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Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 28 Jul 2006 [PDF]
• MARINE DIES IN AL ANBAR 27 JULY
• DoD Identifies Navy Casualty
• CENTAF releases airpower summary AFPN 28 Jul 2006 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials released the airpower summary for July 28.
• Balad Air Base now part of Air Force Public Web AFPN 28 Jul 2006 -- Airmen in Iraq supporting the 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing at Balad Air Base can expect to see a new look on their public Web site.
• Bomb Blast Near Sunni Mosque in Baghdad Kills 4 People VOA 28 Jul 2006 -- Iraqi police say a bomb blast near a Sunni Mosque in Baghdad has killed four people and wounded at least six others.

Deployments

• US Increases Troops in Iraq, Rather Than Reducing as Hoped VOA 28 Jul 2006 -- The top U.S. general in Iraq had hoped to be able to recommend what he called a "fairly significant" reduction in U.S. troops in the country this year.
• US Extends Unit in Iraq Amid Continuing Violence VOA 28 Jul 2006 -- The U.S. Defense Department announced Thursday it has ordered several thousand soldiers to stay in Iraq beyond their one-year assignment, which was about to end.

US Policy

• Combat Commander: Morale High for Troops Around Baghdad AFPS 28 Jul 2006 -- U.S. troops serving in the provinces around Baghdad believe in the mission they're performing and know they're making a difference in the lives of Iraqis, a U.S. commander in the area said today.
• Coalition Works with Iraqi Security Force To Enforce Rule of Law Washington File 28 Jul 2006 -- A U.S. military security trainer says most of the Iraqis he has encountered acknowledge the need for coalition support "until they can get their house in order."

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• Mismanaged US Contracts Affect Iraqi Health System, say Democrats VOA 28 Jul 2006 -- Senate Democrats are investigating a series of U.S.-funded health projects in Iraq that have been plagued by cost overruns, delays and cancellations.

Foreign Reactions

News Reports

• RFE/RL Iraq Report, Volume 9, Number 27 28 Jul 2006
• Iraq: Kurdish Official Downplays Threat From Turkey RFE/RL 28 Jul 2006 -- Fu'ad Husayn, an adviser to Kurdish autonomous region President Mas'ud Barzani, told RFE/RL Iraq analyst Kathleen Ridolfo in a July 27 telephone interview that Kurdish officials continue to push for a diplomatic resolution to Turkey's fight with the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).