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Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)


16 August Iraq Special Weapons News

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

Current Operations

  • FORMER REGIME LOYALIST DETAINED CENTCOM 16 Aug 2003 -- Soldiers from the 4th Infantry Division detained Said Ali Al Karim, a cleric in Ba'qubah Aug 11, pending charges of distributing materials to incite violence against Coalition forces, funding attacks against Coalition forces, and possession of illegal weapons.

Deployments

US Policy

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

  • IRAQ/PIPELINE VOA 16 Aug 2003 -- Authorities in Iraq say the main oil pipeline going to Turkey has been sabotaged, stopping the export of oil to the north.

Foreign Reactions

News Reports

  • IRAQ/BLACKOUT/REACT VOA 16 Aug 2003 -- Iraqis have little sympathy for people in parts of the United States and Canada who spent more than a day without electricity following a massive power outage. In Iraq, the electricity is off more often than it is on. The head of the Coalition Provisional Authority, Paul Bremer, has appealed for patience in Iraq, amid efforts to increase electricity production.




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