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Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 15 Jul 2009 [PDF]
• July 14 airpower summary: F-15Es hit enemy positions AFNS 15 Jul 2009 -- Coalition airpower integrated with coalition ground forces in Iraq and ISAF in Afghanistan during operations.
• Forces Detain Insurgents, Seize Weapons in Iraq AFPS 15 Jul 2009 -- Iraqi forces, aided by US soldiers, detained five suspects and discovered several weapons caches during multiple operations.
• Military Police Begin New Law, Order Mission in Basra AFPS 15 Jul 2009 -- A new law and order force is now on duty here to provide a safe and secure environment for servicemembers.
• Stryker route clearance teams clear roads for Soldiers, local civilians Army News 15 Jul 2009 -- Soldiers of 856th Engineer Company, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team trying to find anything that might hide a bomb.
• 277th Engineers make the streets of Baghdad a safer place Army News 15 Jul 2009 -- Soldiers of the 277th Engineer Company work diligently to ensure the main and alternate supply routes are clear of debris.
• Weapons loaders arm jets for the fight AFNS 15 Jul 2009 -- Without the work of Airmen who load munitions on aircraft, F-16 Fighting Falcons in the fight here would be no different than any commercial airliner.
• Signal company keeps Stryker Soldiers in touch with each other, the world Army News 15 Jul 2009 -- The 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team's signal company fighting to keep brigade units "on the horn."
• Iraqi officers become integrated liaisons with Greywolf Brigade Army News 15 Jul 2009 -- Officers from branches of the Iraqi Security Forces have been brought in to act as liaison officers.

Deployments

US Policy

• Transcript: DoD News Briefing with Geoff Morrell from the Pentagon Briefing Room, Arlington, Va. DoD 15 Jul 2009-- Presenter: Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• Warhorse troops conduct commo training with Iraqi counterparts Army News 15 Jul 2009 -- Coalition Forces throughout Ninewa are continuing to support their Iraqi Security Force counterparts.
• Marine battalion turns over western Iraq camp to Army USMC News 15 Jul 2009 -- Camp Korean Village no longer in the hands of Combat Logistics Battalion 7, 2nd Marine Logistics Group (Forward).
• Former Hussein hunting lodge becomes IP Center of Excellence Army News 15 Jul 2009 -- Conversion completed from what was originally a hunting lodge belonging to Saddam Hussein.

Foreign Reactions

News Reports

• Iraqi PM to Meet with US President VOA 15 Jul 2009 -- Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki will meet with U.S. President Barack Obama in Washington next week.
• Iraq Car Bombing Kills 6 VOA 15 Jul 2009 -- Iraqi officials say a car bomb blast has killed at least six people, including two traffic police officers, in western Anbar province.
• IRAQ: Christian community faces new wave of violence IRIN 15 Jul 2009 -- A new wave of violence targeting Iraq's Christian community has raised questions about the safety of religious minorities amid concerns about Iraqi forces' ability to maintain security after the 30 June withdrawal of US combat forces from cities to outlying bases.