Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

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

Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 11 Feb 2005 [PDF]
• TASK FORCE BAGHDAD SOLDIER DEATH NOT BATTLE RELATED
• SOLDIER KILLED IN WESTERN BAGHDAD BLAST
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty

• Department of Defense Announces OIF Rotational Units 11 Feb 2005 -- The Department of Defense announced today that the Headquarters, V Corps, Heidelberg, Germany, and major subordinate units of the Corps will deploy to Iraq in support of the Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF).
• Truck Bomb At Iraqi Mosque Kills 13 RFE/RL 11 Feb 2005 -- A truck bomb killed at least 13 people today outside a Shi'a mosque northeast of Baghdad.
• Task Force Danger Soldier wounded near Hawija MNF-I/MNC-I 11 Feb 2005 -- A Task Force Danger Soldier was wounded by small-arms fire in Kirkuk Province near Hawija about 11 a.m., Feb. 11.
• TF Danger Soldiers crack down on illegal weapons MNF-I/MNC-I 11 Feb 2005 -- As the war in Iraq continues, efforts are being made to reduce the amount of available weapons used for terrorist attacks on both the Multi-National Forces and Iraqi civilians through frequent searches of civilian homes.
• Iraqi National Guard, U.S. Marines repel attack by insurgents MNF-I/MNC-I 11 Feb 2005 -- Elements of Regimental Combat Team 7, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, and Iraqi Soldiers with the 504th Iraqi National Guard Battalion repelled attacks by insurgents this evening near the city of Husaybah.

Deployments

• XVIII Airborne takes lead role in Iraq Army News 11 Feb 2005 -- Lt. Gen. John R. Vines of XVIII Airborne Corps and Fort Bragg, N.C., took command of Multi-National Corps-Iraq Feb. 10 in a transfer of authority ceremony Feb. 10 at Camp Victory's Al-Faw Palace near Baghdad.
• Transfer of authority to build new Iraq MNF-I/MNC-I 11 Feb 2005 -- Military leaders from around the world converged near Baghdad to watch Lt. Gen. Thomas Metz, III Corps and Fort Hood, Texas, commander, relinquish command of the Multi-National Corps-Iraq to Lt. Gen. John R. Vines, XVIII Airborne Corps and Fort Bragg, N.C. commander, during a transfer of authority ceremony Feb. 10 at Camp Victory's Al-Faw Palace.

US Policy

• Defense Leaders Note Progress Made in Iraq AFPS 11 Feb 2005 -- Three senior U.S. defense leaders expressed optimism today about the situation in Iraq following the nation's first free elections and also about the progress made by Iraqi security forces.
• Visit Gives Rumsfeld Firsthand Look at Iraqi Forces AFPS 11 Feb 2005 -- Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld told several hundred U.S. soldiers in Mosul today that he was "every bit as proud" to be there as he was during his pride-filled moments attending Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai's inauguration in December.
• RUMSFELD / IRAQ VOA 11 Feb 2005 -- U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld made a surprise trip to Iraq Friday to visit U.S. and Iraqi troops, and see how they are working together to build Iraq's new armed forces. The visit came as more than 20 people were killed in continuing violence.
• U.S. Defense Secretary Visits Iraq RFE/RL 11 Feb 2005 -- U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld traveled to the northern Iraqi city of Mosul before flying on to Baghdad today.

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• Iraq: Vote Count Finishing Up As Political Jockeying Intensifies RFE/RL 11 Feb 2005 -- Election officials in Iraq say they have all but finished counting the ballots from Iraq's 30 January vote for a National Assemby. But the Independent Election Commission says the announcement of the final results could still be a few days away.

Foreign Reactions

News Reports

• IRAQ HOSTAGE / ITALY VOA 11 Feb 2005 -- An Islamist group that claims it is holding hostage an Italian journalist has given the Italian government 48 hours to withdraw its troops from Iraq. The group says the journalist's fate depends on the Italian government's compliance with its demand.