Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

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

Current Operations

• Task Force First Armored Division Soldier Killed During Baghdad Attack [CJTF-7 News Release] April 11, 2004
• One 1st Armored Division Soldier Killed During Convoy Attack [CJTF-7 News Release] April 11, 2004
• Four Captured in Raid [CJTF-7 News Release] April 11, 2004
• Marine killed in action [CJTF-7 News Release] April 11, 2004
• Three Killed, Two Wounded in Ambush [CJTF-7 News Release] April 11, 2004
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualty

• US CENTCOM, TF 1 AD staying the course ARCENT Release 11 Apr 2004-- U.S. forces will remain in Iraq as long as necessary to bring peace and stability to Iraq according to the commanding generals of the U.S. Central Command and Task Force 1st Armored Division.
• Helicopter Crew Killed When Shot Down Near Baghdad Airport AFPS 11 Apr 2004 -- Both crewmembers of an Army AH-64 Apache attack helicopter died today when insurgents shot down their helicopter near Baghdad International Airport in Iraq.
• Two missing German security troopers feared dead in Iraq IRNA 11 Apr 2004 -- Two missing German security troopers are believed to have been killed during an attack on their convoy near the Iraqi town of Fallujah, the media reported here Sunday.
• Scattered Violence Reported Amid Al-Fallujah Cease-Fire RFE/RL 11 Apr 2004 -- A cease-fire between U.S. forces and fighters in the Iraqi city of Al-Fallujah appears largely to be holding, amid reports of scattered violence.
• IRAQ/WRAP VOA 11 Apr 2004 -- A U-S helicopter has been shot down on the western outskirts of Baghdad, killing both crew members. The latest American military loss comes amid U-S efforts to consolidate a cease-fire with Iraqi combatants in the strife-ridden city of Fallujah.

Deployments

US Policy

• Bremer Vows Enemies of Iraqi Freedom Will Be Defeated Washington File 11 Apr 2004 -- The anti-democratic forces behind the current violence in Iraq -- whether insurgents in Fallujah or supporters of radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr -- will be defeated and progress resumed on building a stable, democratic nation at peace with itself, Ambassador L. Paul Bremer, the head of the Coalition Provisional Authority, said in television news interviews on April 11.
• Building Iraqi Security Forces Must Continue, Sanchez Says AFPS 11 Apr 2004 -- The commander of coalition forces in Iraq said today that continuing to build Iraqi security forces is key to a successful transfer of sovereignty.
• Bremer Blames Violence on 'Poison' in Iraqi Society AFPS 11 Apr 2004 -- A "poison" that built up through Saddam Hussein's regime in Iraq is responsible for the recent wave of violence in the country, the coalition's civilian administrator said today.
• BUSH/IRAQ VOA 11 Apr 2004 -- President Bush says American forces will remain tough in the face of continuing violence in Iraq. Mr. Bush says the violence is the work of a few people who want to stop progress toward democracy.

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

Foreign Reactions

• JAPAN/IRAQ HOSTAGES VOA 11 Apr 2004 -- Officials in Tokyo are still awaiting word that three Japanese hostages have been freed in Iraq. There had been expectations, expressed by members of Japan's governing coalition, that the three would be freed at mid-day Sunday.

News Reports