5) The last contingent of Japanese ground troops based in Iraq came home on Tuesday, completing the military's riskiest overseas mission since World War Two without firing a shot or suffering any casualties. (Reuters via Yahoo! News)


July 25, 2006:


1) The U.S. and Iraq are moving thousands of troops into Baghdad to bolster Iraq's war-weary capital in what the White House suggests is an acknowledgment that the six-week U.S.-Iraqi security offensive is not working. (AP via Yahoo! News)


2) President Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki worked to find common ground on Tuesday, with the White House saying the president retains confidence in the Shiite politician despite his failure to improve security in Iraq's bloody capital. (AP via Yahoo! News)


3) The United States and Iraq have agreed to "more aggressively" tackle the issue of Kurdish rebels striking at Turkey from bases inside Iraq, US national security adviser Stephen Hadley said. (AFP via Yahoo! News)


4) U.S. and Iraqi soldiers captured six members of an alleged "death squad" in Baghdad on Tuesday, hoping to quell the rampant sectarian violence dividing the capital. Attacks elsewhere in Iraq left at least 34 people dead including an American soldier. (AP via Yahoo! News)


July 26, 2006:


1) The Kurdistan regional government is rolling out a national media blitz this week: "Kurdistan: The Other Iraq," complete with cable television ads, print ads and a national tour by the head of its development office to attract investment and tourism to its northern Iraq region. (Washington Post)


2) A prized statue of an ancient king that was stolen during widespread looting in Iraq following the U.S. invasion three years ago has been returned to the country's government, U.S. and Iraqi officials said. (AP via Yahoo! News)




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