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Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 12 Jul 2006 [PDF]
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• CENTAF releases airpower summary AFPN 12 Jul 2006 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials have released the airpower summary for July 12.
• Iraqi Police Free Kidnap Victim; Large Bomb-Making Cache Found AFPS 12 Jul 2006 -- Iraqi police freed a kidnap victim in Baghdad, and coalition forces uncovered a large cache of bomb-making material near Mahmudiyah, Iraq, July 10, U.S. military officials reported.

Deployments

US Policy

• Transcript: Remarks by Secretary Rumsfeld during a Town Hall Meeting with U.S. Troops, Balad Air Base, Iraq 12 Jul 2006 -- Presenter: Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld
• Transcript: Media Availability with Secretary Rumsfeld and Iraqi Minister of Defense, Abdel Qadr al-Mufrji 12 Jul 2006 -- Presenter: Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld
• Media Availability with Secretary Rumsfeld En Route to Iraq 12 Jul 2006 -- Presenter: Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld
• Rumsfeld: Solution to Iraq Violence Will Be Political AFPS 12 Jul 2006 -- The solution to ending violence in Iraq will be the development of the national ministries and a reconciliation plan that includes all ethnic groups, U.S. Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said today.
• Iraqi People, Government Will Win Victory in Iraq, Rumsfeld Says AFPS 12 Jul 2006 -- Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld arrived here today on an unannounced visit to meet with U.S. troops
• US General Blames Al-Qaida, Shi'ite Death Squads for Iraqi Violence VOA 12 Jul 2006 -- The top U.S. commander in Iraq says al-Qaida terrorists and Shi'ite death squads are primarily responsible for the wave of sectarian violence in Baghdad.
• Rumsfeld in Iraq for Security Talks VOA 12 Jul 2006 -- U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is in Baghdad Wednesday for talks with Iraqi and American officials.
• Iraqis Invested in Building a New Future, Rumsfeld Says Washington File 12 Jul 2006 -- The greatest success of coalition forces in Iraq lies in helping its people to build a future for their country, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld told U.S. troops during a visit to Balad, Iraq, July 12.

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• Iraq: Sectarian Militias Blocking The Road To Security RFE/RL 12 Jul 2006 -- Senior Iraqi leaders warned this week -- nearly one month into Operation Together Forward -- that their country was on the brink of civil war.
• Iraqis to Assume Security Duties in Muthanna Province AFPS 12 Jul 2006 -- The Iraqi government will announce tomorrow that for the first time, Iraqi police forces will take over security control of a province, the U.S. general in charge of coalition troops here said today.

Foreign Reactions

• Moscow expects measures against new attacks on Russians in Iraq RIA Novosti 12 Jul 2006 -- Moscow expects Iraqi authorities to take urgent measures to find and punish the killers of Russian diplomats, and to ensure no such incidents occur in the future, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Wednesday.
• Putin blames coalition forces, U.S. for Russian diplomat murders RIA Novosti 12 Jul 2006 -- President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday part of the blame for the killing of five Russian diplomats in Iraq in June lay with coalition forces, including the United States.

News Reports