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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 26 Feb 2010 [PDF]
• Iraqi Forces Capture Suspected Assassin AFPS 26 Feb 2010 -- Iraqi security forces arrested a suspected al-Qaida in Iraq member believed to be responsible for numerous assassinations during a joint security operation conducted southwest of the Iraqi capital yesterday.
• Laughlin pilot helps launch Iraqi air force AFNS 26 Feb 2010 -- The former 47th Flying Training Wing inspector general and an instructor pilot here, returned from a deployment to Iraq four months early.
• 90th Sustainment Brigade cases colors, heads home Army News 26 Feb 2010 -- The 90th Sustainment Brigade, 13th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) held a casing ceremony Feb. 19 outside the brigade headquarters building, to retire the brigade's colors for its re-deployment from Iraq.
• Building sustainable agriculture in the Iraqi heartland Army News 26 Feb 2010 -- Leaders of the Diwaniyah Provincial Reconstruction Team and the 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, recently completed the first step toward what is hoped to be a lasting source of income for many farmers in Diwaniyah.
• Detroit Arsenal Reservists Return Home Army News 26 Feb 2010 -- The second contingency team of the 127th Wing Air National Guard Security Forces Squadron returned Thursday, Feb. 25, from deployment in support of Operation New Dawn.
• Hillclimbers handle TF Wing's 'heavy lifting' in N. Iraq Army News 26 Feb 2010 -- A CH-47D Chinook helicopter can transport 30 passengers and internally load up to 15,000 pounds of cargo. It doesn't require a landing strip, and there is virtually no operating location it can't service.

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United Nations

• UN Security Council Ready To Lift Saddam-Era Sanctions RFE/RL 26 Feb 2010 -- The United Nations Security Council has indicated its readiness to lift remaining economic sanctions against Iraq, provided Baghdad complies with its international obligations.
• Security Council welcomes Iraq’s support for non-proliferation UN News Centre 26 Feb 2010 -- The Security Council today welcomed Iraq’s support for global efforts to limit the number of nuclear weapons and dismantle existing stocks.

Reconstruction Issues

• Iraq to Rehire Saddam-Era Army Officers VOA 26 Feb 2010 -- The Iraqi government says it will reinstate 20,000 army officers who served under Saddam Hussein and were fired after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion.

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