Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

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

Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 02 Apr 2004 [PDF]
• Marine Killed in Al Anbar Province [CJTF-7 News Release] April 2, 2004
• Task Force 1st Armored Division Soldier Killed in IED Attack [CJTF-7 News Release] April 2, 2004
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualty

• V CORPS' TASK FORCE 1ST ARMORED DIVISION HUNTS INSURGENTS IN 'OPERATION IRON PROMISE' V Corps Release 02 Apr 2004-- In what has become almost a nightly ritual, Soldiers from A Troop, 1st Squadron, 5th Cavalry Regiment, lined up their vehicles on a quiet side street in the sleepy town of Abu Ghuraib just before initiating a cordon-and-search mission.
• Combat engineer memorialized in Ar Ramadi Marine Corps News 02 Apr 2004-- The very device Lance Cpl. William J. Wiscowiche was looking for ended his life during a patrol March 30.

Deployments

• Korea to Deploy 3,000 More Soldiers to Northern Iraq AFPS 02 Apr 2004 -- More than 3,700 Korean soldiers will deploy to either Irbil or As Sulimaniyah provinces this summer, Korean officials announced April 1.

US Policy

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• Iraq: Women In Northern Regions Could Serve As Models For Rest Of Country RFE/RL 02 Apr 2004 -- In northern Iraq, women have been playing an increasingly active role in society and the democratization process since the region was liberated from Saddam Hussein's rule in 1991. Observers say many women's support groups and NGOs have been launched in northern Iraq in recent years, and point to the region as a model for women in other parts of the country.

Foreign Reactions

• NATO / IRAQ VOA 02 Apr 2004 -- The United States has once again urged the NATO alliance to take on a bigger role in Iraq after a sovereign Iraqi government takes over the country on July 1st. But most NATO nations appear to favor a new United Nations resolution that would give the alliance the political cover it needs to operate in Iraq.

News Reports

• Iraq: Al-Fallujah Deaths Highlight Role Of Private Security Forces RFE/RL 02 Apr 2004 -- The grisly deaths of four civilian security contractors in Al-Fallujah this week might serve as a grim warning to foreign contractors of the dangers of working in Iraq. It also has highlighted the role of the private security industry there. These firms provide much-needed security, but critics warn there are dangers, too.
• RFE/RL Iraq Report, Volume 7, Number 12 02 Apr 2004 -- BARZANI, TALABANI CALL FOR NATIONAL PARTICIPATION AT RECONCILIATION CONFERENCE / COALITION SOLDIERS KILLED WEST OF BAGHDAD; CAR BOMB DETONATED IN BA'QUBAH / INC SPOKESMAN SAYS UN WILL NOT PLAY ROLE IN IRAQI ELECTIONS / DAILY REPORTS 'CITIZEN SECURITY FORCE' TERRORIZING AL-NASIRIYAH / BRITISH SOLDIERS CLASH WITH IRAQI ISLAMISTS IN AL-BASRAH / APPARENT SUICIDE ATTACK ON POLICE CHIEF IN IRAQ FAILS TO REACH TARGET / COALITION SHUTS DOWN IRAQI SHI'ITE NEWSPAPER FOR INCITING VIOLENCE... / ...AS AL-SISTANI ASSOCIATE SAYS NEW NEWSPAPER, TELEVISION TO BE LAUNCHED / AL-NAJAF DEMONSTRATORS CALL FOR DISSOLUTION OF GOVERNING COUNCIL / AL-SISTANI MAY ISSUE FATWA AGAINST TRANSFER OF POWER / MINISTER ESCAPES ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT / KURDISH OFFICIAL SAYS PESHMERGA MILITIAS WILL BE DISBANDED BY 30 JUNE / TURKOMAN LEADERS WITHDRAW FROM KIRKUK CITY COUNCIL / ANSAR AL-SUNNAH ARMY THREATENS MORE ATTACKS / BODYGUARD REPORTEDLY REVEALED HUSSEIN'S HIDING PLACE / CPA ADMINISTRATOR TO APPOINT IRAQI NATIONAL-SECURITY ADVISER / BREMER ASSIGNS INSPECTORS GENERAL; TEAM TO PROBE UN CORRUPTION ALLEGATIONS / CPA LAUNCHES 'BAGHDAD BEAUTIFUL' PROJECT... / ...AND SAYS TENS OF THOUSANDS OF JOBS TO BE CREATED / U.S. ACCEPTS RESPONSIBILITY IN DEATHS OF AL-ARABIYAH JOURNALISTS / TEHRAN 'STRIVES' TO CONTROL BORDER WITH IRAQ / ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT MEETING SCRAPPED / KUWAIT IDENTIFIES REMAINS OF 10 MORE POWS / SYRIAN SOURCES DENY HUSSEIN REGIME MEMBER IN SYRIA / UN TEAM ARRIVES IN BAGHDAD / UN SECRETARY-GENERAL FIRES SECURITY CHIEF / U.S. OFFICIALS REPORTEDLY HAVE LEGAL JUSTIFICATION FOR KEEPING FORCES IN IRAQ / DUELFER SAYS WEAPONS HUNT TO CONTINUE WITH NEW FOCUS / EU FOREIGN MINISTERS CALL FOR NEW UN RESOLUTION ON IRAQ / CZECH FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS NATO BELONGS IN IRAQ / RUSSIAN ENVOY CALLS FOR GREATER UN PARTICIPATION IN IRAQ / JAPAN TO DONATE TENTS TO AID IRAQI FLOOD VICTIMS