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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 01 Feb 2010 [PDF]
• Bomber crews keep watch over operations in Southwest Asia AFNS 01 Feb 2010 -- Airmen from the 37th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron validated their capabilities and those of the B-1B Lancer during a deployment that concluded Jan. 27, here.
• Iraqis Capture Suspected Explosives-Cell Member AFPS 01 Feb 2010 -- Iraqi security forces arrested a wanted Baghdad explosives-cell member and a suspected accomplice today during a combined security operation in a rural area south of Baghdad.
• Operations Company Maintains Presence at Basra During Transition Army News 01 Feb 2010 -- The 159th Seaport Operations Company, an inland cargo transfer company, is directly responsible for the Central Receiving and Shipping Point at Contingency Operating Location Basra, Iraq.
• Air Cav. fuelers reach over two million gallons pumped Army News 01 Feb 2010 -- The relentless nature of the 1st Air Cavalry Brigade aviation mission requires aircraft to be in the air at all times.
• Engineer medics train lifesaving techniques to Iraqi Soldiers Army News 01 Feb 2010 -- Medics from 16th Engineer Brigade taught Iraqi counterparts some basic medical skills at the Iraqi Old Ministry of Defense building Jan. 25.

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United Nations

• Top UN envoy in Iraq shocked by killing of scores of pilgrims UN News Centre 01 Feb 2010 -- The top United Nations official in Iraq today expressed his shock and sadness at the suicide bombing targeting Shi’a pilgrims, reportedly killing over 40 people.

Reconstruction Issues

• Iraqi mortarmen complete first live-fire exercise Army News 01 Feb 2010 -- Iraqi troops demonstrated their mortar skills to U.S. counterparts during a live-fire exercise in eastern Al Anbar province Jan. 27, aimed at moving them closer to self sufficiency.

Foreign Reactions

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• Suicide Bomber Kills Shi'ite Pilgrims in Iraq VOA 01 Feb 2010 -- Iraqi police say a female suicide bomber has killed more than 40 Shi'ite pilgrims and wounded more than 100 others in Baghdad. For several years, sectarian violence has plagued the pilgrimage that marks the death of a revered Shi'ite figure.