Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

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

Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 12 Nov 2004 [PDF]
• TASK FORCE OLYMPIA SOLDIER DIES FOLLOWING SMALL ARMS FIRE ATTACK
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualties
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualties
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• INSURGENT ATTACK KILLS ONE SOLDIER, WOUNDS THREE OTHERS IN SOUTHERN BAGHDAD
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualties
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
• DoD Identifies Navy Casualty
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualty

• Transcript: Coalition and Iraqi Forces Briefing 12 Nov 2004 -- Lt. Gen John Sattler, Commander, 1ST Marine Expeditionary Force, Lt. Gen. Abdul Qader Mohammed Jassim Mohan, Commander of Iraqi Forces and Mr. Thair Al Nakib, Spokesman for the Prime Minister of Iraq
• IRAQ/FULLUJAH UPDATE VOA 12 Nov 2004 -- After five days of fighting, U.S. and Iraqi forces are now said to be in control of nearly all of Fallujah, capturing or killing hundreds of insurgents who have used the city as a stronghold for months. But video sent back by journalists imbedded with U.S. forces there shows tough street battles continue with insurgents who also shot down a U.S. army helicopter north of Baghdad Friday.
• Fallujah 80 Percent Under Coalition Control, General Says AFPS 12 Nov 2004 -- As fighting continues in Fallujah, Iraq, coalition forces control 80 percent of the city, a top U.S. Marine general said in Iraq today.
• HELICOPTER SHOT DOWN BY INSURGENTS CENTCOM 12 Nov 2004 -- A UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter was shot down by anti-Iraqi forces northeast of Baghdad at about 4:30 p.m. on Nov. 12.
• Iraq: U.S. Forces Take Most Of Al-Fallujah As Insurgent Attacks Erupt Elsewhere RFE/RL 12 Nov 2004 -- U.S. forces say they have taken some 70 percent of Al-Fallujah as insurgents appear to be making a last stand in the south of the city. But as the U.S. troops -- backed by heavy armor and air power -- look certain to have all of the town soon under their control, insurgents are launching attacks on Iraqi government targets in other parts of central and northern Iraq.
• Mosque Raid Nets Weapons Cache in Western Baghdad MNF-I/MNC-I 12 Nov 2004 -- Elements of an Iraqi National Guard Battalion conducted a cordon and search of a western Baghdad mosque at 2 p.m., capturing a large weapons cache and detaining three clerics and 23 suspected anti-Iraqi forces.

Deployments

US Policy

• Rumsfeld Says Fallujah Military Operation Is Moving Toward Success Washington File 12 Nov 2004 -- MOST OF FALLUJAH FREED FROM INSURGENTS / RUMSFELD TOURS LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• IRAQ: Hospital and school repairs completed in Tikrit IRIN 12 Nov 2004 -- A grand ceremony marked the opening of the al-Aola primary school and the Salah Din rehabilitation hospital in the city of Tikrit last week, the home of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, 160 km northwest of the capital, Baghdad.

Foreign Reactions

• Iraqi Red Crescent Says Al-Fallujah 'Big Disaster' RFE/RL 12 Nov 2004 -- Aid agencies today called on U.S. forces and the Iraqi government to allow deliveries of food, water, and medicine to Al-Fallujah, where there has been intense fighting this week.

News Reports

• Purported Al-Zarqawi Tape Urges On Al-Fallujah Insurgents RFE/RL 12 Nov 2004 -- An audiotape purportedly made by Al-Qaeda-linked terror suspect Abu Mus'ab al-Zarqawi encouraged his fighters in Al-Fallujah and said victory was near.
• Iraq Group Claims Kidnapping Of American RFE/RL 12 Nov 2004 -- Al-Jazeera television is reporting that Iraqi insurgents have kidnapped a U.S. citizen who worked at a Baghdad airport.
• IRAQ: IRCS delivers aid to displaced around Fallujah IRIN 12 Nov 2004 -- As fighting continued in the city of Fallujah 60 km west of Baghdad, the Iraqi Red Crescent Society (IRCS) and other NGOs on Thursday succeeded in delivering the first food and medical supplies to those displaced in areas surrounding the city.