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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 20 Jul 2006 [PDF]
• MARINE KILLED IN AL ANBAR PROVINCE
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• Operations Update, July 20, 2006 MNF-I 20 Jul 2006 -- IRAQ OPERATIONAL UPDATE BRIEFING BRIEFER: MAJOR GENERAL WILLIAM CALDWELL, USA, SPOKESMAN, MULTINATIONAL FORCE IRAQ
• Rakkasan Armament Program saves lives in Iraq Army News 20 Jul 2006 -- Soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division have added heavy armor to more than 700 Humvees since January through what they've dubbed the Rakkasan Armament Program.
• CAB Chinooks keep trucks, personnel off perilous roads Army News 20 Jul 2006 -- CH-47 Chinook pilots with the 4th Infantry Division's Combat Aviation Battalion move an average of 40 pallets of equipment and supplies throughout Baghdad every night.
• Iraqi, Coalition Forces Redouble Baghdad Security Efforts Washington File 20 Jul 2006 -- Efforts to secure Baghdad are central to Iraq's future, but will take months to implement fully, says a top coalition spokesman.
• CENTAF releases airpower summary AFPN 20 Jul 2006 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials have released the airpower summary for July 20.
• Iraqi, Coalition Troops Launch Operation, Capture Terrorists AFPS 20 Jul 2006 -- Iraqi and coalition soldiers launched a new operation near Kirkuk, Iraq, this morning, and Iraqi army soldiers have captured more than a dozen terrorists near Baghdad over the past two days.

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• U.S. General Vows Crackdown on Baghdad Violence AFPS 20 Jul 2006 -- Iraqi and coalition security forces will redouble efforts to stem a recent spate of bombings, murders and kidnappings conducted in and around Baghdad, a senior U.S. military officer said today.

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• IRAQ: 6,000 civilian deaths in two months - UNAMI IRIN 20 Jul 2006 -- The Iraqi government says it is worried aboutincreasing sectarian violence in the country, following statistics released by the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) stating that nearly 6,000 civilians were killed in May and June alone.
• Number Of New Iraqi Refugees Rising RFE/RL 20 Jul 2006 -- Iraq's government said today that at least 162,000 people have fled their homes over the past five months in an effort to escape the sectarian violence that has swept the country.

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