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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 26 Aug 2009 [PDF]
• Aug. 25 airpower summary: Pave Hawks transport medivac patients AFNS 26 Aug 2009 -- Coalition airpower integrated with ground forces in Iraq and International Security Assistance Force troops in Afghanistan during operations Aug. 25, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here.
• Aug. 24 airpower summary: A-10s provide cover for convoy AFNS 26 Aug 2009 -- Coalition airpower integrated with ground forces in Iraq and International Security Assistance Force troops in Afghanistan during operations Aug. 24, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here.
• Iraqi Forces Detain Five Terrorism Suspects AFPS 26 Aug 2009 -- Acting on warrants issued by Iraqi courts, Iraqi forces arrested five terrorism suspects in recent days, killing another who attacked them while they were serving one of the warrants.
• DOMEX dominates exploitation efforts in AOR AFNS 26 Aug 2009 -- The job of more than 60 Airmen on the Tactical Documentation and Media Exploitation Brigade Support Team here can be summed up in their unique motto, "You check their pulse, we'll check their pockets."
• Secretary Donley visits deployed servicemembers AFNS 26 Aug 2009 -- Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley met with deployed servicemembers Aug. 26 at an air base in Southwest Asia and visited base facilities there during a brief stop on his tour of the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility.
• Multi-National Corps - Iraq details drawdown plan Army News 26 Aug 2009 -- As Multi-National Corps - Iraq moves into the second phase of the drawdown of troops and equipment from Iraq, it faces challenges ranging from the withdrawal of roughly 80,000 service members to a connex filled with pink roller skates
• Tough love' for Iraqi Security Forces Army News 26 Aug 2009 -- Discussions between Multi-National Corps - Iraq teams from across the country addressed the transition of missions, bases and contracts to the Iraqi government based around a common theme - tough love for Iraqis as they take control of their country

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• Nearly $180 billion transferred to Iraq fund, says UN report UN News Centre 26 Aug 2009 -- The fund administering proceeds from export sales of petroleum from Iraq has received an influx of nearly $180 billion through the end of last year, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says, acknowledging that an Iraqi-run committee is ready to assume responsibility for the scheme.

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• Iraqi Shiite leader dies of lung cancer RIA Novosti 26 Aug 2009 -- The leader of one of Iraq's most powerful Shiite political groups died of lung cancer in Tehran on Wednesday, party officials said.
• Iraqi Shi'ite Leader al-Hakim Dies VOA 26 Aug 2009 -- Sources close to Iraqi Shi'ite leader Abdul Aziz al-Hakim say the cleric has died.