 MNF-I 27 Apr 2006 -- IRAQ OPERATIONAL UPDATE BRIEFING BRIEFER: MAJOR GENERAL RICK LYNCH, SPOKESMAN, MULTINATIONAL FORCE IRAQ
• Insurgents Routed After Attacks on Iraqi Security Forces AFPS 27 Apr 2006 -- Iraqi security forces quickly responded to a series of attacks today in Baqubah in eastern Diyala province, leaving 21 enemy dead and capturing 43.
• U.S. Ship Returns Polish Combat Cargo From Middle East AFPS 27 Apr 2006 -- The U.S. cargo ship MV Cape Decision stopped in Szczecin, Poland, last week and returned combat equipment used by Polish military forces in Iraq.
• Iraqi Vice President's Sister Slain; Blast Kills 3 Coalition Troops VOA 27 Apr 2006 -- Iraqi police say gunmen have killed a sister of the country's new Sunni Arab vice president, Tareq al-Hashemi.
• CENTAF releases airpower summary AFPN 27 Apr 2006 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials released today's airpower summary.

Deployments

• Pressure Grows On Italy to Pull Troops from Iraq VOA 27 Apr 2006 -- Italy's center-left leader Romano Prodi faced calls from some of his allies to speed up a withdrawal of Italian troops from Iraq

US Policy

• Rumsfeld, Rice Restate US Commitment in Iraq VOA 27 Apr 2006 -- On their second day in Iraq, the American secretaries of state and defense met with coalition troops advising Iraq's army and police forces and restated the U.S. commitment to helping those forces and the new government build a peaceful, democratic society.
• Iraq Making Progress on Political, Security Fronts AFPS 28 Apr 2006 -- Iraq took another step toward forming a national unity government April 22, when it selected its top leaders, a Multinational Force Iraq spokesman said today.
• Progress Toward Iraqi Unity Government Prompts Optimism Washington File 27 Apr 2006 -- With a national unity government being formed and increasingly capable security forces keeping the peace, Iraq is making real progress, says U.S. Army Major General Rick Lynch.

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• Analysis: 'Collaborator' Label Stalks Sunnis cfr.org 27 Apr 2006 -- Two of the Sunni Arab community's senior political leaders, Tariq al-Hashemi and Saleh al-Mutlaq, are mourning family members murdered in the past few weeks (Mail & Guardian) for political reasons.

Foreign Reactions

• Iraq: Turkey Urged To Seek Baghdad's Help On Kurdish Militants RFE/RL 27 Apr 2006 -- Despite Turkey's suspicion of the largely autonomous Kurdistan region in Iraq, Iraq's Kurds could play a positive role in improving Ankara's relations with its own Kurdish minority.

News Reports

• Iraq: Kurdish Official Discusses Relations With Turkey RFE/RL 27 Apr 2006 -- RFE/RL Iraq analyst Kathleen Ridolfo on April 26 interviewed Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) International Relations Director Saffin Dizay, who spoke by telephone from Salah Al-Din