Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
26 July 2004 - Iraq Special Weapons News
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Current Operations
- OIF/OEF Casualty Update 26 Jul 2004 [PDF]
- DoD Identifies Army Casualties 26 Jul 2004
- Marine battalion defeats attackers in Ar Ramadi again Marine Corps News 26 Jul 2004 -- Marines with 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment - along with elements of the Army's 1st Brigade Combat Team - battled back anti- Iraqi fighters in Ar Ramadi July 21. It was the latest in a series of street battles in which Marines responded to ambushes in the city.
- IRAQ WRAP VOA 26 Jul 2004 -- Iraqi insurgents killed a top Interior Ministry official Monday and kidnapped another two Jordanian drivers. But late Monday, Eygptian authorities said an Egyptian diplomat abducted on Friday has been released. In the midst of unrelenting violence, about one-thousand Iraqi politicians are preparing to open a national conference later in the week to determine the make-up of the interim assembly.
- Mosul Bombing Kills 3 Civilians, Wounds 6 Coalition Troops AFPS 26 Jul 2004 -- A pickup truck exploded early today near the Iraqi city of Mosul, killing three Iraqi civilians and wounding six coalition troops, according to a U.S. military press release.
- Senior Interior Ministry Official Shot Dead In Baghdad RFE/RL 26 Jul 2004 -- Attackers shot and killed a senior Interior Ministry official in Baghdad today.
- Suicide Bombing In Mosul Kills Three RFE/RL 26 Jul 2004 -- Three people were killed today in a suicide bombing outside a U.S. military base in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul.
Deployments
- 11th MEU arrives in Iraq Marine Corps News 26 Jul 2004 -- Marines and sailors of the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) arrived here and in other forward operating bases recently to conduct Security and Stability Operations in the An Najaf and Al Qadasiyah provinces.
US Policy
United Nations
Reconstruction Issues
- Iraq: National Conference To Take Place Amid Mounting Security Concerns RFE/RL 26 Jul 2004 -- As insecurity and violence continue to rage in Iraq, the country is getting ready for a key step in its postwar political transition. This week marks the scheduled start of the Iraqi National Conference, which is tasked with selecting the body that will oversee the work of the country's interim government. The new National Council will have the power to approve the budget, veto legislation, and question ministers on policy. But some highly influential groups -- including the Sunni Muslim Clerics' Association and supporters of radical Shi'a cleric Muqtada al-Sadr -- are already refusing to participate. So what can the Iraqi National Conference hope to achieve?
- IRAQ / EDUCATION VOA 26 Jul 2004 -- Iraq's minister of education says the country's education system is so corrupt that there is little he can do about it, although he would like to do a lot.
- IRAQ: Focus on dog demining IRIN 26 Jul 2004 -- At first sight, they could pass for the ground plans of an outlandish formal garden. But the roped-off squares and lines scattered around a bend in the river are not for future flowerbeds; they are for training dogs to detect mines and unexploded ordnance.
Foreign Reactions
- AUSTRALIA TERRORISM VOA 26 Jul 2004 -- A group calling itself al Qaida's European branch has threatened to turn Australia into "pools of blood" if it does not withdraw its troops from Iraq. Canberra has blamed the threat, which also was made against Italy, on the decision by the Philippines and Spain to pull their forces out of the Gulf.
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