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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 21 Aug 2008 [PDF]
• Coalition Forces Detain 15 Suspects in Iraq AFPS 21 Aug 2008 -- Coalition forces detained 15 suspected terrorists during continuing operations targeting al-Qaida in Iraq's influence around the country.
• Reaper drops bomb on anti-Iraqi forces AFPN 21 Aug 2008 -- An MQ-9 Reaper dropped a 500-pound bomb against an anti-Iraqi targeting one of the first weapons engagements for the unmanned system.
• Officials Confirm Stability After Georgia Brigade's Departure AFPS 21 Aug 2008 -- Iraqi security forces and coalition forces leaders held a joint news conference here Aug. 18 to confirm the stable security situation in Iraq's Wasit province after the Georgian government redeployed the 1st Georgian Brigade to help with its domestic crisis.
• Soldiers strive to improve conditions for Iraqis Army News 21 Aug 2008 -- When Army Staff Sgt. David Cox looks at a map of Baghdad and sees the neighborhoods that form a little block in the southern part of the city known as Abu Tshir, he realizes how tenuous a position his platoon and fellow soldiers are in.
• MNC-I Commander visits troops in Ramadi USMC News 21 Aug 2008 -- Lieutenant Gen. Lloyd J. Austin III, the Multi National Corps-Iraq commander, visited the Marines, sailors and soldiers of 1st Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 1, in Ramadi August 21.
• Marines to see improvements in Rawah USMC News 21 Aug 2008 -- The number of forward operating bases occupied by Task Force 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines, Regimental Combat Team 5 is decreasing as the battalion moves toward a state of operational over watch in their area of operations.
• New ambulance arrives for 'Warlords' USMC News 21 Aug 2008 -- A Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicle is an armored vehicle designed to transport service members safely through combat zones as they accomplish their missions.

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US Policy

• US, Iraq Close to Agreement on US Troop Withdrawal VOA 21 Aug 2008 -- During an unannounced visit to Iraq Thursday, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met with her Iraqi counterpart and said the two sides are close to agreement on the withdrawal of U.S. troops from the country
• US-Iraq Agreement Close on Troops' Future VOA 21 Aug 2008 -- U.S. officials say they are close to an agreement with Iraq on the future of the U.S. troop presence in the country. But they deny reports that an agreement has already been reached
• U.S., Iraq Make Progress on Status of Forces Agreement AFPS 21 Aug 2008 -- Washington and Baghdad are close to reaching a status of forces agreement, but negotiations on the deal to determine the future U.S. military role in Iraq are ongoing, a Defense Department official said today.

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