Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

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

Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 18 Feb 2005 [PDF]
• TASK FORCE FREEDOM SOLDIER KILLED
• ONE TASK FORCE FREEDOM SOLDIER KILLED AND ANOTHER WOUNDED DURING ATTACK
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• 1st COSCOM SOLDIER KILLED

• IRAQ / BLASTS VOA 18 Feb 2005 -- Four bomb attacks in Baghdad have killed at least 24 people. The blasts mainly targeted Shi'ite worshippers as they marked the Shi'ite holy day of Ashura.
• Blasts Near Shi'ite Mosques In Baghdad Kill, Wound Many RFE/RL 18 Feb 2005 -- Two bomb blasts have killed at least 15 and wounded many others near Shi'ite mosques in Baghdad today.
• Premature IED detonation kills two AIF, wounds a third MNF-I/MNC-I 18 Feb 2005 -- Two Anti-Iraqi Forces were killed and a third wounded by the premature detonation of an improvised explosive device they were attempting to emplace along a Coalition Forces main supply route about 6 p.m., Feb. 17.
• Three U.S. Soldiers Killed; Bombers Stage Mosque Attacks AFPS 18 Feb 2005 -- Three American soldiers were killed in separate attacks in Iraq Feb. 16 and 17, military officials in Baghdad reported.

Deployments

US Policy

• New Allegations Surface of Prisoner Abuse in Iraq and Afghanistan VOA News 18 Feb 2005 -- New allegations of prisoner abuse by U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan have been revealed in Army documents released by the American Civil Liberties Union.
• Army Updates Detainee Operations Documents Army News Release 18 Feb 2005

United Nations

• Annan condemns deadly mosque bombings in Iraq, appeals for cooperation and unity UN News Centre 18 Feb 2005 -- Condemning the deadly mosque bombings that took place today during prayer in Baghdad, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan appealed to Iraqis of all backgrounds to come together in rebuilding the country.

Reconstruction Issues

• Iraq: With Vote Results In, Wrangling Over New Government Begins RFE/RL 18 Feb 2005 -- Final elections in Iraq are now in and they confirm a Shi'a alliance has won a slim majority in Iraq's transitional National Assembly. The United Iraqi Alliance will have 140 seats out of the 275 in the assembly. The alliance is followed by a Kurdish group -- the Kurdish Unity List -- and by Prime Minister Iyad Allawi's bloc. The Shi'a alliance is clearly now the most powerful group, but its 140 seats still leave it short of the two-thirds majority needed to decide important issues like choosing a new prime minister.

Foreign Reactions

News Reports