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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 24 Aug 2007 [PDF]
• Task Force Lightning Soldiers attacked
• Transcript: DoD News Briefing with Maj. Gen. Lynch from the Pentagon, Arlington, Va. 24 Aug 2007 -- Presenter: Commander, Multinational Division Center and 3rd Infantry Division Maj. Gen. Rick Lynch
• Aug. 23 airpower summary: F-16s provide coalition overwatch AFPN 24 Aug 2007 -- Coalition airpower supported coalition ground forces in Iraq and International Security Assistance Force troops in Afghanistan during operations August 23, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here.
• Al Qaeda Disrupted During Operations in Iraq's Tigris River Valley AFPS 24 Aug 2007 -- Coalition forces killed seven terrorists and detained 12 suspected terrorists today during operations in central and northern Iraq.
• 13 Killed as US Troops Clash with Shi'ite Militiamen in Western Baghdad VOA 24 Aug 2007 -- Iraqi officials say at least 13 people were killed and several others wounded in clashes between Shi'ite militants and U.S. forces in western Baghdad.

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US Policy

• U.S. Intelligence Report Offers Bleak Outlook For Iraq RFE/RL 24 Aug 2007 -- A new U.S. National Intelligence Estimate gives a dim prognosis for stability in Iraq, warning that the Iraqi government is becoming increasingly precarious and that there is little chance that Iraqi politicians can bridge sectarian rifts anytime soon.
• Report Cites Measured Progress in Iraq AFPS 24 Aug 2007 -- The latest National Intelligence Estimate update released yesterday reports a drop in violent attacks and measured progress in Iraq and suggests that, with continued robust counterinsurgency operations and mentoring by coalition forces, Iraqi security forces will continue to improve.
• Commander Says Iraqi Citizens Turning Against Insurgents AFPS 24 Aug 2007 -- Iraqis who once aligned themselves with militants are now taking up arms against al Qaeda, a top commander in the Iraqi capital said during a conference call today.

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• Electricity Generation in Iraq Improves, General Says AFPS 24 Aug 2007 -- Efforts to improve Iraq's electrical power grid continue to make good progress, a senior U.S. military engineering officer reported from Baghdad today.

Foreign Reactions

News Reports

• Land Mine Survey Helps Iraqis Save Lives, Improve Livelihoods Washington File 24 Aug 2007
• U.S./Iraq: Historians Question Bush's Use Of Previous Wars' Lessons RFE/RL 24 Aug 2007 -- In a major policy speech on August 22, U.S. President George W. Bush drew comparisons between the Iraq war and America's previous wars with Japan, Germany, and Vietnam.