Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

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

Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 18 Apr 2005 [PDF]
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
• ONE SOLDIER KILLED, ONE INJURED FROM IED ATTACK
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty

• Task Force Liberty Soldiers detain suspected terrorist cell leader MNF-I/MNC-I 18 Apr 2005 -- Task Force Liberty Soldiers detained a suspected terrorist cell leader near Hawija during a raid at about 3 a.m. April 18.
• Coalition Forces mortar fire damages mosque in Balad MNF-I/MNC-I 18 Apr 2005 -- A Coalition Forces mortar round fell short of its intended target and damaged a window in a mosque in Balad at about 11:30 a.m. April 17.
• Iraq Army Finds No Sign Of Alleged Hostages RFE/RL 18 Apr 2005 -- Iraq's Army said it found no evidence of hostages after surrounding and entering a small town south of Baghdad today.
• Iraqi Army Finds Explosives, No Hostages In Madain RFE/RL 18 Apr 2005 -- Iraqi security forces raided a town south of Baghdad early today after reports that Sunni militants had kidnapped some 100 Shi'ites. They found no evidence that anyone had been seized.
• Task Force Liberty Soldiers discover, destroy VCIED MNF-I/MNC-I 18 Apr 2005 -- Task Force Liberty Soldiers found and destroyed a potential vehicle-concealed improvised explosive device northwest of Jalula in eastern Diyala Province at about 8:55 a.m. on April 18.
• Iraqi tip leads U.S. Soldiers to terrorist safehouse MNF-I/MNC-I 18 Apr 2005 -- An Iraqi teenager's tip helped Task Force Baghdad Soldiers discover an anti-Iraqi forces safe house and take a terrorist into custody April 16.
• KC-130J aircraft makes first combat aerial delivery USMC News 18 Apr 2005 -- Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 252 has performed yet another first with their new KC-130J during its combat theater debut.

Deployments

US Policy

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

Foreign Reactions

• Asefi brushes off Iraqi minister allegation against Iran IRNA 18 Apr 2005 -- Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi on Monday said claims by an Iraqi minister over Iran's involvement in Madaen hostage taking event, southern Baghdad, are quite baseless.

News Reports

• Iraq: Army Finds No Sign Of Hostages As Rumors Rule The Country RFE/RL 18 Apr 2005 -- After reports on 16 and 17 April that Sunni militants were holding Shi'ite residents of Madain hostage, the Iraqi Army moved in. The military operation in the small town south of Baghdad involved more than 1,000 soldiers. But the alarm proved to be false. Many say the incident shows how Iraqi society is still consumed by rumors and conspiracy theories.
• Iraqi Media Monitoring UNAMI 18 Apr 2005
• IRAQ: Doctors fear hepatitis outbreak IRIN 18 Apr 2005 -- Doctors in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, fear an outbreak of hepatitis, following an increase in cases reported by the Infectious Diseases Control Centre (IDSC) last week.