Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
12 August Iraq Special Weapons News
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Current Operations
- PALESTINE HOTEL INVESTIGATION CONCLUDES CENTCOM 12 Aug 2003-- The investigation of the incident at the Palestine Hotel, Baghdad, Iraq on April 8th, 2003 is complete. The investigation was directed by the Land Component Commander, U.S. Central Command, and concludes that a tank from A Company, 4-64 Armor properly fired upon a suspected enemy hunter/killer team in a proportionate and justifiably measured response. The action was fully in accordance with the Rules of Engagement.
- ONE KILLED, TWO WOUNDED IN CONVOY AMBUSH CENTCOM 12 Aug 2003-- One 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment soldier was killed and two others were wounded at approximately 10:30 a.m. Aug. 12 when their convoy hit three improvised explosive devices as they were traveling north of Highway 1 in the vicinity of Ar Ramadi.
- OPERATION IVY LIGHTNING CENTCOM 12 Aug 2003-- The 4th Infantry Division and Task Force Ironhorse has launched two precision raids which are the fifth in a series of operations focused on neutralizing paramilitary, former regime loyalists and other subversive elements within Iraq.
- Civil Affairs team works to improve Baghdad city streets, traffic controls ARCENT Release 12 Aug 2003-- The 354th Civil Affairs Brigade, and Army Reserve unit from Riverdale, Md., is working to make Baghdad city streets a safer place to travel.
- Anti-swimmer Dolphins Ready to Defend Gulf Navy Newsstand 12 Aug 2003-- With terrorist attacks like that against USS Cole (DDG 67) in October 2000 still a very real possibility, the U.S. Navy has a new ally in the global war on terrorism - the Mk 6 anti-swimmer dolphin system.
- Coalition Forces Return Smuggled Iraqi Oil Navy Newsstand 12 Aug 2003-- Coalition Multinational Interception Forces (MIF) returned 1,100 metric tons of oil to its rightful owners - the citizens of Iraq - Aug. 12. U.S. Navy Sailors, Coast Guardsmen and their coalition partners, were the linchpin in intercepting and diverting a tanker smuggling oil.
- Polish Ship Says Farewell to Coalition Partners After a Year in the Gulf Navy Newsstand 12 Aug 2003-- After a year of operating under Commander, U.S. 5th Fleet, the Polish naval ship ORP Kontradmiral X. Czernicki (OWL-511) headed home from the Arabian Gulf to friends and family August 2.
- Iraq Convoy Attack Kills One U.S. Soldier, Wounds Two AFPS 12 Aug 2003 -- One U.S. 3rd Armored Cavalry soldier was killed and two were injured today in Iraq when their convoy encountered three improvised bombs, according to a U.S. Central Command news release.
- IRAQ / ATTACK-UPDATE VOA 12 Aug 2003 -- One U-S soldier was killed Tuesday in Iraq and coalition forces captured two key members of Saddam Hussein's former regime.
- U.S.: Reservists Say They Accept The Possibility Of Duty In Iraq's War Zone RFE/RL 12 Aug 2003 -- More than 130 U.S. and British troops have been killed in accidents and hostile fire in Iraq since President George W. Bush declared an end to major combat operations on 1 May. And some U.S. soldiers have expressed restiveness at being on active duty there since the war began in March -- and for many months before then. Now more members of the U.S. military's National Guard and reserves may have to be sent to Iraq, Afghanistan, and other foreign postings.
- IRAQ/ATTACK VOA 12 Aug 2003 -- Violence against U-S forces in Iraq continued with a grenade attack in the capital, Baghdad, and a guerrilla attack elsewhere that left three soldiers wounded.
- Iraq: U.S. Troops Pursue Hussein Loyalists In Raids Near Tikrit RFE/RL 12 Aug 2003 -- The U.S. military in Iraq says U.S. troops detained several people in overnight raids near Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit.
Deployments
US Policy
- Iraq: U.S. Officials Believe Terrorism Could Escalate RFE/RL 12 Aug 2003 -- .S. officials are warning that large-scale terrorist attacks on coalition forces and other targets in Iraq could increase in the wake of the car bombing of the Jordanian Embassy in Baghdad last week. Washington says foreign terrorists are increasingly filtering into the country, including anti-U.S. Islamic militants who left Iraq during the war.
- Iraq: U.S. Working For New UN Resolution Recognizing Governing Council RFE/RL 12 Aug 2003 -- The United States is circulating suggestions for a new UN Security Council resolution that would endorse the U.S.-appointed Governing Council in Iraq.
United Nations
Reconstruction Issues
- IRAQ: Fuel crisis looks set to continue IRIN 12 Aug 2003 -- It is 11:00 (14:00 GMT) in Baghdad's Al-Dawrah District. From one side of a petrol station a line of cars extends over about a kilometre. Drivers stand on the road next to their cars, gazing ahead to see what is happening. Around the station's forecourt teenaged boys are selling petrol out of plastic jerry cans to passing motorists who can afford black-market prices. Men pour petrol into their tanks, their heads bowed in concentration.
Foreign Reactions
- U.K.: BBC And Government Both Under Scrutiny Over Death Of Weapons Expert RFE/RL 12 Aug 2003 -- The inquiry into the death of British government scientist David Kelly today focused on the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). Kelly was the primary source for a controversial BBC report claiming the government had exaggerated the case for going to war in Iraq. BBC reporter Andrew Gilligan, who broadcast the report, testified today before the inquiry in London.
- BRITAIN / IRAQ INQUIRY VOA 12 Aug 2003 -- A British journalist has given a detailed defense of his controversial story that Prime Minister Tony Blair's office exaggerated Iraq's weapons threat before the war. The reporter, Andrew Gilligan, testified at a special inquiry into the death of a British weapons scientist.
- RUSSIA / IRAQ VOA 12 Aug 2003 -- Russia says it is ready for constructive negotiations on a new Security Council resolution aimed at boosting the U-N presence in post-war Iraq. Russian officials believe such a resolution could be put to a vote as early as this week.
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