Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

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

Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 03 Aug 2004 [PDF]
• MARINE KILLED IN ACTION IN AL ANBAR PROVINCE
• BLAST KILLS TWO SOLDIERS IN BAGHDAD
• SECOND MARINE DIES OF WOUNDS RECEIVED IN ACTION MONDAY
• MARINE DIES OF NON-HOSTILE GUNSHOT WOUND
• SOLDIER DIES IN NON-COMBAT RELATED INCIDENT

• Iraq Violence Claims U.S. Servicemembers, Iraqi Guardsmen AFPS 03 Aug 2004 -- Four U.S. servicemembers have been killed in Iraq over the past 48 hours -- two Marines in Fallujah and two soldiers in Baghdad.
• IRAQI, MULTI-NATIONAL FORCE SOLDIERS DETAIN THREE IN WESTERN NINEVAH CENTCOM 03 Aug 2004 -- Iraqi National Guard and Multi-National Force Soldiers conducting joint operations detained three people suspected of terrorist activities and confiscated unauthorized weapons and munitions in the western Ninevah Province city of Avgani Aug. 2.
• 11th MEU (SOC) assumes control of Iraqi provinces Marine Corps News 03 Aug 2004 -- The 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) assumed operational control of the An Najaf and Al Qadisiyah provinces during a ceremony here July 31.

Deployments

US Policy

• General Abizaid Praises Kazakhstan's Role in Iraq Washington File 03 Aug 2004 -- The United States is "very appreciative of the role played by Kazakhstan in regional stability and in supporting efforts in Iraq," said General John Abizaid, the commander of the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), August 2.

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• Iraq: Professionals Increasingly Eye Emigration As Security Problems Continue RFE/RL 03 Aug 2004 -- If you ask many Iraqis what they want most in life these days, the most common answer is "security." That commodity, so widely available under the iron rule of Saddam Hussein, remains in short supply 15 months after the toppling of his regime. Today, insurgent bombings dominate the news but, for ordinary Iraqis -- and particularly Iraqi professionals -- the biggest fear is kidnapping and extortion by gangs of criminals. Now, Iraqi professionals are increasingly looking at emigration, either for short or long terms, as the best solution to their problems.
• IRAQ: Human rights minister calls for exhumation of mass graves IRIN 03 Aug 2004 -- Iraq's minister for human rights, Baktiar Amin, is calling for the country's mass grave sites to be exhumed for DNA matching to find relatives who disappeared and were presumed to be killed under the former regime of Saddam Hussein.

Foreign Reactions

• Religious Leaders Condemn Iraq Church Bombings RFE/RL 03 Aug 2004 -- Muslim and Christian leaders have condemned a recent series of blasts at five Christian churches in Iraq that killed at least 10 people.

News Reports

• CACI Meets With California Pension Funds About Work in Iraq CACI 03 Aug 2004 -- CACI International Inc (NYSE:CAI) reported today that members of the company’s management met with representatives of the California State Teachers Retirement Fund (CalSTRS) and the California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS) in Sacramento to provide information about the company’s work in Iraq. Even though CalSTRS and CalPERS hold only about one-half percent of CACI shares, the company met with the funds to respond to questions raised by the funds.