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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 28 Sep 2009 [PDF]
• Sept. 27 airpower summary: Predator missile strike destroys enemy position AFNS 28 Sep 2009 -- Coalition airpower integrated with ground forces in Iraq and ISAF in Afghanistan during operations.
• Forces Arrest Tae Kwon Do Murder Suspect, Others in Iraq AFPS 28 Sep 2009 -- Iraqi forces, aided by U.S. troops, arrested multiple terrorism suspects, including one accused in a 2006 Tae Kwon Do kidnapping.
• Iraqi MPs Push For U.S. Troops To Protect Elections RFE/RL 28 Sep 2009 -- Some Iraqi politicians are urging PM al-Maliki to invite US forces to play an active role in upcoming elections.

Deployments

• 10th Mountain Division 'Commandos' Set to Return to Dramatically Improved Iraq AFPS 28 Sep 2009 -- New 10th Mountain Division commander told his soldiers preparing to deploy that they’ll play a critical role in “one of the most challenging and dynamic deployments” to Iraq.
• Engineers team up with robot at NTC to clear IEDs Army News 28 Sep 2009 -- Soldiers from 1st HBCT, 1st Armored Division, just ended two weeks in the box at the National Training Center preparing for an upcoming deployment to Iraq.
• 'Broncos' return home to Hawaii Army News 28 Sep 2009 -- 1,050 "Broncos" from the 3rd IBCT, 25th Infantry Division return from Iraq after a successful yearlong deployment.

US Policy

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• Iraqi, U.S. Air Force work hand in hand to support drawdown of forces AFNS 28 Sep 2009 -- Iraqi air force commander and the director of the Iraqi Training and Advisory Mission-Air Force visited Ali Base to speak with members of the media about the future of the base.
• Iraqi military police learn crowd control techniques from U.S. forces Army News 28 Sep 2009 -- "Erjaa'a! Erjaa'a!" shouted Iraqi Army soldiers as they displayed their batons hard from right to left.
• Taking over: Iraqi police station validated, ready for action Army News 28 Sep 2009 -- Once known as a hub of insurgent activity and violence, the city of Hawijah, Iraq eceived a ray of hope as another one of the city's police stations was validated.

Foreign Reactions

News Reports

• At Least 16 Dead in Bombings in Iraq VOA 28 Sep 2009 -- Police in Iraq say at least 16 people were killed and dozens wounded in a series of bombings across the country.