Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

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

Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 12 Apr 2004 [PDF]
• Two Helicopter Crewmembers Killed in Attack [CJTF-7 News Release] April 12, 2004
• 1st Infantry Division Soldier Killed, Four Wounded [CJTF-7 News Release] April 12, 2004
• Three Marines Die in Al Anbar Province [CJTF-7 News Release] April 12, 2004
• Task Force First Armored Division Soldier Dies [CJTF-7 News Release] April 12, 2004
• Task Force Danger Soldiers, ICDC Killed [CJTF-7 News Release] April 12, 2004
• 1st Infantry Division Soldier Killed [CJTF-7 News Release] April 12, 2004
• DoD Identifies Air Force Casualty
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualties
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifes Marine Casualties

• Coalition Provisional Authority Briefing 12 Apr 2004 -- Presenter: Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt, Deputy Director, Coalition Operations; and Daniel Senor, Senior Adviser, CPA
• Transcript: Operational Update Briefing 12 Apr 2004 -- Special briefing via teleconference between Baghdad, Iraq and the Pentagon. Presenter: General John Abizaid, Commander, U.S. Central Command. Also participating was Lieutenant General Ricardo S. Sanchez, Commander, CJTC-7, and Mr. Bryan Whitman, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs)
• Abizaid Says Coalition Not Targeting Iraqi Civilians Washington File 12 Apr 2004 -- U.S. Army General John Abizaid says American military forces are not intentionally targeting Iraqi civilians as some Arab media reports have alleged.
• USS George Washington's Hornets Support Vigilant Resolve Navy Newsstand 12 Apr 2004-- F/A-18 Hornets from Carrier Air Wing Seven (CVW-7), flying from the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) in the Arabian Gulf, participated in Operation Vigilant Resolve last week.
• IRAQ WRAP VOA 12 Apr 2004 -- More civilians in Iraq have been reported missing or captured by gunmen in what has become a rash of abductions of foreigners from nations taking part in the U-S led occupation. At the same time, the U-S military is still trying to put down a Shiite led rebellion in southern Iraq.
• Task Force Danger Press Release V Corps Release 12 Apr 2004-- V Corps' 1st Infantry Division and Task Force Danger continue to conduct operations to kill or capture anti-coalition forces and simultaneously conduct stability and support operations in order to set the conditions for Iraqi civil and military self-reliance. The following items are a wrap-up of this week's significant progress towards that goal.
• IRAQ / HOSTAGES VOA 12 Apr 2004 -- Iraqi insurgents in recent days have seized or briefly detained more than 30 hostages from 12 different countries.
• 2 Soldiers, 7 Contractors Missing in Iraq AFPS 12 Apr 2004 -- Two American soldiers and seven U.S. contractors are missing following an attack on a convoy in Iraq, the top two U.S. generals in the region said today from Baghdad.
• Negotiations Continue As Marines Take Fire Around Fallujah AFPS 12 Apr 2004 -- Coalition Provisional Authority and Iraqi officials are continuing negotiations with insurgents in Fallujah and southern Iraq, CPA officials said in Baghdad today.
• Cease-Fire Holds In Al-Fallujah, Three More U.S. Soldiers Killed RFE/RL 12 Apr 2004 -- An informal cease-fire between Sunni Muslim insurgents and U.S. Marines held overnight in the besieged city of Al-Fallujah west of Iraq's capital Baghdad.
• U.S. Forces Poised In Al-Fallujah As Delegates Continue To Broker Talks RFE/RL 12 Apr 2004 -- U.S. Brigadier General Mark Kimmitt said today that 70 U.S.-led coalition troops and about 700 Iraqi insurgents have been killed in fighting across Iraq since the start of the month, but that he has no "authoritative figure" on the number of Iraqi civilian deaths.
• IRAQ/CEASE-FIRE VOA 12 Apr 2004 -- Negotiations continued in Iraq Monday aimed at shoring up a cease-fire that began Sunday in the violence-ridden city of Fallujah. However, there has been sporadic gunfire in and around the city.
• 1ST MARINE EXPEDITIONARY FORCE UPDATE CENTCOM Release 12 Apr 2004-- Marines reinforced positions yesterday by adding to the cordon encircling the city. Marines are also maintaining their defensive positions in accordance with a unilateral suspension of offensive operations.
• Marines take the fight to the streets Marine Corps News 12 Apr 2004-- Marines battling enemy forces in Iraq pushed into the city after several days of violent and deadly clashes.

Deployments

US Policy

• Iraqis Hold Key to Legitimizing Their Own Security Forces AFPS 12 Apr 2004 -- Iraqis, not the U.S. military, will ultimately solve security problems within their country, the top American general in the region said today.
• JAPAN/IRAQ HOSTAGES VOA 12 Apr 2004 -- Vice President Dick Cheney has promised Japan's prime minister the United States will do all it can to help free three Japanese held hostage in Iraq. Mr. Cheney made the pledge during a meeting in Tokyo.

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• IRAQ: More than one million mines and UXOs removed in north IRIN 12 Apr 2004 -- More than a million mines and items of unexploded ordnance (UXOs) have been cleared since July 2003 from northern Iraq by the Mines Advisory Group (MAG), a British NGO, operating in the country for more than a decade.

Foreign Reactions

• Egypt's Leader Urges Iraq Power Transfer 'As Soon As Possible' AFPS 12 Apr 2004 -- Egypt's senior leader today told President Bush it's paramount to transfer sovereignty to an Iraqi government "as soon as possible."
• Japan`s efforts for release of hostages in Iraq stalled IRNA 12 Apr 2004 -- The Japanese government leaders said Monday they are dealing with a barrage of information concerning the three Japanese nationals taken hostage last week by an armed group in Iraq as the government continues to work on gaining their release.
• Iran denies receiving `strong-worded` message from US: press IRNA 12 Apr 2004 -- Iran has denied receiving a written message from the United States, allegedly warning Tehran against interfering in Iraq`s affairs, press reports said Monday.
• BRITAIN/IRAQ VOA 12 Apr 2004 -- A British family is rejoicing that one of their members, kidnapped by Iraqi militiamen, has been safely freed.

News Reports

• IRAQ: Aid reaches Fallujah IRIN 12 Apr 2004 -- Aid agencies still able to operate in Iraq have managed to deliver supplies to the troubled city of Fallujah, some 50 km northwest of the capital, Baghdad, where the US military launched a campaign to quash resistance fighters last week.