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Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)


04 August Iraq Special Weapons News

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

Current Operations

  • Iraq: New Attacks Against U.S. Soldiers Reported RFE/L 04 Aug 2003 -- Reports say U.S. troops in Iraq sustained new attacks today, with casualties reported in Baghdad.
  • IRAQ / PRISON VOA 04 Aug 2003 -- Coalition forces have re-opened a once much-feared prison on the outskirts of Baghdad to house both criminals and security detainees in Iraq. Military officials say they hope the newly renovated facility and better treatment of prisoners will help to dispel past horrors.
  • V CORPS MILITARY POLICE GIVE IRAQI COUNTERPARTS STATE-OF-THE-ART RADIO SYSTEMS V Corps 04 Aug 2003-- V Corps's 18th Military Police Brigade achieved another milestone in advancing the Iraqi Police Service when the brigade issued state-of-the-art communication radios to Iraqi officers at the Al-Mamun Police Station in western Baghdad last week.
  • 1-Year Rotation Plan for Operation Iraqi Freedom V Corps MS DOC 04 Aug 2003-- In the announcement, the Army did not specify the rotation plan for the V Corps Headquarters, or numerous other Corps and USAREUR units that deployed to Operation Iraqi Freedom

Deployments

US Policy

United Nations

  • Iraq: UN envoy visits Turkey as he fine-tunes world body's role UN News Centre 04 Aug 2003 -- Continuing his tour of neighbouring countries to drum up support for the political, humanitarian and economic reconstruction of Iraq, top United Nations envoy Sergio Vieira de Mello held long and "very productive" talks in Ankara today with Turkish Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul.

Reconstruction Issues

  • U.S. Works to Rebuild Iraqi Telecommunications Washington File 04 Aug 2003 -- The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is working with the Bechtel Corporation to make emergency repairs to Iraq's telecommunications infrastructure, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Networks and Information Integration Linton Wells.

Foreign Reactions

  • BLAIR FACES PUBLIC TRUST CRISIS VOA 04 Aug 2003 -- British Prime Minister Tony Blair continues to face a loss of public trust over intelligence claims leading up to the war in Iraq. The apparent suicide of a top weapons inspector has deepened the crisis and thrown the Blair government into a bitter battle with the British Broadcasting Company, the B-B-C, over accusations that the government exaggerated Iraq's weapons threat before the war.

News Reports




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