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Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 09 Aug 2006 [PDF]
• THREE SOLDIERS DIE IN ENEMY ACTION
• Operations Briefing, Aug. 9, 2006 MNF-I 09 Aug 2006 -- IRAQ OPERATIONAL UPDATE BRIEFING BRIEFER: MAJOR GENERAL WILLIAM CALDWELL, USA, SPOKESMAN, MULTINATIONAL FORCE-IRAQ
• CENTAF releases airpower summary for Aug. 9 AFPN 09 Aug 2006 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials released the airpower summary for Aug. 9.
• Coalition Captures American Journalist's Kidnappers in Iraq Washington File 09 Aug 2006 -- The capture of individuals allegedly involved in the kidnapping of an American journalist, ongoing efforts to reduce violence in Iraq's capital, and successes in rebuilding a city in Northern Iraq were outlined for journalists by a spokesman for Multi-National Force - Iraq.
• Four Iraqis Arrested in Connection with Kidnapping of US Journalist VOA 09 Aug 2006 -- U.S. forces in Iraq have made four arrests in connection with the kidnapping of American reporter Jill Carroll, who was held in captivity for nearly three months.
• U.S. Chopper Crashes in Iraq; Soldiers Find Weapons Cache AFPS 09 Aug 2006 -- A U.S. Army helicopter crashed yesterday during an orientation flight over Iraq's Anbar province, officials said today.
• U.S.-Iraqi Forces Target Baghdad Death Squads AFPS 09 Aug 2006 -- U.S. troops and Iraqi security forces have stepped up operations in Baghdad to curtail deadly sectarian violence that's plagued the city in recent months, a senior U.S. military officer told reporters in Baghdad today.
• Four Iraqis Implicated in Journalist Kidnap Case Arrested AFPS 09 Aug 2006 -- U.S. forces in Iraq have arrested several Iraqis suspected of involvement in the Jan. 7 abduction of an American journalist, a senior U.S. military officer told reporters in Baghdad today.
• Second Phase Of Baghdad Security Plan Launched RFE/RL 09 Aug 2006 -- U.S. and Iraqi forces today formally launched the second phase of a security plan designed to regain control of the streets of Baghdad.
• US Helicopter Crashes in Iraq's Anbar Province, 2 Missing VOA 09 Aug 2006 -- Military officials in Iraq say they are searching for two American crew members who are missing after a U.S. Army helicopter crash west of Baghdad.

Deployments

US Policy

• Analysts Say Lieberman Defeat Indicates Iraq Will Be Major Issue in US Elections VOA 09 Aug 2006 -- The primary defeat of veteran Democratic Senator Joseph Lieberman in Connecticut strongly suggests that the Iraq war will be a central issue in the November midterm congressional elections.

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• Iraq Weekly Status Report State Dept. 09 Aug 2006 [PDF]
• Milestone Reached as 4th Iraqi Army Division Stands Up AFPS 09 Aug 2006 -- The Iraqi army is halfway to its goal of 10 divisions as the 4th Division assumed command of the area north of Baghdad yesterday.
• Iraq: Kurds Call For More Government Accountability RFE/RL 09 Aug 2006 -- Demonstrations have broken out across Iraq's Kurdish region in recent days as residents protested what they claimed is rampant corruption and a lack of services provided by the newly formed government of the Kurdistan autonomous region.

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