Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

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Current Operations

• Marine killed by improvised bomb strike in Ar Ramadi

• Foreign fighter facilitator killed MNF-I 09 Oct 2005 -- Coalition forces killed a known al Qaeda in Iraq member near Fallujah before he could activate a suicide bomb strapped to his body Oct. 8.
• Coalition Forces capture 8 terror suspects, weapons MNF-I 09 Oct 2005 -- Coalition Forces conducting combat operations in Baghdad captured eight terror suspects, and seized bomb-making materials, two weapons caches and terrorist propaganda Oct. 7.
• Suicide Bomber Targets Iraqi Shi'ite Militia in Basra VOA 09 Oct 2005 -- A suicide car bomb exploded in southern Iraq Sunday outside an apartment building used by a Shi'ite militia, killing at least one person and wounding several others.

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US Policy

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• Iraqi Government Urges Voters to Approve New Constitution VOA 09 Oct 2005 -- The Iraqi government is urging voters to approve a new constitution Saturday, and says Iraqis should stand firm against insurgents trying to stop the referendum.
• Iraqi Sunnis Urge 'No' Vote In Referendum RFE/RL 09 Oct 2005 -- Iraq's Sunni Arab leaders today failed to agree on whether to call for a boycott of next week's referendum on the draft constitution, but a statement released after a key meeting in Baghdad urged those who decide to vote to reject the document.
• IRAQ: Iraq gears up for vote on new constitution opposed by Sunnis IRIN 09 Oct 2005 -- Iraq votes in a referendum on Saturday whether to approve or reject a new constitution, but Islamic insurgents have vowed to disrupt the ballot and the country’s disaffected Sunni minority is split over whether or not to take part.
• IRAQ: Damaged university science labs are desperately short of equipment IRIN 09 Oct 2005 -- Iraq’s university laboratories suffered heavy damage during the US invasion two years ago and are desperately short of essential equipment and chemicals needed to teach medicine, dentistry, pharmacy and several science subjects, according to teaching staff.

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