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Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 25 Jun 2009 [PDF]
• June 24 airpower summary: C-130 airlift keeps mission going AFNS 25 Jun 2009 -- Coalition airpower integrated with coalition ground forces in Iraq and ISAF in Afghanistan during operations.
• Forces in Iraq Detain Suspected Terrorist, Seize Weapons AFPS 25 Jun 2009 -- Iraqi forces arrested a suspected terrorist and US and Iraqi forces seized a massive weapons cache in Iraq.

Deployments

• Reserve unit readies for deployment Army News 25 Jun 2009 -- 310th Human Resources Sustainment Center will deploy to Kuwait for a one-year tour this summer.

US Policy

United Nations

• Top UN envoy urges Iraqis to refrain from 'sectarian hatred' UN News Centre 25 Jun 2009 -- Senior United Nations official called on all Iraqis not to respond to the deadly incidents with sectarian violence.

Reconstruction Issues

• Sather AB renovates runway, paves way for Iraq's future AFNS 25 Jun 2009 -- Sather's runway recently underwent a major overhaul, improving the quality, capability and safety of the airfield.

Foreign Reactions

News Reports

• Iraq Bombing Meant To Rattle Authorities As U.S. Pulls Out RFE/RL 25 Jun 2009 -- A major bomb blast in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, has killed at least 69 people and injured more than a hundred others.
• Violence Rocks Iraq as US Prepares to Withdraw from Cities VOA 25 Jun 2009 -- Iraqi officials: Explosion tore through a bus station in Baghdad, killing two people and wounding at least 26 others.
• Blast in Baghdad marketplace kills 72, injures over 100 RIA Novosti 25 Jun 2009 -- Police have confirmed at least 72 people have died and more than 100 injured in a blast in a Baghdad marketplace.
• Iraqi Party Seeks Turkoman-Majority Province RFE/RL 25 Jun 2009 -- Official with a Turkic minority party: Talafar in northwestern Iraq should be detached from Nineveh province and declared a province.