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Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 26 Jul 2006 [PDF]
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• MNC-I SAILOR DIES
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• CENTAF releases airpower summary AFPN 26 Jul 2006 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials released the airpower summary for July 26.
• U.S. Soldiers Capture Members of Iraqi 'Death Squad' AFPS 26 Jul 2006 -- U.S. soldiers with Multinational Division Baghdad captured five members of a "death squad" in Iraq today.
• Battalion Maintains Support Mission While Preparing to Move Locations AFPS 26 Jul 2006 -- Support battalions are the backbone of the Army's brigade combat teams, aiding and sustaining them in a variety of ways.

Deployments

US Policy

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• Baghdad Violence Solution Depends on Security, Reconciliation AFPS 26 Jul 2006 -- Increasing violence in Baghdad is due to sectarian tensions, and the solution to the problem will involve more than increased security forces, a Defense Department spokesman said here today.
• Saddam Asks to be Executed if Found Guilty VOA 26 Jul 2006 -- A protesting Saddam Hussein was brought to court in Baghdad Wednesday to attend the final phase of his trial for crimes against humanity.

Foreign Reactions

• Iraqi Prime Minister Sees Iraq as Central to War on Terror Washington File 26 Jul 2006 -- Iraq is the central battle that will determine the outcome of the War on Terror, according to Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, and it is the responsibility of all liberal democracies to support Iraq's struggle to overcome the forces seeking to tear it apart.
• Iraqi PM Expresses Appreciation for US Troop Sacrifices VOA 26 Jul 2006 -- Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki says he appreciates the sacrifice U.S. troops are making in his country
• Iraqi PM to U.S. Congress: Iraq to Become 'Graveyard for Terrorism' AFPS 26 Jul 2006 -- Iraq is the front line in the war on terror and ultimately will serve as a "graveyard for terrorism," Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki told a joint session of Congress here today.

News Reports

• Iraq: Learning Lessons From Lebanon RFE/RL 26 Jul 2006 -- In 2003, Iraq observers warned that Iraq faced the danger of going down the same road as Lebanon, which fought a bitter civil war from 1975-90
• U.S.: Iraqi Leader Stirs Controversy Over Hizballah RFE/RL 26 Jul 2006 -- Nuri al-Maliki wasted no time getting involved in controversy during his first trip to the United States as prime minister of Iraq.
• IRAQ: Government donates $35 million to Lebanon IRIN 26 Jul 2006 -- Despite an escalating humanitarian crisis of its own, the Iraqi government has contributed US$35 million to the High Relief Commission of Lebanon (HRCL) in a show of support for the Lebanese government and concern for the needs of its citizens.