Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

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

Current Operations

• ONE SOLDIER KILLED AND TWO SOLDIERS WOUNDED BY VEHICLE ROLLOVER

• Nimitz Strike Group Concludes Persian Gulf Operations Navy NewsStand 25 Sep 2005 -- USS Nimitz (CVN 68) and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 11 concluded nine weeks of supporting Maritime Security Operations (MSO) in the Persian Gulf Sept. 22, when the ship transited the Strait of Hormuz into the Indian Ocean.
• Bomber Hits Iraqi Police Convoy, 9 Dead VOA 25 Sep 2005 -- A suicide car bomber in the Iraqi capital has struck a convoy carrying an elite Iraqi police unit, killing at least nine people, most of them anti-terror commandos.
• Bombings Continue In Iraq RFE/RL 25 Sep 2005 -- Police in Iraq say a suicide bomber on a motorbike killed himself and six other people when he detonated his bomb today in the mainly Shi'ite city of Musayyib.
• U.S. Soldier Killed, Two Wounded in Vehicle Accident in Iraq AFPS 25 Sep 2005 -- One U.S. soldier was killed and two wounded when their vehicle rolled over while conducting a combat logistics patrol at about 2:30 p.m. today near Trebil, Iraq.
• Coalition, Iraqi Forces Record Successes Against Insurgents AFPS 25 Sep 2005 -- Iraqi and coalition forces have scored several successes against insurgent forces in Iraq in recent days.
• Iraqi, U.S. Forces bring calm following recent attack MNF-I 25 Sep 2005 -- Coalition and Iraqi security forces came under fire in Sadr City in the early morning hours Sept. 25.
• Israel Assassinates Islamic Jihad Leader VOA 25 Sep 2005 -- Israel has assassinated an Islamic Jihad leader in the Gaza Strip, prompting another militant group to suspend rocket attacks.

Deployments

US Policy

• U.S.: Thousands March Past White House To Protest Iraq War RFE/RL 25 Sep 2005 -- Tens of thousands of people marched in Washington today to protest the war in Iraq.

United Nations

• IRAQ: UN distributes aid to Talafar families IRIN 25 Sep 2005 -- The United Nations and its partners have delivered food and non-food items to over 16,000 people in the northern Iraqi city of Talafar where recent fighting between Coalition forces and insurgents displaced several thousand families, a UN statement said on Friday.

Reconstruction Issues

• Factional Rift Threatening Shi'ite Unity on Iraqi Constitution VOA 25 Sep 2005 -- Iraq's top Shi'ite clerics and politicians are seeking to unite the country's majority behind Iraq's draft constitution.

Foreign Reactions

• British PM: Troops in Iraq Until Job is Done VOA 25 Sep 2005 -- British Prime Minister Tony Blair says his country's troops will remain in Iraq as long as the Iraqi government needs them.

News Reports