Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

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

Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 27 Oct 2005 [PDF]
• 2 U.S. SOLDIERS KILLED IN BOMB ATTACK
• ONE KILLED, 4 WOUNDED BY SMALL-ARMS FIRE, IED ATTACK
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty

• Baghdad's Palestine Hotel Targeted for Media Value, General Says AFPS 27 Oct 2005 -- Insurgents targeted the Baghdad's Palestine Hotel for its inherent media value, a senior U.S. military official said today during a news conference in Baghdad.
• Three Soldiers Killed in Iraq; Raids Kill Several Terrorists AFPS 27 Oct 2005 -- Three U.S. soldiers were killed in action and four others were wounded in two separate incidents in Iraq Oct. 26, coalition officials in Baghdad announced today.
• Clashes Near Baghdad Kill 21 Militia Fighters, Police RFE/RL 27 Oct 2005 -- At least 21 Shi'ite militia fighters and two policemen were killed today in clashes between Iraqi police and Sunni insurgents near Baghdad today.
• Insurgents killed, weapons seized in Ramadi MNF-I 27 Oct 2005 -- Coalition Forces killed terrorists in Ramadi Oct. 27 while conducting a cordon and search operation at the Malaab Soccer Stadium in the eastern part of the city.

Deployments

• Naval Hospital Bremerton Deploys Second Wave to Kuwait Navy NewsStand 27 Oct 2005 -- The final wave of hospital corpsmen, doctors, nurses and support personnel departed Naval Hospital Bremerton (NHB) before sunrise Oct. 24 on a six-month deployment to staff U.S. Military Hospital Kuwait.

US Policy

• US Military Examines Significance of 2,000 Soldiers Killed in Iraq VOA 27 Oct 2005 -- The U.S. Defense Department disputes the calculations by news organizations that indicated U.S. military deaths in Iraq reached 2,000 on Tuesday.
• Hughes Defends US policy in Iraq VOA 27 Oct 2005 -- U.S. Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy,Karen Hughes, made a stop in Honolulu Wednesday on her way back from what she called a "Listening Tour" of Malaysia and Indonesia.

United Nations

• Saddam Netted $1.8 Billion from Illicit Oil-for-Food Payments Washington File 27 Oct 2005 -- The regime of Saddam Hussein diverted $1.8 billion in illicit surcharges and kickbacks from the sale of oil and purchase of humanitarian goods and netted another $11 billion through smuggling while under U.N. sanctions.
• UN Releases Oil-For-Food Report RFE/RL 27 Oct 2005 -- A UN report issued today says more than 2,000 firms that did business with Iraq in the now-defunct UN oil-for-food program were involved in bribes and kickbacks to Saddam Hussein's government.
• Oil-for-Food Final Report Names Powerful Individuals in Corruption Scandal VOA 27 Oct 2005 -- The committee investigating the U.N. Oil-for-Food program has released its final report, placing responsibility on the United Nations and the Security Council for overlooking massive schemes that allowed Saddam Hussein's regime to collect almost $2 billion in kickbacks and illicit surcharges.
• UN: Investigators To Issue Final Report On Oil-For-Food Corruption RFE/RL 27 Oct 2005 -- The panel that has been investigating allegations of corruption in the United Nations' oil-for-food program in Iraq is releasing its final report today

Reconstruction Issues

• Iraq Reconstruction Effort Moves Forward AFPS 27 Oct 2005 -- While Iraq's political process moves forward and its security forces become more capable, a less dramatic but equally critical effort is under way and proceeding steadily, a defense official said today.
• Kurdish Leader Supports New Iraqi Constitution VOA 27 Oct 2005 -- The leader of the autonomous Kurdish region of Iraq says his people are committed to the country's new constitution, which was overwhelmingly approved in a referendum last week.

Foreign Reactions

News Reports

• IRAQ: Steps taken to head off bird flu IRIN 27 Oct 2005 -- Iraq’s health ministry’s is taking preventative measures against the possible appearance of the deadly avian influenza – the so-called “bird flu” – after experts noted that some Gulf countries could be in danger of exposure to the malady.