Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

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

Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 04 Nov 2004 [PDF]
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty

• Fallujah-Ramadi Area Operations Update MNF-I/MNC-I 04 Nov 2004 -- Iraqi Security Forces and I Marine Expeditionary Force-Multi-National Forces-West continue to degrade and disrupt anti-Iraqi forces in the Fallujah-Ramadi area, employing US Air Force aviation assets to deliver precision munitions to destroy preplanned targets in southern Fallujah.
• VBIED Attack Foiled by First Infantry Division Soldiers MNF-I/MNC-I 04 Nov 2004 -- Anti-Iraqi forces failed in their attempt to engage First Infantry Division Soldiers with a vehicle borne improvised explosive device near Taji at about 5:07 p.m. on November 3.
• First Infantry, ING Soldiers Find Caches Near Ad Duluiyah MNF-I/MNC-I 04 Nov 2004 -- First Infantry Division and Iraqi National Guard Soldiers found two caches near Ad Duluiyah at about 5:30 p.m. on Nov. 3.
• U.S. Forces Attack Al-Fallujah Targets RFE/RL 04 Nov 2004 -- U.S. warplanes early today carried out more raids on suspected insurgent targets in the Iraqi city of Al-Fallujah as U.S.-led forces reportedly prepare for an assault on the city.

Deployments

• Louisiana Guardsmen Join First Team MNF-I/MNC-I 04 Nov 2004 -- The Louisiana National Guard's 256th Tiger Brigade arrived in the Iraqi capital Nov. 4 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom III. After months of training and preparation, the brigade combat team is gearing up for their mission under the leadership of Brig. Gen. John Basilica, Jr.
• Georgian Troop Deployment to Iraq US Dept. of State 04 Nov 2004 -- The United States warmly welcomes Georgia's decision to deploy additional troops to Iraq to provide security for the United Nations presence in Iraq. This latest deployment by Georgia will increase the total number of its troops in Iraq from 159 to 850.

US Policy

• BUSH / IRAQ VOA 04 Nov 2004 -- President Bush says helping bring democracy to Iraq is one of the biggest foreign policy goals of his second term in office.

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• First NATO Course for Iraq Begins in Norway AFPS 04 Nov 2004 -- Key Iraqi civilian and military leaders arrived at the NATO Joint Warfare Centre in Norway this week to attend an eight-day pilot training course designed to teach them how to promote civil-military cooperation as they build their security institutions.
• IRAQ: Isolated Sinjaris call for more development assistance IRIN 04 Nov 2004 -- Go to the main street of the northern Iraqi governorate of Dahuk any time after 6.30 in the morning, and you will find a crowd of men, anything up to 300, waiting at the kerb. Many of them will be there all day, smoking, talking, doing nothing.
• IRAQ: Confirmation of voting register underway IRIN 04 Nov 2004 -- The process of registering voters for Iraq's January elections is going smoothly, according to local officials, despite ongoing violence in the country and threats.

Foreign Reactions

News Reports

• Iraqi Media Monitoring UNAMI 04 Nov 2004
• ARAB MEDIA DEPART FALLUJAH; INTIMIDATION CITED CENTCOM 03 Nov 2004 -- Quds Arab-language news wire service in recent days has reported that four Arab-language media outlets have been forced from the city of Fallujah by Anti-Iraqi Forces.
• Analysis: Journalists Remain Target Of Militants In Iraq RFE/RL 04 Nov 2004 -- The killing of foreign journalists in Iraq has received much coverage in the Western media in recent months, but militants have also increasingly targeted Iraqi and Arab journalists working in the country. No less than 10 Iraqi and Arab journalists working in Iraq were killed in October in the latest string of attacks.
• IRAQ: Insecurity limits access to medical facilities IRIN 04 Nov 2004 -- Students and patients have to dodge bullets when visiting and studying at a public hospital and dentistry college in Baghdad's Haifa street. Their plight highlights the risk to civilians as US troops and local forces battle against insurgents in that area. They are calling on the government to step in and ensure that the area is made safe.