Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

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

Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 27 Apr 2005 [PDF]
• TASK FORCE LIBERTY SOLDIER KILLED IN VEHICLE ACCIDENT
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty

• Task Force Liberty Soldiers detain four after mortar attack MNF-I/MNC-I 27 Apr 2005 -- Task Force Liberty Soldiers detained four individuals near Samarra at about 9:30 a.m. April 26 in relation to an indirect fire attack on a Coalition Forces base.
• Soldiers near Musayyib provide aid to attack victims MNF-I/MNC-I 27 Apr 2005 -- When terrorists fired mortar rounds near the Taheer Patrol Base, near Musayyib, Soldiers assigned to II Marine Expeditionary force (Fwd) provided medical assistance.
• Six detained by joint search in Hawija MNF-I/MNC-I 27 Apr 2005 -- Task Force Liberty and Iraqi army Soldiers detained six individuals in Hawija April 27 after coming under attack from an improvised explosive device and small arms fire earlier in the day.

Deployments

US Policy

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• Incoming Iraqi PM Says New Cabinet List Compiled VOA 27 Apr 2005 -- Iraq's incoming prime minister says he has compiled a list of names for a long-awaited new cabinet.

Foreign Reactions

• Turkey to host meeting of Iraq's neighbors IRNA 27 Apr 2005 -- A meeting of countries neighboring Iraq is to be held on April 29 in Istanbul, Turkey, said a Turkish Foreign Ministry official on Wednesday.

News Reports

• Romania: Militants Threaten To Kill Hostages If Romania Keeps Troops In Iraq RFE/RL 27 Apr 2005 -- Hostage takers are again demanding a member of the international coalition withdraw its troops from Iraq. This time it is Romania that faces the pressure as three of its journalists - plus their interpreter - face death threats.
• East Fallujah Iraqi Camp provides base for Iraqi units USMC News 27 Apr 2005 -- Just across Camp Fallujah's east wall is a compound known to few Marines and visited by even fewer. Although it is unfamiliar to many, it supports a mission integral to the success of the Iraqi army and Iraqi public order brigades.
• IRAQ: Doctors warn of increasing deformities in newborn babies. IRIN 27 Apr 2005 -- Doctors in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, have reported a significant increase in deformities among newborn babies.