Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

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

Current Operations

• First Infantry Division Soldier Killed, Two Wounded [CJTF-7 News Release] April 17, 2004
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty

• IRAQ/WRAP VOA 17 Apr 2004 -- A U-S coalition official says an American soldier who was taken hostage by Iraqis appears to be in good health. Two Japanese hostages were released Saturday. In Fallujah, local leaders and U-S officials are meeting for their second day of direct discussions to end two weeks of violence in the town.
• Situation in Fallujah Unchanged; Delegation Seeks Resolution AFPS 17 Apr 2004 -- A week after coalition forces unilaterally suspended offensive military operations in Fallujah, the overall situation in and around the city remains unchanged, a coalition spokesman said today at a Baghdad news conference.
• Tense Talks Reopen In Central Iraq RFE/RL 17 Apr 2004 -- Senior U.S. military commanders and coalition officials opened a second day of talks with Iraqi community leaders in the embattled city of Al-Fallujah today.
• Iraq: Militants Parade Captured U.S. Soldier RFE/RL 17 Apr 2004 -- Iraqi militants have captured and paraded their first U.S. soldier.
• US Soldier Captured by Iraqi Guerrillas VOA News 17 Apr 2004 -- Iraqi guerrillas have paraded a captured American soldier before television cameras in a fresh show of defiance against the U.S. -led occupation in Iraq.
• U.S. Forces Close Highways Around Baghdad RFE/RL 17 Apr 2004 -- The U.S. military today closed highways north and south of Baghdad, saying continued guerrilla attacks have made them unsafe for civilian use.

Deployments

US Policy

• BUSH / KERRY VOA 17 Apr 2004 -- President Bush used his weekly radio address to call for the extension of a controversial anti-terrorism law. His presumptive Democratic challenger in this year's election criticized the president's handling of Iraq.

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

Foreign Reactions

• Iraqi bandits attack Iranian cargo ship IRNA 17 Apr 2004 -- An Iranian cargo ship was attacked by Iraqi armed bandits in Arvandroud River Friday evening.
• JAPAN/IRAQ HOSTAGES VOA 17 Apr 2004 -- The Japanese government has confirmed that the remaining two Japanese hostages in Iraq have been freed.
• Iranians End Fact-Finding Visit To Iraq RFE/RL 17 Apr 2004 -- An Iranian fact-finding delegation ended its visit to Iraq today without making a planned visit to the holy city of Al-Najaf, where a radical Shi'a cleric is currently engaged in a standoff with U.S.-led forces.

News Reports