Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

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Foreign Reactions
News Reports

Current Operations

• Anti-Iraqi Forces Active Over Weekend AFPS 29 Aug 2004 -- Multinational forces came under attack today near Mosul and Samarra, a Coalition Press Information Center release from Baghdad, Iraq, said.
• New Violence In Iraq As Al-Najaf Experiences Calm RFE/RL 29 Aug 2004 -- New violence is reported in Iraq as residents of Al-Najaf begin digging out after three weeks of fierce fighting between militiamen and U.S. and Iraqi forces.

Deployments

US Policy

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• Iraq: Tribal Leaders Meet U.S., Iraqi Officials For Al-Sadr City Talks VOA 30 Aug 2004 -- Shi'a tribal leaders in Baghdad's Al-Sadr City district met today with Iraqi police and U.S. Army officials for talks on how to restore calm amid almost daily clashes that have killed and injured many people. Some 2 million people live in the impoverished and predominantly Shi'a district, which has become a power base of the radical Shi'a cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's Imam Al-Mahdi Army militia. The fighting has continued in Al-Sadr City between the militia and U.S. forces despite a peace deal that was brokered in Al-Najaf on 27 August by Iraq's most senior Shi'a cleric, the Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani.
• IRAQI BORDER PATROL RECEIVES NIGHT VISIONS GOGGLES AND NEW VEHICLES CENTCOM 29 Aug 2004 -- Members of the Iraqi Border Patrol battalion in Diyanah, Iraq, received 25 sets of night vision goggles and 10 Jeep Libertys August 28 from Multinational Forces.
• Iraq Detainee Board Reviews 300 Cases During First Week AFPS 29 Aug 2004 -- The newly formed Combined Review and Release Board considered the detention of 300 security detainees during its first week of deliberation ending Aug. 28.

Foreign Reactions

• Iran says "too soon" to discuss peace-troops to Iraq IRNA 29 Aug 2004 -- Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid-Reza Assefi said here on Sunday that Iran`s decision toward a possible UN request to send peace-keeping troops to Iraq will depend on the establishment of a permanent government in the country.

News Reports

• Iraqi Media Monitoring UNAMI 29 Aug 2004