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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 27 Jul 2009 [PDF]
• July 27 airpower summary: B-1B provides overwatch AFNS 28 Jul 2009 -- Coalition airpower integrated with coalition ground forces in Iraq and the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan during operations July 27, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here.
• Daggers, Baghdad ePRT complete sewage project Army News 28 Jul 2009 -- Local Iraqi leaders from the Karkh district of northwest Baghdad, along with leaders from the 2nd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad, and the Baghdad embedded Provincial Reconstruction Team gathered July 26 in the Salhiyah neighborhood to mark the competition of a major sewer network project that will provide sewage services to the area that were not previously available
• Making non-lethal tasks "Easy" Army News 28 Jul 2009 -- The Soldiers of "Easy" Forward Support Company, 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division have assumed the responsibility of all governance and non-lethal tasks in the town of Al Hadr, Iraq
• Fort Lewis' 80th Ordnance Battalion Receives Combat Patch Army News 28 Jul 2009 -- The 80th Ordnance Battalion, from Ft. Lewis, Wash., conducted a combat patch ceremony here July 7, to recognizing 30-consecutive days in a combat zone
• Artillery unit becomes Civil Affairs in new Iraq Army News 28 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.

Deployments

• DoD News: DoD Announces Units for Upcoming Operation Iraqi Freedom Rotation DoD 28 Jul 2009 -- The Department of Defense announced today the alert of replacement forces scheduled to deploy in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom
• Army National Guard Units Prepare for 2010 Rotation in Operation Iraqi Freedom Army News 28 Jul 2009 -- The Department of the Army has confirmed the Department of Defense's announcement for the next rotation of major units scheduled to deploy in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom
• Britain to Withdraw Remaining Forces from Iraq VOA 28 Jul 2009 -- Britain said it will withdraw its remaining forces in Iraq to neighboring Kuwait.

US Policy

• Transcript: Joint Press Conference with Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and Iraqi Minister of Defense Abd Al-Qadir Al-Mufriji 28 Jul 2009 -- Presenter: Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates
• U.S. Defense Secretary In Iraq To Talk Security RFE/RL 28 Jul 2009 -- U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates has arrived in Iraq as part of a regional trip that has already taken him to Israel and Jordan.
• Odierno Says Iraqi Response Paves Way for More Progress AFPS 28 Jul 2009 -- The commander of Multinational Forces Iraq said today he’s extremely pleased with the way Iraqi security forces have stepped to the plate following the June 30 withdrawal of American forces from the cities and towns of the country.
• US, Turkish and Iraqi Officials Meet to Coordinate Strategy Against PKK VOA 28 Jul 2009 -- Senior officials from Iraq, Turkey and the United States met Tuesday to coordinate efforts in the fight against Turkish Kurdish rebels based in northern Iraq.
• US Defense Secretary Makes Unannounced Visit to Iraq VOA 28 Jul 2009 -- U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates is in Iraq on a previously unannounced visit.
• Gates Notes Change in Chemistry Between Iraqi, U.S. Forces AFPS 28 Jul 2009 -- The movement of American forces out of Iraqi cities has been a psychological turning point for the Iraqi security forces, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said here today.
• Gates Arrives in Iraq to Check New Brigade Set-up AFPS 28 Jul 2009 -- Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates began a previously unannounced visit to Iraq with a stop to examine the prototype of the U.S. advisory and assistance brigades.
• Air Force to Assess Iraqi Air Defense Needs AFPS 28 Jul 2009 -- The Air Force is sending an assessment team to Iraq to look at how the Iraqi military can field an air defense once American forces leave in 2011.

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• Viable Opposition Emerges In Iraq's Kurdish Region Elections RFE/RL 28 Jul 2009 -- Northern Iraq's powerful ruling Kurdish parties appear to have fended off a strong opposition challenge during last weekend's regional elections

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