Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

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

Current Operations

• One 1st Infantry Division Soldier Killed by Roadside Bomb
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualty

• Car bomb damages two buses; temporarily closes Airport Road in Western Baghdad CENTCOM 27 Nov 2004 -- An insurgent vehicle-borne improvised explosive device detonated on Baghdad's airport road at about 9:30 a.m. Nov. 27, damaging two up-armored military shuttle buses.
• Panther II Makes Minefield Clearing Safer MNF-I/MNC-I 27 Nov 2004 -- Recent technological advances have enabled the Army to protect its most valuable asset, the lives of its Soldiers.
• Soldiers Secure Khalis JCC During Early Morning Attack MNF-I/MNC-I 27 Nov 2004 -- 1st Infantry Division Soldiers secured the Joint Coordination Center in Khalis after anti-Iraqi forces attacked it at about 5:15 a.m. on Nov. 27.

Deployments

US Policy

• U.S. Ambassador Sticks To Iraq Election Date RFE/RL 27 Nov 2004 -- A spokesman for Iraq's interim government and U.S. Ambassador to Iraq John Negroponte said separately today that the security situation should not prevent elections from being held as scheduled.

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• IRAQ / WRAP VOA 27 Nov 2004 -- Iraq's interim government says it is determined to hold elections as scheduled at the end of January, despite demands from several political groups for a delay because of continuing violence in the country. At least five people were reported killed Saturday.
• Iraqi Officials Reject Calls For Election Delay RFE/RL 27 Nov 2004 -- Iraqi officials today rejected calls for a delay of a general election scheduled for 30 January.

Foreign Reactions

News Reports