Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

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

Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 09 Apr 2004 [PDF]
• COALITION UPDATE [CJTF-7 News Release] April 9, 2004
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Navy Casualties
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty

• IRAQ SITREP VOA 09 Apr 2004 -- One year after the fall of Saddam Hussein, U-S forces in Iraq spent Friday battling, not against Iraqi troops, but against Shiite and Sunni militias challenging the U-S-led occupation. Coalition forces are fighting to restore order in Iraqi towns where Shiite fighters are obeying a call by a rebel cleric to drive occupation forces out of the country.
• Transcript: Coalition Provisional Authority Briefing 09 Apr 2004 -- Brigadier General Mark Kimmitt, Deputy Director for Coalition Operations, Dan Senor, Senior Advisor, Senior Advisor CPA
• Coalition Overpowering Pockets of Resistance in Iraq AFPS 09 Apr 2004 -- Coalition forces today unilaterally suspended offensive operations in Fallujah, Iraq, at the request of the Iraqi Governing Council, officials in Baghdad reported.
• MAG-16 repositions forces to support Vigilant Resolve Marine Corps News 09 Apr 2004-- Marine Aircraft Group 16 recently moved elements of its Marine Light Attack Squadron 167 in support of Operation Vigilant Resolve, which began early this month.
• IRAQ SITREP VOA 09 Apr 2004 -- U-S forces in Iraq say they are making progress in the fight to put down a Shiite revolt, but have suspended combat against Sunni rebels in the town of Fallujah west of Baghdad. At the same time, gunmen demanding an end to the military occupation of Iraq continue to hold a handful of foreigners hostage.
• Fighting Continues For Iraqi Cities RFE/RL 09 Apr 2004 -- U.S.-led troops today continued fighting insurgents in both Shi'ite and Sunni parts of Iraq, on a day marking the one-year anniversary of the fall of Baghdad to coalition forces.
• U.S. Forces Suspend Offensive In Al-Fallujah RFE/RL 09 Apr 2004 -- The U.S. military has suspended an offensive against insurgents in the Iraqi city of Al-Fallujah to allow for talks aimed at resolving six days of fighting that has killed up to 300 Iraqis.
• IRAQ / ANNIVERSARY VOA 09 Apr 2004 -- With fierce battles being waged by insurgents in numerous Iraqi cities, the first anniversary of the fall of Baghdad to coalition forces is passing almost unnoticed.

Deployments

US Policy

• BUSH/IRAQ VOA 09 Apr 2004 -- President Bush is monitoring events in Iraq from his Texas ranch. He is also calling foreign leaders, and consulting by videoconference with his top advisors.
• IRAQ / IRAN VOA 09 Apr 2004 -- A U-S State Department spokesman says there is no hard evidence of any Iranian role in the unrest in Iraq. But there is considerable difference among U-S officials about Tehran's involvement in Iraq.

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

Foreign Reactions

• Iraqi Governing Council Members Denounce U.S. Actions RFE/RL 09 Apr 2004 -- Members of Iraq's U.S.-backed Governing Council today criticized the U.S.-led military operations in the Sunni-dominated city of Al-Fallujah, begun after the slayings of four U.S. civilians there last week.
• IRAQ: 'NATIONWIDE UPRISING' COULD MAKE 30 JUNE PLAN 'UNTENABLE' US Dept. of State IIP, Foreign Media Reaction 09 Apr 2004
• Iraq: Hostage Taking Sparks Political Crisis In Japan RFE/RL 09 Apr 2004 -- Japan joined the U.S.-led coalition in Iraq with the provision that its soldiers would carry out a purely humanitarian mission by helping with reconstruction. Now, Tokyo finds itself ever more embroiled in Iraq's violence as a group of militants has taken three of its nationals hostage and threatened to kill them unless all Japanese troops leave the country. The kidnappers have given Tokyo three days to decide what to do.
• Russia Calls For End To Military Operations In Iraq RFE/RL 09 Apr 2004 -- Russia today called for an end to military operations in Iraq, saying forces in the U.S.-led coalition must refrain from using "indiscriminate force."
• Situation in Iraq "dangerous": Russia IRNA 09 Apr 2004 -- Russian Deputy foreign minister Anatoly E Safonov said on Thursday evening that the developing situation in Iraq is dangerous and such a scenario was expected following the US-led military action in that country.
• ISRAEL / IRAQ VOA 09 Apr 2004 -- Israeli officials say they will not negotiate for the release of two Arab aid workers from east Jerusalem, who are being held hostage in Iraq. A statement from Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's office said he had personally intervened with Iraqi and international authorities to help in the release of the hostages.
• Major cleric backs Ayatollah Sistani`s stands on Iraq IRNA 09 Apr 2004 -- Representative of the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution in Golestan Province, Ayatollah Seyed Kazem Nour-Mofidi here on Friday asked the Iraqi nation to observe patience and heed Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani`s stands in dealing with the current situation.
• ASIA/IRAQ HOSTAGES/REACTION VOA 09 Apr 2004 -- Japan and South Korea are vowing to keep to their troop commitments in Iraq despite kidnappings of their civilians in the war-torn country. The incidents are proving to be a political and public relations challenge for both governments.

News Reports

• IRAQ: Aid agencies concerned over medical supplies to Fallujah IRIN 09 Apr 2004 -- Aid agencies have expressed deep concern over medical help available to the injured following an escalation in violence in Iraq, particularly in the city of Fallujah, some 50 km west from the capital, Baghdad.