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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 23 Jul 2009 [PDF]
• PRESS CONFERENCE: Brig. Gen. Lanza, MNF-I, Oct. 12, 2009 MNF-I 23 Jul 2009 -- Brig. Gen. Stephen Lanza, director, CJ-9, Multi-National Force - Iraq, holds a News Briefing to discuss the MNF-I security environmen/li>
• July 22 airpower summary: F-15s provide overwatch AFNS 23 Jul 2009 -- Coalition airpower integrated with coalition ground forces in Iraq and the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan during operations July 22, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here.
• Iraqi Fusion Cell brings U.S., Iraqi intelligence-gathering to new heights MNF-I 23 Jul 2009-- One part of the greater effort to transition the security of Diyala province out of the hands of Coalition forces and into those of the Iraqi Security Forces is located on Forward Operating Base Gabe, a small section of FOB Lion, located just outside of the Diyala provincial capital city of Baqubah
• On the Ground: Forces Mark Training Milestones in Iraq AFPS 23 Jul 2009 -- U.S. forces helped their Iraqi counterparts celebrate a few training milestones this week.
• Gulf Region Division begins consolidation of engineer districts MNF-I 23 Jul 2009 -- The Gulf Region Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Iraq began its transformation as part of the responsible drawdown of U.S. forces in Iraq when it discontinued two of its three subordinate districts July 20 and merged them into the Gulf Region district, or GRd

Deployments

US Policy

• With Al-Maliki At The White House, Obama Says Iraqi Withdrawal On Schedule RFE/RL 23 Jul 2009 -- Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki held talks on July 22 at the White House with President Barack Obama to discuss a range of issues, including the transition of U.S. troops out of the country and what comes next in U.S.-Iraqi relations.
• Gates, Maliki Discuss U.S.-Iraqi Security Partnership AFPS 23 Jul 2009 -- Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki discussed Iraq security issues when the two met at the Pentagon late this afternoon.

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• Election Monitors Arrive In Iraq's Kurdish Region RFE/RL 23 Jul 2009 -- Hundreds of international observers have arrived in the Kurdish autonomous region ahead of the July 25 parliamentary and presidential elections, RFE/RL's Radio Free Iraq (RFI) reports.

Foreign Reactions

• Iraqis Divided On Success Of Security Transfer RFE/RL 23 Jul 2009 -- Standing side by side with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki in Washington on July 22, President Barack Obama said he was encouraged by developments in Iraq. He added that the United States was in the "midst of a full transition to Iraqi responsibility" based on mutual interests and mutual respect

News Reports

• IRAQ: Trenches to protect Christians IRIN 23 Jul 2009 -- Security measures nationwide have been stepped up to protect the Christian community from militant attacks, security officials say, including digging trenches around Christian towns in remote areas.