Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

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

Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 01 Mar 2005 [PDF]
• SOLDIER DIES FROM INJURIES SUSTAINED IN VEHICLE ACCIDENT
• DoD Identifies Army Casualties
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty

• Iraqi Soldiers kill, capture terrorist MNF-I/MNC-I 01 Mar 2005 -- Iraqi Army Soldiers conducting a route reconnaissance mission on a road leading to Baghdad, killed eight terrorists and captured 11 after running into a terrorist checkpoint.
• 'Black Knights' strut their stuff in Iraq USMC News 01 Mar 2005 -- On a cool, crisp evening in late January, two pilots, a crew chief and an aerial observer boarded a gray, tandem rotor aircraft for a mission they and the rest of the world had been looking forward to for months.

Deployments

• Second Marine Aircraft Wing reports for duty Assumes U.S. Marine air mission in Al Anbar province MNF-I/MNC-I 01 Mar 2005 -- U.S. Marines and sailors of the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing assumed the air mission in the Al Anbar province from the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing in a ceremony here Feb. 28.
• 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing starts long flight home MNF-I/MNC-I 01 Mar 2005 -- The 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing recently completed its longest deployment of its 62-year history.
• Camp Lejeune unit nears end of tour in Iraq, ready for return home MNF-I/MNC-I 01 Mar 2005 -- After more than seven months of running supply convoys, collecting and burying enemy killed in action, and providing humanitarian aid to Fallujans, several hundred Camp Lejeune Marines are leaving Iraq.

US Policy

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• Iraq Refers First Case Involving Saddam Officials for Trial AFPS 01 Mar 2005 -- Iraq's new court system is moving forward on prosecuting five men charged with mass executions following an attempt on former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's life in 1982.
• IRAQ: Aid to the power sector raises hope of a better future IRIN 01 Mar 2005 -- The large number of power restoration projects being carried out across Iraq by the UN and other international organisations should soon help the new government give Iraqis a better quality of life, officials said.

Foreign Reactions

News Reports

• FRANCE/REPORTER VOA 01 Mar 2005 -- Two months after French reporter Florence Aubenas disappeared in Baghdad, a video has been released showing her pleading for help.

• Iraqi Media Monitoring UNAMI 01 Mar 2005
• RFE/RL Iraq Report, Volume 8, Number 7 01 Mar 2005 -- ALLAWI, AL-JA'FARI TO VIE FOR IRAQI PREMIERSHIP / PROFILE: IBRAHIM AL-JA'FARI / TERRORISTS ON DISPLAY / RADIO FREE IRAQ EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH JALAL TALABANI