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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 01 Sep 2009 [PDF]
• Aug. 31 airpower summary: Tankers have a busy day AFNS 01 Sep 2009 -- Coalition airpower integrated with ground forces in Iraq and ISAF troops in Afghanistan during operations.
• Transcript: DoD News Briefing with Col. Martin From Iraq DoD 01 Sep 2009 -- Presenter: Commander, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, Ist Infantry Division, Col. Joseph Martin
• US Proposes Sending Troops to Disputed Area of Northern Iraq VOA 01 Sep 2009 -- Top US military commander in Iraq wants to send American troops to a disputed strip of territory in northern Iraq.
• Attacks Prompt Iraqi Security Assessment AFPS 01 Sep 2009 -- Iraqi security forces have undertaken a broad self-assessment in the wake of series of deadly attacks in the Iraqi capital last month.
• Iraqis Seize Cache, Detain Terrorist, Secure Drone AFPS 01 Sep 2009 -- Iraqi forces seized a cache of supplies used to make rocket launchers, detained a terrorism suspect and secured a crashed US UAV.
• Military police unit ends tour with force protection mission Army News 01 Sep 2009 -- With final checks complete, Soldiers from the 266th Military Police Company moved out for another counter-indirect fire patrol.

Deployments

• Steel Knights return to Mannheim Army News 01 Sep 2009 -- 51st Transportation Company, 28th Transportation Battalion returned to Mannheim, Germany, Aug. 28 after serving a 15-month tour in Iraq.

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Reconstruction Issues

• Combat outposts in Anbar turned over to Iraqi control MNF-I 01 Sep 2009 -- During the month of August,, Multi National Force - West returned Combat Outposts Viking and Eagle Base to Iraqi control in Al Anbar province

Foreign Reactions

News Reports

• Government Says August Was Bloodiest Month for Iraqis in Past Year VOA 01 Sep 2009 -- Iraqi government figures indicate August was the bloodiest month in the last 13 for Iraqi citizens.
• Amnesty International: Iraq Has 1,000 Prisoners on Death Row VOA 01 Sep 2009 -- A prominent human rights organization has called on Iraq to halt all executions.
• Son Succeeds Father as Head of Iraq's Largest Shi'ite Party VOA 01 Sep 2009 -- The son of deceased Iraqi politician Abdul Aziz al-Hakim has succeeded his father as head of Iraq's largest Shi'ite party.