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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 24 Sep 2007 [PDF]
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• Sept. 23 airpower summary: B-1Bs bring on the firepower AFPN 24 Sep 2007 -- Coalition airpower supported coalition ground forces in Iraq and International Security Assistance Force troops in Afghanistan during operations Sept. 23, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here.
• Operation Gecko III A continues MNF-I 24 Sep 2007 -- Soldiers from the 8th Iraqi Army Division and Paratroopers with Company B, 1st Battalion, 501st Airborne, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division continued their efforts to support concerned citizens of Jurf As Sukhr during Operation Gecko III A, Sept. 21.
• Troops Kill Five, Nab 15 in Raids Around Iraq AFPS 24 Sep 2007 -- Iraqi and coalition forces killed five insurgents, detained 15 suspects and destroyed a weapons cache in Iraq over the past three days, military officials said.

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Reconstruction Issues

• IRAQ: IDPs in Baghdad suburb stage protest, demand protection IRIN 24 Sep 2007 -- Nearly 400 internally displaced persons (IDPs) living in Baghdad's southern district of Saydiyah took to the streets on 23 September, demanding government protection to enable them to return to their homes.
• West 'Failing To Help' Iraqi Refugees RFE/RL 24 Sep 2007 -- Amnesty International is accusing Western countries of failing to adequately help Iraqi refugees
• Amnesty Calls for International Community to Do More for Iraqi Refugees VOA 24 Sep 2007 -- An Amnesty International report blames the international community for failing to address adequately Iraq's worsening refugee crisis, leaving the main host countries of Syria and Jordan shouldering much of the responsibility

Foreign Reactions

• Iraq Awaits Blackwater Probe Before Taking Action VOA 24 Sep 2007 -- Iraq says it will wait for the results of an investigation into the killing of 11 Iraqi civilians during a shootout involving a U.S. security firm before taking any action against the company.

News Reports

• IRAQ: Several local NGOs close down in Mosul IRIN 24 Sep 2007 -- At least five local non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have recently closed their offices in Mosul, 390km north of Baghdad, as a result of increased violence against aid workers and volunteers, according to sources within the NGO community.