Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

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

Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 20 Sep 2005 [PDF]
• FOUR II MEF SOLDIERS KILLED BY IED
• 18th MILITARY POLICE BRIGADE SOLDIER KILLED BY IED
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualties

• Transcript: Defense Department Regular Briefing 20 Sep 2005 -- Presenter: Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld and Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Richard Myers

• Five Soldiers, Diplomat Killed; Forces Seize Terror Suspects AFPS 20 Sep 2005 -- Five U.S. soldiers and a U.S. diplomat died in a series of four attacks in Iraq Sept. 19 and today.
• Mosul Suicide Car Bombing Kills 4 US Diplomatic Guards VOA 20 Sep 2005 -- A U.S. official in Iraq says four American security guards have been killed in a suicide car bomb attack on a U.S. diplomatic convoy in the northern city of Mosul.
• Coalition forces apprehend terror doctors, prevent terror clinic MNF-I 20 Sep 2005 -- Coalition forces recently captured two key terrorist medical doctors, dealing a serious blow to al-Qaeda in Iraq attempts to establish treatment facilities for terrorists.
• Citizens' tips lead to large weapons cache MNF-I 20 Sep 2005 -- Thanks to a tip from local residents, Task Force Baghdad Soldiers on a dismounted patrol discovered a significant weapons cache in the Radwiniyah area Sept. 17.
• Coalition Forces seize 7 terror suspects, weapons MNF-I 20 Sep 2005 -- Task Force Baghdad Soldiers captured five suspected terrorists near a checkpoint in east Baghdad just after noon Sept. 19.
• Iraq Suicide Bomber Attacks U.S. Diplomatic Convoy RFE/RL 20 Sep 2005 -- Reports say a suicide car bomber attacked a U.S. diplomatic convoy in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul today, killing four security guards.
• British Confirm Use Of Force In Al-Basrah Rescue RFE/RL 20 Sep 2005 -- The British government today confirmed that military force was used to free two soldiers who had been arrested by Iraqi police in the southern port of Al-Basrah.
• Soldiers take pulse of Iraq with 'atmospherics' Army News 20 Sep 2005 -- Progress in the Iraq theater of operations is measured differently than in former conflicts.

Deployments

US Policy

• Rumsfeld Warns Iran Not to 'Overplay Hand' VOA 20 Sep 2005 -- U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has warned Iran not to try to increase its influence in southern Iraq beyond what local people will tolerate.
• U.S. Security Officer Dies in Bomb Blast in Northern Iraq Washington File 20 Sep 2005 -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says the United States mourns the death of Stephen Eric Sullivan, a State Department security officer, who died in a bomb blast near the northern Iraqi city of Mosul September 19.

United Nations

• IRAQ: UN urges Iraqis to vote in upcoming referendum IRIN 20 Sep 2005 -- The United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq (UNAMI) has urged Iraqis to participate in the 15 October referendum and called on the government to ensure conditions that would enable the people to vote in a peaceful and secure environment.

Reconstruction Issues

• Former Ba'athist Iraqi Defense Minister Wanted in Corruption Probe VOA 20 Sep 2005 -- An Iraqi government committee working to purge members of former dictator Saddam Hussein's Ba'ath Party from positions of power says it is seeking the extradition of Iraq's former interim defense minister from Jordan to face charges of corruption and serving in Saddam's intelligence service.
• IRAQ: National assembly could broaden death penalty IRIN 20 Sep 2005 -- The Iraqi National Assembly last week started debating proposals to broaden anti-terrorism laws to include the death penalty for perpetrators of "terrorist acts" and their accomplices.

Foreign Reactions

• Britain Praises Rescue of Two Soldiers in Iraq VOA 20 Sep 2005 -- Britain's defense secretary says British troops in Iraq acted correctly in smashing down a wall to enter an Iraqi police station in a bid to rescue two fellow soldiers.
• British Minister Defends Al-Basrah Action RFE/RL 20 Sep 2005 -- British Defense Secretary John Reid has defended as "absolutely right" a rescue operation by British forces of two soldiers who had been arrested by Iraqi police in the southern Iraqi city of Al-Basrah.
• EU to sign first Joint Political Declaration with Iraq IRNA 20 Sep 2005 -- The European Union and Iraq will sign a joint political declaration on Wednesday in the margins of the UN General Assembly in New York.

News Reports

• Iraq: Clash Highlights Britain's Problems In Shi'ite-Militia-Dominated Al-Basrah RFE/RL 20 Sep 2005 -- Details remain confused about an operation by British forces to free two soldiers arrested by Iraqi authorities in the southern city of Al-Basrah.