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Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 30 Jul 2008 [PDF]
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
• PRESS CONFERENCE: Security Operations: Iraqi Maj. Gen. al-Askari, Brig. Gen. Perkins, July 30, 2008 MNF-I 30 Jul 2008 -- Maj. Gen. Mohammed al-Askari, Spokesman for Iraq's Ministry of Defense, and Brig. Gen. David Perkins, Spokesman for MNF-I, discuss security operations in Iraq
• July 29 Airpower Summary: C-17s provide heavy airlift AFPN 30 Jul 2008
• No cargo too large for Sather aerial port Airmen AFPN 30 Jul 2008 -- Sometimes good things come in big packages, and occasionally they come in very big packages. For the aerial port Airman assigned to the 447th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron, there is no package that's too big or cargo that they can't handle.
• Coalition, Iraqi Forces Detain Terrorism Suspects, Seize Weapons AFPS 30 Jul 2008 -- Iraqi and coalition forces detained a dozen suspected terrorists during operations targeting al-Qaida in Iraq leaders in the central part of the country yesterday and today, military officials reported.
• Officials Discuss Start of Iraqi-Led Diyala Operations AFPS 30 Jul 2008 -- The operation now under way to clear enemies from Iraq's Diyala province is Iraqi-conceived, Iraqi-planned and Iraqi-led, a senior coalition officer said today.

Deployments

US Policy

• Four Germany-based US soldiers charged with pre-meditated killing of Iraqi prisoners IRNA 30 Jul 2008 -- Four Germany-based US soldiers are accused of killing an unidentified number of Iraqi detainees.

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• Iraqi Forces Continue Progress Toward Self-Sufficiency AFPS 30 Jul 2008 -- Last month, Iraqi soldiers in Taji recovered two broken-down Humvees on their own and restored them without any help from coalition maintenance personnel.

Foreign Reactions

• Analysis: Betting on Iraq in the Gulf cfr.org 30 Jul 2008 -- When the United Arab Emirates announced in June it was forgiving billions of dollars in Iraqi debt (Al Arabiya), President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed vowed to alleviate "the economic burden faced by the brotherly Iraqi people."

News Reports

• Reporter's Notebook: A Day In The Life Of Georgian Peacekeepers RFE/RL 30 Jul 2008