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Current Operations

• Task Force Baghdad Soldier killed by IED
• Task Force Liberty Soldier killed by mine

• Operation Iron Fist begins MNF-I 01 Oct 2005 -- A force of approximately 1,000 Marines, Soldiers and Sailors from Regimental Combat Team-2 launched an operation against a known terrorist sanctuary in the western al Anbar province town of Sadah, in the al Qaim region approximately 12 km. from the Syrian border.
• U.S. Soldiers nab 18 terror suspects MNF-I 01 Oct 2005 -- Task Force Baghdad Soldiers continued clearing roadside bombs and detaining terrorists in operations around the Baghdad area Sept. 29 and 30.
• U.S. Offensive Launched In Western Iraq RFE/RL 01 Oct 2005 -- Hundreds of U.S. soldiers have launched an offensive near the Iraqi-Syrian border aimed at rooting out Al-Qaeda insurgents and disrupting their support systems in the area.
• Death Toll 10 In Latest Iraq Bomb Attack RFE/RL 01 Oct 2005 -- Insurgency-fueled violence continued in Iraq yesterday, with at least 10 people killed by a car bomb, one day after coordinated car bomb attacks killed nearly 100 people.
• US, Iraqi Forces Launch New Offensive in Western Iraq VOA 01 Oct 2005 -- The U.S. military has launched a new operation in western Iraq to root out foreign fighters and insurgents who cross the border from Syria.
• First Danish soldier killed in Iraq IRNA 01 Oct 2005 -- The Danish military reported its first fatality in Iraq when a roadside bomb exploded in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, killing one soldier and injuring two others, DPA cited the Danish army command center as saying in Copenhagen.
• Task Force Liberty captures attacker after IED blast MNF-I 01 Oct 2005 -- Task Force Liberty Soldiers captured a man responsible for an improvised explosive attack in Ad Duluiyah around 11:30 a.m. Oct. 1.
• Task Force Liberty supports Iraqi referendum rehearsal exercise MNF-I 01 Oct 2005 -- Officials in Salah Ad Din Province prepared for the Oct. 15 constitutional referendum with a large scale rehearsal Sept. 26 through Sept. 28.
• Operation Iron Fist Update MNF-I 01 Oct 2005 -- The first day of Operation Kabda Bil Hadid, or Iron Fist in English saw several successful engagements against al Qaeda in Iraq terrorists operating in and around Sadah, approximately 12 kilometers east of the Syrian border.
• Detainee dies at Abu Ghraib MNF-I 01 Oct 2005 -- A 60-year-old male security detainee died this morning at Forward Operating Base Abu Ghraib.

Deployments

US Policy

• Bush Says Iraqi Forces Growing in Number and Effectiveness Washington File 01 Oct 2005 -- President Bush says Iraqi troops, in growing numbers and capability, are working effectively with coalition forces to clear terrorists out of Iraq.
• Bush Describes Strategy for Victory in Iraq AFPS 01 Oct 2005 -- The United States has a plan for victory in Iraq that's starting to pay dividends, President Bush said today during his weekly radio address to the nation.
• Rumsfeld Downplays Iraqi Force Concerns RFE/RL 01 Oct 2005 -- U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has downplayed concerns about the capacity of Iraqi forces to operate without U.S. help.
• Rice Warns Against Abandoning Fight Against Iraqi Insurgency VOA 01 Oct 2005 -- U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Friday warned of severe consequences if the United States was to abandon its mission in Iraq.
• Bush Expects Iraq Violence to Escalate VOA 01 Oct 2005 -- President Bush says violence in Iraq is likely to get worse as next month's constitutional referendum approaches.

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

Foreign Reactions

News Reports