Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

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

Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 22 Sep 2005 [PDF]
• TASK FORCE BAGHDAD SOLDIER KILLED IN IED ATTACK
• TASK FORCE LIBERTY SOLDIER KILLED IN VEHICLE ACCIDENT
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty

• Transcript: Defense Department Briefing 22 Sep 2005 -- Presenter: Vice Admiral David Nichols, Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command and Commander of The U.S. Fifth Fleet
• US Commander: Persian Gulf Free of Terrorists VOA 22 Sep 2005 -- The commander of U.S. and allied naval forces in the Middle East says the increased coalition naval presence in the Persian Gulf in recent years has prevented the waterway from being used by drug traffickers and terrorists.
• Terror Suspects Detained; IED Cleared in Samarra AFPS 22 Sep 2005 -- Iraqi troops captured and detained three men after being attacked Sept. 21 in western Fallujah, Iraq, military officials reported.
• Two Soldiers Killed; Iraqi, Coalition Forces Seize Weapons, Suspects AFPS 22 Sep 2005 -- Two U.S. Army soldiers died in separate incidents in Iraq Sept. 21, military officials announced today.
• Coalition Working to Increase Iraqi Navy's Capability AFPS 22 Sep 2005 -- U.S. and coalition maritime forces in the northern Persian Gulf are working to develop the fledgling Iraqi navy and bring it to a level where it can sustain itself, a U.S. commander in the area said today.
• 4ID brigade wraps up NTC training, preps for Iraq Army News 22 Sep 2005 -- Scheduled to deploy later this year to Iraq for the second time, Soldiers of the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division are now wrapping up a 30-day exercise at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, Calif.
• U.S. Confirms Deaths of Three Security Contractors in Mosul, Iraq Washington File 22 Sep 2005 -- Three contractors of the Blackwater security consulting firm working with the U.S. mission in Iraq died in a terrorist bomb in Mosul, northern Iraq, September 19, the State Department said in a statement issued September 22.

Deployments

US Policy

• Bush: Iraqi Forces Better at Securing Cities VOA 22 Sep 2005 -- President Bush says a new strategy involving increased use of Iraqi forces is beginning to succeed in keeping terrorists out of Iraqi cities.

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• Iraqi Minister Says Next Three Months 'Critical' RFE/RL 22 Sep 2005 -- Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Al-Zebari says the international community has a "moral obligation" to help his country, and described the next three months as "critical" for Iraq's future as a democratic country.

Foreign Reactions

News Reports

• Iraq Blasts Syria's Failure to Stem Flow of Foreign Fighters VOA 22 Sep 2005 -- Iraq has complained to the U.N. Security Council about Syria's failure to stem the flow of foreign fighters aiding the Iraqi insurgency.
• Al-Basrah Authorities Refuse Contacts With British RFE/RL 22 Sep 2005 -- Local authorities in the southern Iraqi city of Al-Basrah have severed cooperation with British troops following a controversial British raid on a police station there this week.
• Basra Governor Stops Cooperating with British Forces VOA 22 Sep 2005 -- The governor of Iraq's southern Basra province says there will be no cooperation with British forces unless Britain apologizes for Monday's jail raid that was aimed at freeing two undercover British soldiers.