Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

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Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 28 Oct 2005 [PDF]
• TASK FORCE BAGHDAD SOLDIER DIES
• II MEF SOLDIER KILLED IN ACTION
• TASK FORCE BAGHDAD SOLDIER KILLED BY ROADSIDE BOMB
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• TWO MARINES KILLED IN SAQLAWIYAH
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualties
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualties
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty

• Transcript: News Briefing with Maj. Gen. Joseph J. Taluto 28 Oct 2005 -- Presenter: Commander, Multinational Division North-Central of Task Force Liberty, Maj. Gen. Joseph J. Taluto
• Two Soldiers, Two Marines Killed in Iraq Operations AFPS 28 Oct 2005 -- Four U.S. servicemembers died in three separate incidents Oct. 27 in Iraq, military officials reported.
• U.S. Reducing Frontline Military Bases in Iraq Where Practical Washington File 28 Oct 2005 -- The U.S. military is reducing the number of its forward operating bases in north-central Iraq and transferring responsibility for security to Iraqi Army units whenever practical, says a senior officer who has worked there for nearly a year.
• US General Says Iraqi Forces Need Ability To Sustain Operations VOA 28 Oct 2005 -- The top U.S. commander in north-central Iraq says the country's new army may be able to take over operations in some areas next year, allowing for a reduction of U.S. troop strength
• Late-night explosion leads to early morning arrests MNF-I 28 Oct 2005 -- Iraqi and U.S. Soldiers detained 20 terror suspects and confiscated bomb-making materials during an early morning cordon and search in the Dora neighborhood Oct. 27.
• Terrorists fleeing attack scenes nabbed by U.S. Soldiers MNF-I 28 Oct 2005 -- Task Force Baghdad Soldiers continued to engage enemy terrorist forces during combat operations Oct. 24-26 in various neighborhoods of the capitol city.
• Terrorists killed in bombing MNF-I 28 Oct 2005 -- Terrorists were killed and wounded Oct. 27 after a precision-guided munition was dropped on their location.
• Soldier thwarts terrorist attack at Palestine Hotel Army News 28 Oct 2005 -- A coordinated terrorist attack was thwarted Oct. 25 by U.S. Soldiers at the Fidoros Square traffic circle in downtown Baghdad.

Deployments

US Policy

• General Cites Continued Improvement in Iraqi Security Forces AFPS 28 Oct 2005 -- Improvements in the Iraqi security situation since 2004 are amazing, a senior military official serving in Iraq said, noting the increase in number and proficiency of the security forces.
• Much Progress Made in North-Central Iraq, U.S. General Says AFPS 28 Oct 2005 -- Considerable progress has been made in bolstering security across north-central Iraq as increased numbers of trained Iraqi forces are taking the fight to insurgents, a senior U.S. military officer told Pentagon reporters here today.

United Nations

• Oil-For-Food Investigators To Cooperate With Prosecutors RFE/RL 28 Oct 2005 -- The independent committee that has concluded its investigation into abuses in the United Nations' oil-for-food program with Iraq has pledged to cooperate with any criminal prosecutor in any country who might want to pursue charges in connection with the probe.
• Volcker Report Says 2,200 Firms Made Illegal Oil-For-Food Payments VOA 28 Oct 2005 -- Investigators probing the U.N.-run Iraq oil-for-food program say more than two thousand firms from 66 countries paid illegal surcharges and kickbacks to Saddam Hussein

Reconstruction Issues

• Iraqi Political Parties Register for December Elections VOA 28 Oct 2005 -- In Iraq, several hundred political parties have registered for parliamentary elections in December.
• Iraqi Parties Register Candidates For Polls VOA 28 Oct 2005 -- Iraqi political parties have been registering their candidates for the December 15 general elections after each of the three main Sunni, Shi'ite and Kurdish communities agreed on separate broad coalitions.
• Nearly 3,000 Iraqi Police Graduate From Training AFPS 28 Oct 2005 -- A total of 2,939 new police officers graduated from basic police training courses throughout Iraq and in Jordan this week, military officials reported.

Foreign Reactions

News Reports