Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

Operations
Deployments
US Policy
United Nations
Reconstruction Issues
Foreign Reactions
News Reports

Current Operations

• Transcript: Videoteleconference from Iraq with Maj. Gen. Odierno 25 Jul 2003 -- Also participating was Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs Mr. Bryan Whitman

• Franks Adds Humor About His Career to Serious Speech About Global War on Terrorism AFPS 25 Jul 2003-- Army Gen. Tommy Franks said he wasn't surprised when Saddam Hussein's sons Uday and Qusay were killed in a pitched battle in Iraq. The general who led international coalitions in Afghanistan and Iraq even predicted the demise of the pair's father.
• 4th ID Commander Reports Iraqis Providing Information, Attacks Lessening AFPS 25 Jul 2003-- The July 22 deaths of Saddam Hussein's sons Uday and Qusay at the hands of U.S. forces who were tipped of by an Iraqi citizen is bringing forth intelligence information that has led to weapons seizures and the arrests of Saddam loyalists.

Deployments

US Policy

• Iraq: Rumsfeld Defends Decision To Release Hussein Sons' Photos RFE/L 25 Jul 2003 -- U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld says he is glad he made the decision to release pictures identified as the bodies of Saddam Hussein's two sons killed in a firefight with U.S. troops in Iraq.

United Nations

• IRAQ: Interview with UN Humanitarian Coordinator, Ramiro Lopes da Silva IRIN 25 Jul 2003 -- Ramiro Lopes da Silva, the UN's Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq, spoke to IRIN about the UN's humanitarian response to the ongoing crisis and UNOCHI's relationship with the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) and the new governing council. He spoke about the pressing need to improve security to facilitate aid and about the need to more successfully promote the work of the United Nations in Iraq. Below are extracts from the interview.

Reconstruction Issues

• Transcript: News Conference on DoD Efforts to Help Rebuild the Iraqi Health System 25 Jul 2003 -- "Today we have assistant secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, Dr. William Winkenwerder, to share with you the Defense Department's efforts to help rebuild the Iraqi health system and to advise the Iraqi Ministry of Health. Dr. Winkenwerder just returned from a week-long tour of the health care situation in Iraq and will bring you up to date."

Foreign Reactions

• Turkey: Washington Turns To Ankara For Help In Iraq RFE/L 25 Jul 2003 -- The United States yesterday said that the 20,000 to 30,000 soldiers its allies have so far agreed to send to Iraq are not enough to help its troops pacify the war-torn country. Desperate for military assistance, Washington is now requesting help from Turkey. But the prospect of Turkish soldiers risking their lives in Iraq without a proper international mandate has triggered a new controversy in Ankara.

News Reports

• Iraq: Grisly Photos Of Hussein's Sons Spark Ethical Concerns RFE/L 25 Jul 2003 -- The U.S. Coalition Provisional Authority yesterday released photographs showing bloodied bodies identified as Saddam Hussein's two sons, Qusay and Uday. U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has defended the move as a "very clear signal to the Iraqis that the Hussein family is finished."
• IRAQ / PHOTO REACT VOA 25 Jul 2003-- In the Shia Muslim slums of Sadr City outside of Baghdad, there is no mourning for Saddam's sons, killed by U-S forces earlier this week
• PENTAGON / SADDAM VOA 25 Jul 2003-- A top U-S military commander says he believes coalition forces are closing in on fugitive ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein.
• BRITAIN / IRAQ VOA 25 Jul 2003-- Britain's top official in Iraq says the killing of Saddam Hussein's sons, Uday and Qusay, should dash the hopes of followers of the former Iraqi leader that they can ever return to power