Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

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

Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 26 Oct 2005 [PDF]
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
• DoD Identifies Navy Casualty
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualties

• Water project nearly complete in Al Ameen Army News 26 Oct 2005 -- Residents of Al Ameen, a southeastern Baghdad neighborhood, will soon reap the benefits of their first-ever water network, courtesy of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team with construction management by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
• Al Qaeda Facilitator Likely Dead in Coalition Air Strike AFPS 26 Oct 2005 -- A coalition air strike that hit a terrorist safe house today in Ushsh, Iraq, likely killed a senior al Qaeda member who assisted foreign fighters in Iraq, U.S. officials in Baghdad announced.
• Soldier Dies in Vehicle Accident; Terrorists Killed in Firefight AFPS 26 Oct 2005 -- A U.S. soldier was killed in a vehicle accident near Camp Bucca in southern Iraq on Oct. 25, military officials reported today.
• Task Force Baghdad Soldiers uncover weapons cache MNF-I 26 Oct 2005 -- Task Force Baghdad Soldiers discovered a weapons cache while conducting combat operations north of Baghdad Oct. 24.
• Foreign fighter facilitator targeted MNF-I 26 Oct 2005 -- Coalition forces conducted an air strike that hit a terrorist safe house and likely killed a senior al-Qaeda in Iraq foreign fighter facilitator in al Ushsh, near Qaim Oct. 26.
• Mosul terrorist cell leader killed MNF-I 26 Oct 2005 -- An al-Qaeda terrorist cell leader who personally assisted in at least three videotaped beheadings and his assistant were killed during a Coalition raid of a suspected safe house in Mosul Oct. 22.
• Safe house and weapons cache destroyed in city of Hit MNF-I 26 Oct 2005 -- Coalition forces raided multiple safe houses and during the raids killed several terrorists and detained another in a car chase in the town of Hit Oct. 26.
• Iraqi army's 5th Division assumes greater role in Diyala Province MNF-I 26 Oct 2005 -- More than 3,000 Soldiers from Task Force Liberty and the 278th Regimental Combat Team will conclude their mission in eastern Diyala Province with a departure ceremony on Forward Operating Base Caldwell on Oct. 29th at 11:30 a.m.

Deployments

US Policy

• Senator John Kerry Lays Out Path Forward in Iraq Office of Massachusetts Senator John Kerry 26 Oct 2005 -- Senator John Kerry "The Path Forward" Georgetown University October 26, 2005 As prepared for delivery

United Nations

• Senior UN envoy discusses upcoming national elections with Iraqi president UN News Centre 27 Oct 2005 -- A day after warning that the polarization in Iraq shown by the results of the constitutional referendum underscored the importance of an inclusive national dialogue, the top United Nations envoy in the country discussed the upcoming December elections with President Jalal Talabani.
• Final Volcker Report on U.N. Oil-for-Food Scandal Ready for Release Washington File 26 Oct 2005 -- The Volcker committee, which conducted an inquiry into the scandal surrounding the U.N. Oil-for-Food Program, will issue its final report October 27, which will list all the companies named in Iraq files as involved in paying kickbacks to Saddam Hussein.

Reconstruction Issues

• Sunni Arab Parties Form Coalition Ahead Of December Polls RFE/RL 26 Oct 2005 -- Three Sunni Arab political parties have formed a coalition to run in Iraq's parliamentary elections in December.
• Iraq: People Vote For Constitution, But Remain Wary Of Future RFE/RL 26 Oct 2005 -- Iraqis have given the go-ahead to the country's new constitution in a referendum the UN says was conducted to the highest standard
• IRAQ: Government hails poll as fair as Sunnis call for recount IRIN 26 Oct 2005 -- In the wake of the 15 October referendum on the proposed Iraqi national constitution, government officials say that voting procedures were fair and that a recount is unwarranted.

Foreign Reactions

• Iran felicitates Iraqi nation on approval of Constitution IRNA 26 Oct 2005 -- Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid-Reza Asefi said on Wednesday that participation of the Iraqi people in referendum for the Constitution indicated national resolve to establish democratic, independent and progressive government.
• U.S. Envoy to Iraq Praises Passage of Iraqi Constitution Washington File 26 Oct 2005 -- U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad has congratulated the Iraqi people on the passage of the constitution, which sets the stage for elections December 15 to choose a permanent government.

News Reports

• U.S. Death Toll In Iraq Tops 2,000 RFE/RL 26 Oct 2005 -- The U.S. military death toll in Iraq has reached 2,000.

• Saddam's Lawyers Suspend Dealings With Iraqi Tribunal Over Security Fears VOA 26 Oct 2005 -- Iraqi defense lawyers representing Saddam Hussein before a special tribunal say they have suspended all contact with the court until their safety is guaranteed.