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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 24 Aug 2006 [PDF]
• MND-B SOLDIER KILLED BY ROADSIDE BOMB
• U.S. ARMY SOLDIER KILLED
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Navy Casualty
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• MND-B SOLDIER KILLED IN SMALL-ARMS FIRE ATTACK
• MND-B SOLDIER KILLED IN SMALL-ARMS FIRE ATTACK
• CENTAF releases airpower summary for Aug. 24 AFPN 24 Aug 2006 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials have released the airpower summary for Aug. 24.
• Iraqi, U.S. Forces Foil Attack, Capture Terrorists, Disarm Explosives AFPS 24 Aug 2006 -- In separate operations this week throughout Iraq, Iraqi and U.S. forces stopped a terrorist attack against a police station, captured five suspected terrorists, and disarmed seven improvised explosive devices, U.S. military officials reported.

Deployments

US Policy

• "Battle of Baghdad" Will Decide Future of Iraq, Says U.S. Envoy Washington File 24 Aug 2006 -- The following op-ed column by Zalmay Khalilzad, U.S. ambassador to Iraq, was published in the August 23 edition of The Wall Street Journal
• Pentagon Suggests Iran is Training Iraqi Insurgents VOA 24 Aug 2006 -- A senior military spokesman says there is clear evidence that Iran has directly aided insurgents in Iraq.

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• Iraq's Military Medical Capability Improving, Iraqi General Says AFPS 24 Aug 2006 -- Iraq's military medical system is not equal to its U.S. counterpart, but is improving on a daily basis, the surgeon general of Iraq's armed forces said here yesterday.
• Iraq: Radical Cleric Challenges Shi'ite Establishment RFE/RL 24 Aug 2006 -- Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Mahmud al-Hasani al-Sarkhi grabbed the spotlight last week when he challenged the authority of Shi'ite Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani through a brazen attempt to gain access to Karbala's sacred Imam Husayn Shrine.

Foreign Reactions

News Reports

• Kurds React to Recent Shelling in Border Regions VOA 24 Aug 2006 -- There have been recent reports of Turkey and Iran shelling sites inside the northern Kurdish region of Iraq.