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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 31 Dec 2009 [PDF]
• Airpower Summary: December 27 AFNS 31 Dec 2009
• Airpower Summary: December 28 AFNS 31 Dec 2009

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• IRAQ: NGOs say ready for more responsibility IRIN 31 Dec 2009 -- The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) in Iraq wants closer ties with local NGOs in 2010, and the head of a leading NGO umbrella group believes more effective aid can be delivered to Iraqi returnees if cooperation between local NGOs and UN bodies is boosted. But there are a number of constraints.
• UN envoy in Iraq expresses hope for 2010 polls UN News Centre 31 Dec 2009 -- ooking ahead to 2010, the top United Nations envoy to Iraq expressed hope today for a united Iraqi Government following the elections scheduled for early next year, reaffirming the world body’s support for the country’s governance strategies.

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• Report: Iran's Revolutionary Guards Orchestrated Kidnapping Of Britons RFE/RL 31 Dec 2009 -- A British newspaper says that Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps orchestrated the 2007 kidnapping of five Britons in Iraq and took them to Iran within a day of their abduction.