Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

Operations
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US Policy
United Nations
Reconstruction Issues
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News Reports

Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 18 Aug 2005 [PDF]
• FOUR TASK FORCE LIBERTY SOLDIERS KILLED BY IED IN SAMARRA

• Car bombs detonate near police, bus stations Army News 18 Aug 2005 -- Terrorists carried out multiple suicide vehicle-borne improvised explosive device attacks Aug. 17 in Baghdad.
• Infantrymen make a difference in Abu Ghraib district Army News 18 Aug 2005 -- Soldiers in Abu Ghraib district clean up a local soccer field for the children in their sector July 29.

Deployments

• 82nd Airborne Division deploying in support of OIF Army News 18 Aug 2005 -- The 82nd Airborne Division has received deployment orders directing them to deploy a Battalion-sized element in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
• Mobile Security Detachment 25 Reaches Midpoint of Deployment Navy NewsStand 18 Aug 2005 -- The Portsmouth, Va.,-based Mobile Security Detachment (MSD) 25 reached the half-way point of their deployment providing point defense of the Al Basrah (ABOT) and Khawr Al Amaya (KAAOT) oil terminals Aug 12.

US Policy

• Iraq Progressing on Constitution, Rebuilding, U.S. General Says Washington File 18 Aug 2005 -- The ongoing work of Iraqis to finish a draft constitution is "truly a shining example of democracy in action," a U.S. general in Iraq says.
• Progress Spreads in Iraq on Many Fronts, Official Says AFPS 18 Aug 2005 -- Progress in Iraq continues, and this includes the work extension granted earlier this week to draft the country's new constitution, a Multinational Force Iraq spokesman said today.

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• Iraqi Army battle staff trains on Civil Military Operations Army News 18 Aug 2005 -- Iraqi Army officers from the 5th Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division, trained on an important side of their profession during a coalition-sponsored exercise July 25.
• Iraq: Assessing The Strengths And Dangers Of Federalism RFE/RL 18 Aug 2005 -- As Iraq struggles to draft a new constitution, one of the burning issues still unresolved is how to arrange the structure of the state.
• Iraq: Shi'a Religious Parties Press For Islamic Values RFE/RL 18 Aug 2005 -- In Baghdad, a constitutional drafting committee continues to struggle to define what kind of state Iraqis want to live in.

Foreign Reactions

News Reports