Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

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

Current Operations

• DoD Identifies Army Casualties

• 1,000 Security Detainees Released From Abu Ghraib AFPS 27 Aug 2005 -- Coalition officials have released nearly 1,000 detainees from Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison over the past several days, officials in Baghdad, Iraq, announced.
• U.S. Releases About 1,000 Abu Ghurayb Prisoners RFE/RL 27 Aug 2005 -- The U.S. military said today that some 1,000 detainees at the Abu Ghurayb prison in Iraq have been released over the past three days.
• 1,000 security detainees released from Abu Ghraib MNF-I 27 Aug 2005 -- At the request and with the assistance of the Iraqi government, Multi-National Force - Iraq accelerated the Combined Review and Release Board process to expedite the release of nearly 1,000 detainees from the Abu Ghraib Theater Internment Facility from Aug. 24 through Aug. 27.
• Foreign terrorist facilitator killed in Mosul gun battle MNF-I 27 Aug 2005 -- Coalition forces killed Abu Khallad, a major facilitator of foreign fighters and suicide bombers into northern Iraq, during operations in Mosul on Aug. 25.
• Eleven suspected terrorists detained after Khalis raid MNF-I 27 Aug 2005 -- Eleven suspected terrorists detained after Khalis raid
• Premature IED detonation leads to capture of terrorists in Hit MNF-I 27 Aug 2005 -- Iraqi Army soldiers and Coalition forces conducting a dismounted patrol responded to the scene of an improvised explosive device detonation and searched the area, capturing two wounded insurgents Aug. 26.
• Task Force Liberty Soldiers and Iraqi Police capture terrorist MNF-I 27 Aug 2005 -- Task Force Liberty Soldiers and Iraqi Police captured a terrorist after responding to an explosion at a house in Kirkuk Aug. 27.

Deployments

US Policy

• Bush: Efforts in Iraq Require Time, Sacrifice, Resolve AFPS 27 Aug 2005 -- Americans will continue to support the Iraqis in their quest toward democracy, in hopes of creating a free, stabilized Middle East, President Bush said in his weekly radio address today.

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• Shi'a Await Response To 'Final' Proposal In Iraq RFE/RL 27 Aug 2005 -- Iraqi Shi'ite officials say they have offered Sunni Arabs a "final" compromise proposal on a draft Iraqi constitution and are awaiting the Sunni response.
• Iraq's Sunni Leaders Submit Counter Proposal on Constitution VOA News 27 Aug 2005 -- Iraq's Sunni leaders have submitted a counterproposal on the country's draft constitution to Shi'ite and Kurdish negotiators, saying the draft presented to them Friday is unacceptable.

Foreign Reactions

• WAR IN IRAQ GRAVELY AFFECTS TAIWAN-FRANCE TIES: OUTGOING ENVOY CNA 27 Aug 2005 -- The war in Iraq has had a grave direct impact on relations between Taiwan and France, the outgoing Republic of China representative to France said Saturday.

News Reports

• US Releases Iraq Prisoners, Constitution Talks at Critical Impasse VOA News 27 Aug 2005 -- The U.S. military has announced the release of nearly 1,000 Iraqi prisoners from Abu Ghraib prison, as negotiations on Iraq's draft constitution continue.