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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 29 Dec 2008 [PDF]
• Dec. 27 airpower summary: F-15Es provide armed aerial overwatch AFNS 29 Dec 2008 -- Coalition airpower integrated with coalition ground forces in Iraq and International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan during operations Dec. 27, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here.
• Dec. 25 airpower summary: F-15s protect convoys AFNS 29 Dec 2008 -- Coalition airpower integrated with coalition ground forces in Iraq and the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan during operations Dec. 25, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here.
• Iraqi, Coalition Forces Uncover Enemy Weapons AFPS 29 Dec 2008 -- Iraqi and coalition forces uncovered several enemy weapons stockpiles in recent operations, military officials reported.

Deployments

US Policy

• Task Force Gold Exemplifies ‘Engineer Fight’ in Baghdad, General Says AFPS 29 Dec 2008 -- The general who leads what he calls “an engineer fight” in Baghdad credits attention to sanitation and reconstruction of essential services with creating a dramatic turnaround that’s having a ripple effect throughout Iraq.

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• Iraqi Official Warns Against Ethnic Divide VOA 29 Dec 2008 -- Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih has warned against turning disagreements within Iraq's multi-faction government into an Arab-Kurdish conflict.
• NIIA opens new headquarters in Baghdad MNF-I 29 Dec 2008 -- The Iraq Ministry of Interior's National Information and Investigation Agency held a dedication ceremony Dec. 27 at its new headquarters in Baghdad

Foreign Reactions

News Reports

• Nothing Simple About Disbanding Of Iranian Rebel Camp In Iraq RFE/RL 29 Dec 2008 -- Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, who has found himself sandwiched between the demands of an influential neighbor, Iran, and the presence of a large occupation force of mostly U.S. soldiers, assured Iranian leaders during a recent visit to Tehran that a "solution acceptable to all parties" was imminent to the contentious issue of an Iranian rebel camp on Iraqi soil