Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

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

Current Operations

• 3 U.S. Soldiers Killed, 8 Wounded During MEDEVAC
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty

• Four U.S. Soldiers Killed; Iraqi Forces Find Weapons, Arrest Suspects AFPS 21 Feb 2005 -- Three U.S. soldiers were killed and eight were wounded this morning when an improvised explosive device detonated in Baghdad, Iraq, today, during the medical evacuation of a soldier. The soldier had been injured in a convoy accident caused by a civilian vehicle.

Deployments

• 155th BCT hits the ground running USMC News 21 Feb 2005 -- -- With less than one week of operating in Iraq, the 155th Brigade Combat Team has earned a respectable reputation for opening new doors for the future of Iraq.

US Policy

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• Sunnis Discuss Shape Of Iraqi Government RFE/RL 21 Feb 2005 -- Sunni Muslim tribal leaders have met to work out a strategy for participating in a future Iraqi government.
• IRAQ: Baghdad hospitals need urgent improvements, survey says IRIN 21 Feb 2005 -- The situation in Baghdad's hospitals is critical, particularly in terms of unhygienic and unsafe working conditions, according to a recent survey by the US-based Medicine For Peace (MFP) NGO.

Foreign Reactions

• INDONESIA JOURNALISTS/IRAQ VOA 21 Feb 2005 -- The Indonesian government says two Indonesian journalists kidnapped nearly a week ago in Iraq have been released.

News Reports

• Iraqi Media Monitoring UNAMI 21 Feb 2005
• RFE/RL Iraq Report, Volume 8, Number 6 21 Feb 2005 -- MANY IRAQI PARTIES LEFT OUT IN THE COLD WITH ELECTION RESULTS / Transitional National Assembly seats / KURDS WIN MAJORITY IN KIRKUK COUNCIL ELECTIONS, TURKOMANS PROTEST / RFI INTERVIEWS AL-SADR AIDE ON CLERIC'S POSITION / RFI INTERVIEWS INTERIM DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER BARHAM SALIH
• SYRIA: Iraqis have rough ride, but reluctant to return IRIN 21 Feb 2005 -- It is almost two years since Iraqis began flowing across the border into Syria, searching for security in the face of war. Many are genuine refugees, others are members or supporters of the old regime, looking to flee possible retribution.