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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 09 Feb 2010 [PDF]
• Feb. 8 airpower summary AFNS 09 Feb 2010 -- Coalition airpower integrated with ground forces in Iraq and International Security Assistance Force troops in Afghanistan during operations Feb. 8, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here.
• Iraqi Forces Capture Terrorism Suspects AFPS 09 Feb 2010 -- Iraqi forces working with U.S. advisors arrested numerous suspected terrorists and seized enemy weapons in various operations in Iraq in recent days.
• Provider leaders meet, discuss movement of troops, equipment in Iraq Army News 09 Feb 2010 -- The 49th Transportation Battalion out of Fort Hood, Texas, and 19 subordinate units throughout Iraq participated in a quarterly Green Tab Huddle Jan. 25 through Jan. 27 at Joint Base Balad, Iraq.
• Local nationals work to keep JBB clean Army News 09 Feb 2010 -- Soldiers with the 547th Transportation Company, 49th Transportation Battalion, 15th Sustainment Brigade, 13th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) escort the local nationals who work to beautify Joint Base Balad, Iraq, and keep it clean.
• 264th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion conducts commo check Army News 09 Feb 2010 -- The 264th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 15th Sustainment Brigade, 13th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), communications section, commonly referred to as "Section 6," set out to train over 180 drivers and truck commanders on essential operator level communication tasks beginning Jan. 21 at Contingency Operation Base Speicher.
• Mississippi Guardsman shows ingenuity during convoy security missions Army News 09 Feb 2010 -- Winter mud can pose safety and security risks to gun truck crews, but a Mississippi Army National Guard Soldier has come up with a method for minimizing those risks for his scout gun truck.
• U.S., Iraqi forces comission joint training facility in marshes Army News 09 Feb 2010 -- U.S. and Iraqi leaders joined in the marshlands of southern Maysan Province Feb. 4 to celebrate the official grand opening of the Common Training Center on Joint Security Station Umm Sa'ah.
• Wagonmasters dedicate pavilion to fallen Soldier Army News 09 Feb 2010 -- The 15th Sustainment Brigade and 13th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) leaders dedicated a pavilion here to a fallen Fort Hood Soldier during a small ceremony Feb. 3.

Deployments

• HHC, 264th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion prepares for redeployment Army News 09 Feb 2010 -- Soldiers of Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 264th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 15th Sustainment Brigade, 13th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), started the redeployment process by preparing their containers for shipment back to the United States.

US Policy

• Gates: Afghan Strategy Bears Fruit, Iraq on Track AFPS 09 Feb 2010 -- Noting signs that the new strategy in Afghanistan “is beginning to bear fruit,” Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates also said during an interview aired last night that the effort to build up Iraq’s security forces and move forward with the U.S. drawdown plan there remains on track.

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Foreign Reactions

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• IRAQ: Streamlining the state food aid system IRIN 09 Feb 2010 -- The Iraqi government has started excluding from distribution lists for state food aid those considered well-off, according to government officials.