Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

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

Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 04 Aug 2005 [PDF]
• MARINE KILLED IN AR RAMADI
• DoD Identifies Navy Casualty
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualties
• THREE TASK FORCE BAGHDAD SOLDIERS DIE IN BOMB ATTACK
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualties

• Marine Killed in Iraq; 28 Suspected Terrorists Captured AFPS 04 Aug 2005 -- A U.S. Marine assigned to 2nd Marine Division, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward), was killed in action Aug. 3 by small-arms fire during combat operations in Ramadi, Iraq, about 60 miles west of Baghdad, U.S. military officials at Camp Fallujah reported today.
• Local Iraqi leads Soldiers to weapons cache MNF-I 04 Aug 2005 -- A tip from an Iraqi citizen led Iraqi and U.S. Soldiers to a weapons cache south of Karbala , Iraq on August 1.
• Task Force Freedom detains 28 in northern Iraq MNF-I 04 Aug 2005 -- Multi-National Forces from Task Force Freedom detained 28 suspected terrorists and responded to an attack against Iraqi Police during operations in northern Iraq Aug. 3 and 4.

Deployments

US Policy

• Bush Not Intimidated by Zawahiri VOA 04 Aug 2005 -- President Bush says he will not be intimidated by videotape threats from al-Qaida's second-in-command, Ayman al-Zawahiri
• Recent Attacks in Response to U.S. Pressure, Spokesman Says AFPS 04 Aug 2005 -- Increased U.S. and coalition operations throughout the Euphrates River Valley have forced insurgents to switch tactics in an attempt to cause damage, a coalition spokesman in Baghdad, Iraq, said today.

United Nations

• PRESS CONFERENCE BY IRAQ United Nations 04 Aug 2005
• UNSC condemns recent wave of terrorist attacks. VOA 04 Aug 2005 -- The 15-member United Nations Security Council has unanimously passed a resolution condemning the recent wave of terrorist attacks in Iraq
• Security Council says 'horrific' terror must not disrupt Iraq's political process UN News Centre 03 Aug 2005 -- Condemning the recent wave of "horrific" terror attacks in Iraq, the United Nations Security Council today called on Member States to cooperate in stanching the flow of terrorists in and out of Iraq and preventing the disruption of the ongoing political process.
• Public participation in drafting Iraq's new constitution has been high, UN says UN News Centre 03 Aug 2005 -- Nearly a quarter of a million Iraqis of all ethnic and religious groups have taken part in meetings to help draft their country's new constitution, despite security challenges and problematic day-to-day living conditions, a preliminary United Nations report issued today said.

Reconstruction Issues

• Iraqi Police Officers Complete Advanced, Specialty, Basic Courses AFPS 04 Aug 2005 -- The Iraqi Police Service graduated 142 police officers from advanced and specialty courses at the Adnan Training Facility today, according to officials with the Multinational Security Transition Command Iraq.
• IRAQ: Housing problems increase as conflict hits hearth and home IRIN 04 Aug 2005 -- Adel Abdel Sada is not proud of his home. Cobbled together from the wreckage of old buildings, cartons and bits of scrap, the ramshackle, jerry-built dwelling is all the 39-year-old unemployed security guard can afford.

Foreign Reactions

News Reports

• Iraq: U.S. Facing Deadliest Period In Iraq In Months RFE/RL 04 Aug 2005 -- The United States is facing one of the deadliest periods for its forces in Iraq in months