Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

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

Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 22 Nov 2004 [PDF]
• ATTACK KILLS A TASK FORCE BAGHDAD SOLDIER
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualties

• 31st MEU raid nets 6 in al Haqlaniyah MNF-I/MNC-I 22 Nov 2004 -- Elements of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit conducted a raid that captured six suspected insurgents and a weapons cache in the city of Al Haqlaniyah the morning of Nov. 21.
• 1st Infantry Division Soldiers detain two during raid near Tikrit MNF-I/MNC-I 22 Nov 2004 -- 1st Infantry Division Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment detained two individuals during a raid in Wynot at about 3:00 p.m., November 21.
• Insurgent Faking Dead Fires on Marines MNF-I/MNC-I 22 Nov 2004 -- Marines from the 1st Marine Division shot and killed an insurgent, who while faking dead, opened fire on the Marines that were conducting a security and clearing patrol through the streets here at approximately 3:45 p.m. on 21 November.
• ING, Marines dig up weapons cache USMC News 22 Nov 2004 -- In the early morning hours of Nov. 19, a platoon from the Iraqi National Guard and Marines from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit conducted a cordon-and-knock search in south-central Iraq, uncovering a large weapons cache and capturing four detainees.
• Huge weapons cache unearthed in northern Iraq Army News 22 Nov 2004 -- Multi-national forces from the 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team) unearthed Nov. 22 one of the largest weapons caches ever found in northern Iraq, about 45 kilometers south of Mosul in the village of Shafa'at.

Deployments

• Truman Relieves Kennedy in Persian Gulf Navy NewsStand 22 Nov 2004 -- A changing of the guard occurred Nov. 20, when the USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) Carrier Strike Group relieved the USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67) Carrier Strike Group on station in the North Persian Gulf Nov. 21.

US Policy

• State Department Report, November 19: NATO's Iraq Training Plans Washington File 22 Nov 2004 -- NATO's decision to send military trainers to Iraq reflects the first collective, consensus decision the alliance has made on Iraq in two years, according to the State Department.

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• EGYPT/IRAQ MEETING VOA 22 Nov 2004 -- Senior Iraqi officials sought support from neighbors Syria, Turkey, Iran, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait on Monday, the first day of an international conference in Egypt aimed at helping Iraq stabilize its security and organize elections, scheduled for the end of January.
• Iraq: Country Prepares For Parliamentary Elections On 30 January RFE/RL 22 Nov 2004 -- Iraq has set 30 January as the date for the election of a transitional parliament that will select a new government and draft a permanent constitution. But among ordinary Iraqis, there are concerns about how continuing violence might affect the vote. There also is confusion over the voting process and who the candidates will be. But while some Iraqis want the election to be delayed, others are eager for the vote to go ahead.
• IRAQ / DEBT VOA 22 Nov 2004 -- About 20 countries, including Russia, have agreed to forgive 80-percent of Iraq's foreign debt. Russia signed on to the international agreement Sunday, even though it is owed billions of dollars in debt wracked up by former dictator Saddam Hussein. Even so, political and economic experts in Iraq are debating the significance of the agreement.
• IRAQ: January election date brings fear of intimidation and violence IRIN 22 Nov 2004 -- Iraq has set a 30 January date for the country's first elections since the downfall of Saddam Hussein, putting an end to speculation that the process could go ahead amid continuing violence. But many ordinary Iraqis say that insecurity will keep people away from the polls.
• IRAQ: Attacks on churches spur Christians to move to Kurdish north IRIN 22 Nov 2004 -- Only God can keep Christians and Muslims safe in Iraq's volatile environment, people often say when asked how they will deal with the daily diet of car bombs, suicide bombers and fighting going on around the country.

Foreign Reactions

• Iraq: U.S., European, And Arab Officials Seek Consensus Over Iraq's Future RFE/RL 22 Nov 2004 -- Top U.S. and European officials are meeting with foreign ministers from many of Iraq's neighbors today to discuss Iraq's future. The meeting in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh comes one day after Iraq's major international creditors agreed to deep cuts in Baghdad's debt in an effort to boost the pace of the country's reconstruction.

News Reports

• Iraqi Media Monitoring UNAMI 22 Nov 2004