Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

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

Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 03 Aug 2005 [PDF]
• 14 MARINES KILLED NEAR HADITHA
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualties
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty

• Transcript: Defense Department Regular Briefing 03 Aug 2005 -- Presenter: Larry Di Rita, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs and U.S. Army Brigadier General Carter Ham, Commander, Multinational Brigade-Northwest
• Marine Deaths Part of New Offensive VOA 03 Aug 2005 -- U.S. military officials say the deaths of 21 U.S. Marines near the Iraqi town of Haditha this week are the result of an ongoing offensive against insurgents who use that town, and others in the area, as bases for their operations
• Sunni leader briefly detained MNF-I 03 Aug 2005 -- Coalition Forces conducted an operation on a residence in the Adl district of Baghdad Aug. 2.
• Safehouse destroyed; 10 suspects detained MNF-I 03 Aug 2005 -- Coalition forces conducted a raid in western Ramadi early Aug. 3 resulting in the capture of 10 suspected terrorists.
• Citizens Help Troops Capture Suspects, Take Down Safehouse AFPS 03 Aug 2005 -- Coalition forces in Iraq arrested 10 suspected terrorist during a raid in western Ramadi today after Iraqi citizens pointed out a safehouse where the suspects were hiding and storing weapons.
• Military Ops Along Euphrates River Prompt Deadly Attacks AFPS 03 Aug 2005 -- "A very lethal and, unfortunately, adaptive enemy" is responsible for the deaths of 21 U.S. Marines in Iraq over the past three days, a senior military officer said here today.

Deployments

• Joint commission for conditions-based transition holds first meeting MNF-I 03 Aug 2005 -- The joint commission for conditions-based transition held its initial meeting Aug. 2.

US Policy

• Statement by II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward MNF-I 03 Aug 2005 -- We are aware that a video and photos exist of a body purported to be a Marine killed in action near Haditha on Aug 1.
• Bush Says Iraq Deaths Will Not Shake US Resolve VOA 03 Aug 2005 -- President Bush says attacks against U.S. troops in Iraq are meant to shake America's will and try to force an early pull-out of troops.
• Coalition Must Be on Offensive Against Terrorists, Rumsfeld Says AFPS 04 Aug 2005 -- The only way to defeat the multifaceted, adaptive insurgency in the Middle East is to go on the offensive, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said here Aug. 2.

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• Multinational Commission Working to Smooth Transition AFPS 03 Aug 2005 -- A high-level commission established in Baghdad, Iraq, is "a useful exercise" in helping Iraqis develop effective ministries, a senior Defense Department official said here today.
• Iraqi Committee Struggling To Draft Constitution RFE/RL 03 Aug 2005 -- Iraqis tasked with drafting a new constitution have failed to make progress in resolving issues holding up the completion of the charter.

Foreign Reactions

• IRAQ: 'DIVISION BY CIVIL WAR OR CONSENSUS BY CONSTITUTION' US Dept. of State IIP, Foreign Media Reaction 03 Aug 2005

News Reports

• American Journalist Kidnapped and Killed in Southern Iraq VOA 03 Aug 2005 -- An American freelance journalist has been killed in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, four days after he wrote an opinion piece for a U.S. newspaper criticizing the rise of Shi'ite Muslim fundamentalism in the south
• American Journalist Kidnapped and Killed in Southern Iraq VOA 03 Aug 2005 -- An American freelance journalist has been killed in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, four days after he wrote an opinion piece for a U.S. newspaper criticizing the rise of Shi'ite Muslim fundamentalism in the south
• U.S. Journalist Killed In Iraq RFE/RL 03 Aug 2005 -- An American journalist has been found shot dead in the southern Iraqi city of Al-Basrah.