Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

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

Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 19 Nov 2004 [PDF]
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualty

• U-S/IRAQ VOA 19 Nov 2004 -- A top U-S military official in charge of the Middle East says coalition forces will do all they can to ensure Iraqi elections set for late January will go ahead. But with parts of Iraq's Sunni triangle still in the grip of insurgents, U.S. officials, both civilian and military are not prepared to say the entire country will be safe enough to ensure a nationwide vote.
• Iraqi Forces Fought Well in Fallujah, U.S. Generals Say AFPS 19 Nov 2004 -- Iraqi military forces distinguished themselves during fighting against insurgents during the recent Fallujah operation, senior U.S. Army and Marine Corps generals told House members here Nov. 17.
• Defense Department Report, November 19: Iraq Operational Update Washington File 19 Nov 2004 -- Army Lieutenant General Lance Smith says coalition and Iraqi military forces are doing everything possible to thwart an intimidation campaign that is under way in Iraq to keep Iraqis away from polling booths in January 2005.
• IRAQ / WRAP VOA 19 Nov 2004 -- Iraqi troops backed by U.S. forces have raided a Sunni mosque in the Iraqi capital, killing at least two people. On Thursday, the Iraqi interim government warned that Islamic clerics who incite violence will be considered participants in terrorism. Meanwhile, an apparent suicide car bomb has blown up near an Iraqi police patrol, killing at least one person and wounding four others.
• Iraq: Commanders Say Crackdown On Insurgents Successful In Al-Fallujah, Mosul RFE/RL 19 Nov 2004 -- A U.S. general has expressed confidence that the U.S.-led offensive in the Iraqi city of Al-Fallujah has "broken the back" of insurgents and disrupted their activities around Iraq. Marine Lieutenant General John Sattler said that as a result of the 10-day U.S.-led assault, Al-Fallujah can no longer be used as a "safe haven" for militants to organize attacks. U.S.-led forces are also said to be closing in on remaining insurgents in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul.
• Car Bomb In Baghdad; Iraqi Forces Storm Mosque RFE/RL 19 Nov 2004 -- A suicide car bomber rammed into a police patrol in Baghdad today destroying several cars and killing at least one policeman, as Iraqi forces stormed one of the major Sunni Muslim mosques in Baghdad after Friday prayers, killing at least two people.
• OPERATION WOLFHOUND POWER DETERS INSURGENCY IN HAWIJA CENTCOM 19 Nov 2004 -- Task Force 1-27 Infantry Soldiers conducted a multiple-day offensive security operation called Operation Wolfhound Power that began on Nov. 11, in response to recent insurgent activity within this Sunni Arab city.
• Soldiers Detain Six In Raids Near Kirkuk MNF-I/MNC-I 19 Nov 2004 -- Task Force Danger Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment detained six individuals in a series of raids conducted near Kirkuk on Nov. 19 at about 1 a.m.
• Al-Fallujah Offensive 'Breaks Backs' Of Rebels RFE/RL 19 Nov 2004 -- A U.S. general has expressed confidence that the U.S.-led offensive in the city of Al-Fallujah has "broken the back" of insurgents and disrupted their activities around Iraq.
• Buried Treasure: Soldiers unearth weapons caches Army News 19 Nov 2004 -- Just outside of Logistics Support Area Anaconda, the end of the road is not the end of the mission for the scouts in Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1-77th Armor, 1st Infantry Division; they dismount and go farther.
• U.S. Marines with K-9s search for weapons USMC News 19 Nov 2004 -- U.S. Marine dog handlers and their K-9s searched through buildings in Fallujah for weapon caches and explosive ordinances Nov. 14.
• 3/5 unveil weapons cache in Fallujah USMC News 19 Nov 2004 -- Marines with Company I, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, pushed through Fallujah clearing houses along the way and finding weapons cache left behind by insurgents Nov. 11.
• Marines reopen Iraqi supply lanes following Fallujah battle USMC News 19 Nov 2004 -- Marines with 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment's civil affairs team briefly restored access to and from Saqlawiyah, Iraq, Nov. 16 following the Fallujah invasion.
• Marines assist Iraqis recover remains of Fallujah conflict USMC News 19 Nov 2004 -- As U.S. Marines fired their final shots in Fallujah, the 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment civil affairs team is helping local Iraqis begin the body recovery process in the war-torn city.

Deployments

US Policy

United Nations

• PRESS CONFERENCE BY PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF IRAQ United Nations 19 Nov 2004

Reconstruction Issues

• IRAQI AIR FORCE GETS NEW AIRCRAFT CENTCOM 19 Nov 2004 -- The United Arab Emirates delivered four Comp Air 7SL aircraft to Basrah Air Base Nov. 13 to be used by the Iraqi Air Force. The aircraft were a gift to help Iraq's air force continue to build its operational capability. Three more Comp Air aircraft will be delivered within the next two weeks.
• Fallujah Reconstruction Effort to Begin Soon AFPS 19 Nov 2004 -- The successful military operation in Fallujah, Iraq, needs to be followed by an equally successful reconstruction operation, and the United States and Iraq are poised to begin that effort perhaps within the next week or two, officials told Pentagon reporters today.
• Transcript: Defense Department Briefing on Progress of Reconstruction Work in Iraq; Plans For Reconstruction in Fallujah 19 Nov 2004 -- Charles Hess, Director, Army's DoD Iraq Project and Contracting Office and Bill Taylor, State Department Iraq Reconstruction Management Office

Foreign Reactions

• Iraq: EU Set To Stress Elections, Regional Cooperation At Iraq Conference RFE/RL 19 Nov 2004 -- The European Union today announced it has two "key objectives" for the international conference on Iraq taking place in the Egyptian resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh in late November. The bloc is set to argue against delaying Iraq's scheduled January elections and to urge Baghdad's neighbors to step up border cooperation to help improve security.

News Reports

• RFE/RL Iraq Report, Volume 7, Number 43 19 Nov 2004 -- ALLAWI PROMISES TO REBUILD AFTER AL-FALLUJAH FIGHTING / VIOLENCE CONTINUES ACROSS IRAQ / MOSUL GOVERNOR'S OFFICE ATTACKED / CLASHES REPORTEDLY ERUPT IN AL-NAJAF / CONFUSION OVER BODY FOUND IN AL-FALLUJAH / NEWS CHANNEL REPORTS 46 POLITICAL PARTIES WILL BOYCOTT ELECTION / BA'QUBAH REMAINS TROUBLE SPOT / JAPANESE FORCES MOVE NORTH TO BAGHDAD / NEW AUDIOTAPE ATTRIBUTED TO AL-ZARQAWI SURFACES / IRAQI ELECTORAL SPOKESMAN DISCUSSES EXPATRIATE, MILITARY VOTING / U.S. NETWORK SAYS MARINE SHOT DEAD WOUNDED IRAQI PRISONER / CAPTORS RELEASE TWO RELATIVES OF PRIME MINISTER, STILL HOLDING A THIRD / IRAQI POLICE AIDED MILITANTS IN MOSUL INSURGENCY / IRAQ TO ESTABLISH 24 POLICE STATIONS ALONG IRANIAN BORDER / AL-ZARQAWI'S NEPHEW REPORTEDLY ARRESTED / UN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSIONER EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER AL-FALLUJAH / U.S. SENATE PROBE DETERMINES IRAQ GAINED $21 BILLION ILLEGALLY / FRENCH PRESIDENT DOUBTS ASSERTION THAT HUSSEIN'S REMOVAL HAS MADE WORLD SAFER / NATO STATES DIVIDED OVER IRAQ