Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

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

Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 19 Apr 2005 [PDF]
• DoD Identifies Army Casualties
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty

• DETAINEE DIES AT CAMP BUCCA CENTCOM 19 Apr 2005 -- A 51-year-old male security detainee at Camp Bucca died of what appears to be natural causes at approximately 9 a.m., April 19.
• AUSTRALIAN TAKES COMMAND OF MARITIME SECURITY OPERATIONS IN NORTH ARABIAN GULF CENTCOM 19 Apr 2005 -- The coalition task force responsible for maritime security operations (MSO) in the Northern Arabian Gulf has a new commander.
• Eleven individuals detained for suspicion of weapons trafficking MNF-I/MNC-I 19 Apr 2005 -- Task Force Liberty Soldiers, acting on a tip from an Iraqi citizen, detained 11 individuals at about 10:40 p.m. April 18, in a raid south of Ad Dujayl in Salah Ad Din Province.
• Task Force Liberty Soldiers wound, detain attacker MNF-I/MNC-I 19 Apr 2005 -- Task Force Liberty Soldiers wounded and detained a terrorist attacker in Baqubah at about 7:50 a.m. on April 19.
• Multi-National Force-Iraq investigates altercation MNF-I/MNC-I 19 Apr 2005 -- An altercation occurred this morning at Checkpoint # 2 in the International Zone as the Transitional National Assembly was gathering.
• Iraq Car Bomb Attack Kills 4, Injures 30 VOA News 19 Apr 2005 -- Iraqi officials say a suicide car bomber has struck an army recruitment center in Baghdad, killing at least four people and wounding more than 30 others. Al-Qaida-linked insurgents claimed responsibility.
• Senior Iraqi Official Slain In Baghdad RFE/RL 19 Apr 2005 -- The Iraqi Interior Ministry says a senior official was killed at his Baghdad home yesterday.

Deployments

• Australia Deploys More Troops to Iraq AFPS 19 Apr 2005 -- Coalition forces in Iraq are welcoming the deployment of 450 more Australian military personnel. "These are great soldiers," said a U.S. official in Baghdad, Iraq.

US Policy

• MULTI-NATIONAL FORCE-IRAQ INVESTIGATES ALTERCATION CENTCOM 19 Apr 2005 -- An altercation occurred this morning at Checkpoint # 2 in the International Zone as the Transitional National Assembly was gathering.

United Nations

• Security Council confident Iraq will help resolve cases of missing Kuwaitis UN News Centre 19 Apr 2005 -- The United Nations Security Council today voiced confidence that the new Iraqi Government would help resolve the cases of hundreds of murdered Kuwaiti prisoners of war and third-country nationals who disappeared after the ousted regime of Saddam Hussein occupied its small neighbour over 14 years ago.
• Senior UN Official Admits Ties with Figure in Oil-For-Food Scandal VOA News 19 Apr 2005 -- A senior United Nations official has admitted having a business relationship with a South Korean lobbyist indicted in connection with the Iraq oil-for-food scandal. Secretary-General Kofi Annan has denied any knowledge of the relationship.

Reconstruction Issues

Foreign Reactions

News Reports

• Iraqi Media Monitoring UNAMI 19 Apr 2005
• IRAQ: Security measures preventing school and work attendance IRIN 19 Apr 2005 -- Students and government employees say that tight security on the streets of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, is preventing them from going to school and work. Some teachers say the situation is having a serious impact on education in the country.