Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

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Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 27 Sep 2005 [PDF]
• MARINE KILLED BY IED IN KHALIDIYAH
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualties

• Transcript: Defense Department Briefing 27 Sep 2005 -- Presenter: Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld and Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Richard Myers
• US Military Says Al-Qaida's No. 2 Man in Iraq Killed VOA 27 Sep 2005 -- The U.S. military in Iraq says its forces have killed the second-most wanted al-Qaida terrorist in Iraq during a raid in Baghdad.
• Al-Qaeda No. 2 In Iraq Reported Killed RFE/RL 27 Sep 2005 -- The Iraqi and U.S. military say their troops have killed the second-in-command of al-Qaida in Iraq during a joint operation in Baghdad.
• IED Kills Marine; Coalition, Iraqi Forces Kill al Qaeda Leader AFPS 27 Sep 2005 -- A Marine assigned to the 2nd Marine Division, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward), was killed by an improvised explosive device Sept. 24 in Khalidiyah, Iraq, military officials reported today.
• US Military Says Al-Qaida's No. 2 Man in Iraq Killed VOA 27 Sep 2005 -- The most senior figure in the al-Qaida in Iraq terrorist organization in Baghdad has been killed during a raid in Baghdad by U.S. and Iraqi forces.
• Top US General Says Killing of Zarqawi Aide May Not Have Lasting Effect VOA 27 Sep 2005 -- The top U.S. military officer says the killing on Sunday of the man described as the number two al-Qaida leader in Iraq will have an impact on the organization, but that like the many other insurgent leaders killed or captured, the organization will replace him. Speaking just two days before his retirement, General Richard Myers predicted that the U.S.-led coalition will defeat the insurgents in Iraq, but he also said it will take more than just a military effort to defeat extremism in Iraq and around the world.
• Forces kill al Qaeda in Iraq Emir of Baghdad MNF-I 28 Sep 2005 -- Iraqi security and Coalition forces killed the second most wanted al Qaeda terrorist in Iraq, Abdallah Najim Abdallah Muhammad al-Juwari, otherwise known as Abu Azzam, the al Qaeda in Iraq Emir of Baghdad, during an early morning raid Sept. 25.
• Security forces prep for Iraq's constitutional referendum Army News 27 Sep 2005 -- Iraqi security and coalition force leaders met Sept. 21 at the Iraqi Army's K1 training facility near Kirkuk to rehearse security plans for the Oct. 15 constitutional referendum election.

Deployments

US Policy

• US Soldier Apologizes for Role in Iraqi Abuse VOA 27 Sep 2005 -- A U.S. soldier convicted of abusing Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison has apologized for her actions.
• U.S. Welcomes Opening of NATO Military Training Center in Iraq Washington File 27 Sep 2005 -- The United States congratulates Iraq and NATO on the opening of a NATO-run military training academy outside of Baghdad, State Department deputy spokesman Adam Ereli said in a statement released September 27.

United Nations

• IRAQ: Food operation under threat, WFP IRIN 27 Sep 2005 -- The World Food Programme (WFP) has said that the operation to feed millions of people in Iraq is facing severe financial constraints.

Reconstruction Issues

Foreign Reactions

• Blair Vows No Retreat from Iraq VOA 27 Sep 2005 -- British Prime Minister Tony Blair has emphatically ruled out any quick exit of British forces from Iraq, saying Britain must help defend the Iraqis' quest for democracy.
• Germany to send more soldiers to UAE to train Iraqi security forces IRNA 27 Sep 2005 -- For the second time this year, the German military will send additional soldiers to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to train Iraqi security forces, the army announced in the southwest German city of Koblenz Monday evening.

News Reports

• IRAQ: Families flee Samara ahead of planned offensive IRIN 27 Sep 2005 -- Hundreds of families have started to flee the Iraqi city of Samara, some 120km north of the capital, Baghdad, following a recent Ministry of Defense announcement that preparations had started for an offensive by Coalition forces against insurgents holed up there, officials said.