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Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 20 Aug 2007 [PDF]
• MNC-I Soldier dies of non-battle related cause
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualties
• Aug. 19 airpower summary: Globemasters on the go AFPN 20 Aug 2007 -- Coalition airpower supported coalition ground forces in Iraq and International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan during operations Aug. 19, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here.
• Operation Lightning Hammer continues clearing Diyala, brings humanitarian aid MNF-I 20 Aug 2007 -- Operation Lightning Hammer continued into its fifth day Aug. 18 as 16,000 Iraqi and Coalition Forces Soldiers worked to secure parts of Diyala province and bring food and medical aid to the people there.
• Forces Kill Three, Detain Others in Raids on al Qaeda in Iraq AFPS 20 Aug 2007 -- Coalition forces around Iraq over the past two days killed three terrorists and detained 28 suspects while putting pressure on terrorists facilitating the movement of al Qaeda senior leaders.
• Operation Phantom Strike Continues to Put Pressure on Extremists AFPS 20 Aug 2007 -- Operation Phantom Strike, a series of combined coalition-Iraqi "quick-strike" offensives that launched last week continues to pressure extremist elements across Iraq, a top official there said today.

Deployments

US Policy

• Bomb Plotters Will Get Justice, Admiral Vows AFPS 20 Aug 2007 -- Coalition forces will track down those responsible for the coordinated attacks in northwestern Iraq this week against members of the Yazidis, a small Kurdish-speaking sect, a senior military spokesman in Iraq said today.

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• Roadside Bomb Kills Iraqi Governor VOA 20 Aug 2007 -- Iraqi officials say a roadside bomb has killed the governor of the southern Shi'ite majority province of Muthanna
• Power, Influence Dictate Patterns of Violence in Central Iraq AFPS 20 Aug 2007 -- Rather than clearly drawn lines in a Sunni vs. Shiia sectarian battle, the driver of much of Iraq's current violence is the murkier struggle for "power and influence," a coalition commander said yesterday.
• Roadside Bomb Kills Iraqi Governor VOA 20 Aug 2007 -- Iraqi officials say a roadside bomb has killed the governor of the southern Shi'ite majority province of Muthanna.

Foreign Reactions

• Iran Shells Iraq's Kurdish Region VOA 20 Aug 2007 -- Despite a recent announcement by Iran's state-run news agency, IRNA, saying Iranian and Iraqi security officials signed a border security pact, there are ongoing reports Iran is shelling the border areas in the Kurdish region of Iraq
• French Minister In Iraq As Ties With U.S. Warm RFE/RL 20 Aug 2007 -- France has sent a top official to Iraq for the first time since Paris led opposition to the U.S.-led invasion of 2003.

News Reports