Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
28 July Iraq Special Weapons News
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Current Operations
- Iraq: Two Casualties In Grenade Attack On U.S. Patrol In Baghdad RFE/L 28 Jul 2003 -- The U.S. says a U.S. patrol was attacked with a grenade in broad daylight in central Baghdad today, and two soldiers may have been killed in the attack.
- Iraq: U.S. Troops Switching Tactics In Face Of Guerrilla Resistance RFE/L 28 Jul 2003 -- With the war in Iraq settling into a daily pattern of guerrilla-style attacks against U.S. troops, U.S. forces are beginning to change their tactics. The need for a new approach following the end of major U.S. combat operations in Iraq has led the Pentagon to send more than 500 U.S. soldiers through "counterterrorism" workshops taught by British army instructors.
- Iraq: U.S. General Says Saddam Hussein Not Coordinating Attacks RFE/L 28 Jul 2003 -- General Richard Myers, the chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, says ousted Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is too busy trying to evade capture by U.S. troops to be coordinating attacks on U.S. forces.
- COALITION FORCES CONTINUE PATROLS CENTCOM 28 Jul 2003-- Coalition forces continued to conduct patrols and raids throughout Iraq, removing former regime loyalist, in support of the effort to create a secure environment.
- SECURITY TOPS HUMANITARIAN EFFORTS CENTCOM 28 Jul 2003-- Soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) continue to graduate police officers from academies throughout the Mosul area while 1st Armored Division soldiers are training the Iraqi Police Services in modern policing techniques.
- USS Princeton Protects Oil Moving from Iraq Navy Newsstand 28 Jul 2003-- Marking a major step in the restoration of economic trade in Iraq, USS Princeton (CG 59) provided maritime security for two recent onloads of crude oil at the Mina al-Bakr oil terminal, an Iraqi offshore oil platform.
- CENTCOM Says Iraqi Die-hards Number Around 5,000 AFPS 28 Jul 2003-- A U.S. Central Command official estimates the number of anti-coalition forces in Iraq to number between 4,000 and 5,000.
- Wolfowitz: Security 'Real Problem,' but Situation Will Improve AFPS 28 Jul 2003-- Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz said security continues to be a real problem in Iraq, but that help from other nations and the Iraqi people is on the way.
- Two National Guard brigades deploying to Iraq next year Army News Service 28 Jul 2003-- Two brigades from the Army National Guard, totaling 10,000 soldiers, will deploy to Iraq next year to support two active Army divisions earmarked to replace troops now engaged in Operation Iraqi Freedom next year, the Army has announced.
- V CORPS INFANTRY COMPANY RAIDS BAGHDAD APARTMENT COMPLEX V Corps Release 28 Jul 2003-- The Bradleys were lined up -- staged for the night's mission -- and the soldiers who would ride in them stood outside waiting for night to fall. The soldiers checked their equipment. Platoon sergeants and squad leaders inspected them.
- ONE KILLED, ONE INJURED IN A VEHICLE ACCIDENT CENTCOM 28 Jul 2003-- A U.S. Army soldier died and one was injured in a vehicle accident at approximately 2:30 p.m. on July 28, while traveling south along Highway 1 north of An Nasiriyah.
- ONE KILLED, THREE WOUNDED IN CONVOY ATTACK CENTCOM 28 Jul 2003-- One 1st Armored Division soldier died and three others were wounded at approximately 11:40 a.m. July 28 when an unknown number of individuals dropped an improvised explosive device from an overpass onto their convoy as it was traveling through the Al Rashid district of Baghdad.
- Four Nimitz Aviators Safe after Ejecting from EA-6B Prowler Navy Newsstand 28 Jul 2003-- Four aircrew are safe and in good condition after ejecting from their EA-6B Prowler jet aircraft in the Arabian Gulf. The four ejected at approximately 11 a.m. local time July 27 during routine flight operations, and were rescued by helicopters assigned to Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron (HS) 6 of the USS Nimitz (CVN 68) Carrier Strike Group.
Deployments
US Policy
- IRAQ INTELLIGENCE CONTROVERSY VOA 28 July 2003--The death of Saddam Hussein's sons has given a much-needed impetus to U.S.-led efforts to stabilize Iraq. Nonetheless, the Bush administration continues to struggle with a controversy over questionable intelligence used in President Bush's State of the Union address.
United Nations
- Iraq: UN envoy discusses improving human rights UN News Centre 28 Jul 2003 -- Top United Nations envoy Sergio Vieira de Mello, back in Baghdad after updating the Security Council on the situation in Iraq, met with a visiting team from Human Rights Watch today to discuss ways of improving human rights in the country.
- IRAN-IRAN: Iraqi repatriation awaiting safety guarantees IRIN 28 Jul 2003 -- Marie-Helene Verney, the media relations officer for the office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in the Iranian capital, Tehran, has told IRIN that according to a tentative agreement between the UNHCR and the Coalition Provincial Administration (CPA) in Iraq, the repatriation of a limited number of refugees would take place as soon as safety and reintegration guarantees could be given by the CPA. "The safety of returnees, not only during their travel but after arrival in Iraq, is our primary concern," she said.
Reconstruction Issues
- IRAQ: Interview with northern reconstruction minister IRIN 28 Jul 2003 -- The administration in Kurdish-controlled northern Iraq will now have to accept a new role within a unitary country, and take directives from the capital, Baghdad, for the first time since declaring independence from Saddam's Iraq more than a decade ago. As reconstruction and development minister in the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), Nasrin Siddiq Barwari calls for a continuation of free food distribution under the UN's Oil-for-Food programme. She argues that were it to stop, 60 percent of families in the north would be unable to feed themselves.
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