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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 29 Aug 2006 [PDF]
• 1/167 CALVARY SOLDEIR DIES OF INJURIES SUSTAINED IN HUMVEE
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualties
• CENTAF releases airpower summaries AFPN 29 Aug 2006 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials have released the airpower summaries for Aug. 28 and 29.
• Iraqi Authorities Regain Control of Diwaniyah VOA 29 Aug 2006 -- Iraqi officials say authorities have regained control of the southern city of Diwaniyah, where scores of people were killed in fighting between Iraqi soldiers and Shi'ite militiamen.

Deployments

US Policy

• Transcript: Secretary Condoleezza Rice Remarks at the 88th Annual American Legion Convention US Department of State 29 Aug 2006
• Rice: Premature US Iraq Pullout Would Cause Immeasurable Harm VOA 29 Aug 2006 -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told a war veterans group Tuesday that a premature U.S. troop withdrawal from Iraq would cause immeasurable harm to U.S. interests
• U.S. Attorney General Lauds Rebuilding of Iraqi Legal Institutions Washington File 29 Aug 2006 -- The high-profile trial of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is a top international news item, but building Iraq's capacity to hold such a trial is a story in itself.
• Coalition Helps Iraqis Build Strong National Defense Washington File 29 Aug 2006 -- Officials highlight advisers' role supporting Iraqi army, police, border guards

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• Backgrounder: Phase Two in the Saddam Trial cfr.org 29 Aug 2006
• Analysis: Legal Quandaries in Iraq cfr.org 29 Aug 2006 -- As much as paving roads and rebuilding schools and hospitals, the post-conflict reconstruction of Iraq requires strengthening the country's wobbly legal foundations and establishing the rule of law.
• IRAQ: Kurdish government to build camp for IDPs IRIN 29 Aug 2006 -- Kurdish officials in Iraq's northern Kurdistan Region have unveiled plans to build a camp for some 6,000 families who have abandoned their homes in southern and central Iraq to resettle in the north since the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime in 2003.

Foreign Reactions

• FM spokesman: Iran concerned about escalation of insecurity in Iraq IRNA 29 Aug 2006 -- Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid-Reza Asefi here Tuesday expressed Iran's concerns about escalation of insecurity and dispute in Iraq.

News Reports

• Iraqi Kurds Condemn Rebel Attack in Turkey VOA 29 Aug 2006 -- A U.S. backed group of Iraqi Kurdish fighters has condemned Monday's deadly terror attack by Kurdish rebels in Turkey