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Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 24 Jul 2006 [PDF]
• MNf-W SOLDIER DIES JULY 22
• MND-B SOLDIER KILLED BY SMALL-ARMS FIRE
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• TWO SOLDIERS DIE IN AL ANBAR PROVINCE
• Operations Update, July 24, 2006 MNF-I 24 Jul 2006 -- IRAQ OPERATIONAL UPDATE BRIEFING BRIEFER: MAJOR GENERAL WILLIAM CALDWELL, USA, SPOKESMAN, MULTINATIONAL FORCE-IRAQ
• CENTAF release airpower summary AFPN 24 Jul 2006 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials released the airpower summary for July 24.
• Commanders to Shift U.S., Iraqi Troops to Baghdad AFPS 24 Jul 2006 -- Commanders will shift U.S. forces in Iraq to deal with insurgent threats, but this does not mean more American troops will go into the country, nor that the announced rotation will change.
• U.S., Iraqi Troops Detain Suspects, Find Weapons AFPS 24 Jul 2006 -- U.S. and Iraqi soldiers detained four suspected terrorists and found several weapons caches and an improvised explosive device in weekend operations.

Deployments

• Patriot Returns to Sasebo After Southeast Asia Deployment Navy NewsStand 24 Jul 2006 -- USS Patriot (MCM 7), with embarked Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 5, Detachment (Det) 51, returned to her forward deployed home of Sasebo, Japan, July 23 after a three-month deployment in which the minesweeper enhanced maritime interoperability and bilateral relations with a number of Southeast Asian countries.

US Policy

• Baghdad Central to Fight for Iraq, U.S. General Says AFPS 24 Jul 2006 -- Iraqi security forces are increasingly taking the lead in operations as Baghdad becomes the focal point in the fight for Iraq, a senior U.S. military officer told reporters today.
• Iraqis Marshalling Resources To Secure Baghdad Washington File 24 Jul 2006 -- Any armed group contributing to the violence in Iraq's capital, regardless of motivation, will be brought to justice, says a top spokesman of Multi-National Force - Iraq.

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• Maliki Says Iraq Will Not Slide Into Civil War VOA 24 Jul 2006 -- Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki says his country will not slide into civil war, despite a wave of deadly sectarian violence in recent weeks.

Foreign Reactions

• British-Iraqi Talks in London Focus on Lebanon VOA 24 Jul 2006 -- British Prime Minister Tony Blair and his Iraqi counterpart Nouri al-Maliki have met Monday, in London

News Reports

• Saddam's Trial Resumes Without Him VOA 24 Jul 2006 -- The trial of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein for the murders of 148 Shi'ite men resumed without him Monday