Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
09 August Iraq Special Weapons News
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Current Operations
- IRAQ/ATTACKS VOA 09 Aug 2003 -- U-S military forces report that another official of Saddam Hussein's Cabinet has surrendered to coalition forces. Meanwhile, there have been reports of gun battles in various parts of Iraq.
- MISSILES, WEAPONS CONFISCATED CENTCOM 09 Aug 2003 -- Weapons were confiscated and improvised explosive devices were found and detonated by Coalition forces over the last 24 hours in support of the effort to create a safer and more secure environment in Iraq.
- ANOTHER MEMBER OF "IRAQI TOP 55" IN COALITION CUSTODY CENTCOM 09 Aug 2003 -- Mahmud Dhiyab al-Ahmad, #29 on the coalition's list of most wanted government officials, is now under custody of coalition forces.
Deployments
US Policy
- Bush Hails Progress in Iraq in Restoring Order, Rebuilding Economy Washington File 09 Aug 2003 -- President Bush, in his August 9 radio address to the nation, highlighted progress being made in the first 100 days since the end of major combat operations in Iraq in restoring order, rebuilding the economy, establishing a functioning society and moving toward democratic government.
- BUSH/IRAQ VOA 09 Aug 2003 -- President Bush says U-S troops in Iraq have made "remarkable progress" since the end of most of the fighting there.
- Iraq: U.S. to Take Over Probe Of Jordanian Embassy Bombing RFE/RL 09 Aug 2003 -- The United States says it will send federal investigators to Iraq to probe the car bombing of the Jordanian Embassy in Baghdad.
United Nations
Reconstruction Issues
Foreign Reactions
News Reports
- BAGHDAD/BLAST VOA 09 Aug 2003 -- Agents with the U-S Federal Bureau of Investigation are joining the probe of Thursday's deadly bomb blast outside the Jordanian Embassy in Baghdad. The bombing killed 17 people and wounded dozens more.
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