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Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 04 Aug 2006 [PDF]
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
• DoD Identifies Navy Casualty
• TWO SOLDIERS DIE IN AL ANBAR
• Transcript: DoD News Briefing with Colonel Brian Jones from Iraq 04 Aug 2006
• Insurgent Mortar Attack Kills Iraqis; U.S. Soldiers Kill Two Terrorists AFPS 04 Aug 2006 -- Three Iraqi civilians wer/military/library/news/2006/08/e killed, and nine were injured yesterday when insurgents fired a mortar round at a residential area in Ubaydi, Iraq, U.S. military officials reported.

Deployments

US Policy

• Commander: Violence in Iraq Stems From Varied Sources AFPS 04 Aug 2006 -- Violence in Iraq stems from several difference sources, and U.S., coalition and Iraqi forces there often find attacks difficult to classify, a combat commander in Diyala province said today.
• 6 US Marines Charged with Assaulting Iraqi Civilians VOA 04 Aug 2006 -- Six U.S. Marines have been charged with assaulting several Iraqi civilians in the town of Hamdania in April.

United Nations

• Secretary-General asks Council to extend UN Iraq mission for one year UN News Centre 04 Aug 2006 -- Secretary-General Kofi Annan has recommended that the Security Council extend the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) for another year to help the country in the face of formidable political, security and economic challenges.

Reconstruction Issues

• Iraq Humanitarian and Reconstruction Assistance Updates USAID 04 Aug 2006 [PDF]
• U.S., Georgian Forces Promote Leadership Skills in Iraq Washington File 04 Aug 2006 -- A senior U.S. military official working with Iraqi forces in the province of Diyala said that the coalition's goal is to promote security, foster economic growth and develop needed basic infrastructure and services.

Foreign Reactions

News Reports

• RFE/RL Iraq Report, Volume 9, Number 28 04 Aug 2006
• Iraqis Gather For Pro-Hezbollah Rally as Violence Continues in North VOA 04 Aug 2006 -- More than 100,000 Shi'ite followers of radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr have marched in Baghdad in support of Lebanon's Hezbollah militia.