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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 06 Oct 2009 [PDF]
• U.S. Soldier dies from non-combat related injuries (Basrah)
• Oct. 5 airpower summary: Coalition aircraft provide responsive airpower AFNS 06 Oct 2009 -- Coalition airpower integrated with ground forces in Iraq and ISAF troops in Afghanistan during operations.
• Forces Arrest Terrorist Leader, Other Suspects in Iraq AFPS 06 Oct 2009 -- Iraqi forces, with US advisors, arrested a terrorist leader and other suspected terrorists in operations in Iraq.
• Forces in Iraq Disrupt Kidnappers, Save Boy AFPS 06 Oct 2009 -- Iraqi forces disrupted a kidnapping organization and saved a young kidnapping victim in Iraq in recent days.
• Apaches provide over watch, firepower Army News 06 Oct 2009 -- The pilots who fly the AH-64D Apache helicopter generally agree that if the attack helicopter was a car, it would be a sports car.
• Iraq Arrests Terrorist Cell Leaders VOA 06 Oct 2009 -- Iraqi security forces arrested six suspected terrorists, including two suspected terrorist cell leaders.

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United Nations

• Iraq: top UN envoy discusses upcoming polls with senior religious leaders UN News Centre 06 Oct 2009 -- Top UN envoy to Iraq has discussed Iraqi elections with Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Al-Sistani and other senior religious officials.

Reconstruction Issues

Foreign Reactions

• Turkey Extends Mandate to Fight PKK Rebels in Iraq VOA 06 Oct 2009 -- Turkey's parliament extended the mandate that allows the military to strike at Kurdish separatist rebels based in neighboring northern Iraq.

News Reports

• Car Bomb Rips Through Market in Western Iraq VOA 06 Oct 2009 -- Iraqi police say a car bomb tore through a market and killed at least eight people near the western city of Fallujah.
• Human Rights Conference Highlights Iraq's Commitment AFPS 06 Oct 2009 -- Iraqi Defense Minister Mohammed Abdul-Qader Jassim hosted a conference to highlight Iraq’s commitment to human rights.