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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 27 Jul 2009 [PDF]
• July 26 airpower summary: C-17s help sustain coalition operations AFNS 27 Jul 2009 -- Coalition airpower integrated with coalition ground forces in Iraq and the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan during operations July 26, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here.
• Forces in Iraq Capture Militant, Destroy Weapons AFPS 27 Jul 2009 -- Coalition and Iraqi forces arrested an assailant and destroyed weapons in operations in Iraq over the past three days, military officials said.
• Artillery Unit Becomes Civil Affairs in New Iraq AFPS 27 Jul 2009 -- Most field artillery troops don’t expect to work in civil affairs support, but that’s the way it is with the quickly changing role of U.S. forces here.
• Engineers remove eyesore in Ghazaliyah Army News 27 Jul 2009 -- Life continues to returns to normal in the Ghazaliyah district of Baghdad , as Soldiers from Company A, 46th Engineer Combat Battalion (Heavy), 225th Engineer Brigade and security elements from 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Armor Division spent four days working together to remove a dilapidated building
• 30th HBCT troops line up for payday at FOB Mahmudiyah Army News 27 Jul 2009 -- Payday at Forward Operating Base Mahmudiyah, Iraq is a special event for Soldiers of 120th Combined Arms Battalion and Company E, 230th Brigade Support Battalion, 30th Heavy Brigade Combat Team, as the few places to shop there take cash only.
• "Blackhawks" provide financial services for "Ironhorse" troops Army News 27 Jul 2009 -- Soldiers from the Detachment B "Blackhawks," 208th Financial Management Company, 10th Sustainment Brigade, 101st Airborne Division are currently embedded with the 1st "Ironhorse" Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division at Joint Security Station (JSS) War Eagle, north of Baghdad, to provide Soldiers financial services
• 30th HBCT Soldiers train Iraqi partners in Mahmudiyah Army News 27 Jul 2009 -- Four Iraqis stand outside the door to a 10 square foot room, knowing there are two American Soldiers inside. On a silent signal they storm the room with AK-47 assault rifles at the ready. The first two scan the room and in less than a second, level rifles at the Americans.
• Outside the City: MPs continue to mentor Iraqis Army News 27 Jul 2009 -- Since Sovereignty Day, an Iraqi national holiday declared on June 30, the Iraqi Security Forces have taken the lead, but the Fort Bliss, Texas-based 591st Military Police Company still has a mission to do - train their Iraqi Police counterparts to take over security on the outskirts of western Baghdad
• Blacksmith battalion creates drivers training academy closer to home for local Iraqi police Army News 27 Jul 2009 -- Soldiers from the 215th Brigade Support Battalion "Blacksmiths", 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division recently opened a High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle Driver's Training Academy for Iraqi police on Forward Operating Base Diamondback when the battalion discovered the nearest academy was in Taji, approximately 200 miles from Mosul
• Charger Battalion water projects increase the quality of life in rural Ninewa Province Army News 27 Jul 2009 -- Ribbon cutting ceremonies were held on July 23 for two water stations built in the Qayyarah sub-district of Ninewa Province, south of Mosul
• Federal Police Combined Operations Center key to partnership for U.S. advisors Army News 27 Jul 2009 -- U.S. military advisors to the Iraqi Federal Police are teaching their Iraqi counter parts time tested US tactics, techniques, and procedures as the FP are now actively in the lead in securing west Mosul
• Sustainers, Al Seqir partner to move cargo around Iraq Army News 27 Jul 2009 -- Soldiers of the 49th Transportation Battalion, a subordinate unit of the 3d Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), control and track all ground and air movements around Iraq daily in support of Coalition forces
• Sustainers take control of warehouse Army News 27 Jul 2009 -- Soldiers of the 639th Quartermaster Company partnered to manage the East Liberty Supply Support Activity warehouse, an array of supply items for base customers here and the surrounding camps and forward operating bases
• Sustainment Bn., mission complete, with courage Army News 27 Jul 2009 -- The Rockville, Md., 398th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion conducted a transfer of authority ceremony with the 620th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion from St. Louis, Mo., here July 2
• National Guard trains Iraqi police to become self-sufficient Army News 27 Jul 2009 -- National police in Iraq's Wasit province now are capable of sustaining their own training needs after coalition forces leave here, military officials said, thanks to the efforts of a Massachusetts National Guard police company.

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• UN mission praises high voter turnout in Kurdistan region of northern Iraq UN News Centre 27 Jul 2009 -- The United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq (UNAMI) today congratulated election officials and the people of the northern region of Kurdistan for the large turnout, especially among women voters, in last week’s peaceful elections.

Reconstruction Issues

• Incumbents Appear in Lead, as Iraqi Kurds Await Results of Vote VOA 27 Jul 2009 -- Iraqi Kurds are awaiting the official results from regional elections held Saturday in Iraqi Kurdistan.
• First Iraqi student graduates from Aviation Leadership Program AFNS 27 Jul 2009 -- Iraqi air force 2nd Lt. Omar AlNuaimi became the first Iraqi to complete the Air Force Aviation Leadership Program upon his graduation from aviation training July 24 here after three years of training.

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