Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

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

Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 01 Nov 2005 [PDF]
• II MEF SOLDIER KILLED IN ACTION
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualties
• DoD Identifies Army Casualties

• Transcript: News Briefing with Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and Maj. Gen. Peter Pace 01 Nov 2005 -- Presenter: Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld and Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Maj. Gen. Peter Pace
• Soldier Killed by Roadside Bomb; 500 Abu Ghraib Prisoners Freed AFPS 01 Nov 2005 -- A roadside bomb killed a soldier on a foot patrol Oct. 31 near Haswah, Iraq, military officials reported today.
• Surge in IED Attacks Coincides With Iraqi Political Progress AFPS 01 Nov 2005 -- It's little surprise that October turned out to be one of the most violent months in Iraq, as insurgents stepped up their attacks in an unsuccessful attempt to disrupt the Oct. 15 referendum, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff told Pentagon reporters today.
• Soldiers take weapons, terrorists off streets in northern Iraq Army News 01 Nov 2005 -- Multi-National Forces from Task Force Freedom killed two terrorists, wounded three, detained 11 suspected terrorists, and seized weapons caches in northern Iraq Oct. 28-31.
• U.S. Soldiers clear junkyard of bomb-making ammo MNF-I 01 Nov 2005 -- More than 2,400 rounds of unexploded ordnance were discovered and destroyed in a 12-day operation in rural east Baghdad.
• Task Force Baghdad patrols stop bomb attacks MNF-I 01 Nov 2005 -- During combat operations in and around Baghdad Oct. 27-31, Task Force Baghdad Soldiers continued to aggressively engage terrorists plotting attacks against Iraqi civilians, Iraqi security and Coalition forces.
• Security forces take more weapons and terrorists off the streets in northern Iraq MNF-I 01 Nov 2005 -- Task Force Freedom operations in northern Iraq netted 11 terror suspects and confiscated weapons and ammunition Oct. 28-31.
• 500 security detainees released from Abu Ghraib MNF-I 01 Nov 2005 -- In the spirit of Eid al-Fitr, a day of rejoicing that marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan, the Iraqi Government requested a special release board and worked with Multi-National Force-Iraq to expedite the release of approximately 500 security detainees from Abu Ghraib Nov. 1.
• Terrorists caught after firing at U.S. Soldiers MNF-I 01 Nov 2005 -- Task Force Baghdad Soldiers detained four terrorists during combat operations in western Abu Ghraib Oct. 31.
• Al-Basrah Car Bomb Kills 20 RFE/RL 01 Nov 2005 -- A car bomb has exploded in Iraq, killing at least 20 people and injuring dozens of others.
• Investigating officer recommends general court-martial MNF-I 01 Nov 2005 -- The Article 32 investigating officer recommended that the case of United States versus U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Alberto B. Martinez be referred to a general court-martial Nov. 1 at Camp Airifjan, Kuwait.

Deployments

US Policy

• Tensions Flare in US Senate Over Iraq War Intelligence Scandal VOA 01 Nov 2005 -- Opposition Democratic lawmakers forced the Republican-controlled U.S. Senate into an unusual closed session Tuesday, demanding further investigation of intelligence used by the Bush administration prior to the war with Iraq and into the leak of a CIA officer's name.
• U.S.: Exposed CIA Agent's Husband Criticizes Iraq War RFE/RL 01 Nov 2005 -- Former U.S. Ambassador Joseph Wilson spoke out publicly yesterday about the investigation into the leaking of his wife's identity as an undercover agent for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), reportedly by White House officials

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• Iraq: Kurdistan Islamic Union Pulls Out of Kurdistan Coalition List RFE/RL 01 Nov 2005 -- RFE/RL's Radio Free Iraq (RFI) reported on 24 October that the Kurdistan Islamic Union has pulled out of the Kurdistan Coalition List ahead of Iraq's December parliamentary elections.
• Iraq: Kurdish Pundits Note Public Tired Of Politics, Switching Focus To Services RFE/RL 01 Nov 2005 -- RFE/RL's Radio Free Iraq (RFI) interviewed two Kurdish journalists in Irbil on 29 October about the notable decrease in the interest of Iraqi Kurds in politics.
• Iraqi contractors go from dollars to dinar MNF-I 01 Nov 2005 -- Iraqi contractors supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom are now counting dinar instead of dollars on payday.

Foreign Reactions

• IRAQ: CONSTITUTION, CASUALTIES MARK 'TWIN MILESTONES' US Dept. of State IIP, Foreign Media Reaction 01 Nov 2005
• Iraqi PM rejects charges on Iran's meddling in Iraq affairs IRNA 01 Nov 2005 -- Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jafari said that the rumors on Iran's interference in his country's domestic affairs, particularly in southern cities, are false.

News Reports

• Report: Saddam Sought to Buy South African Support VOA 01 Nov 2005 -- The United Nations Volcker committee on the Iraq oil-for-food scandal said several South African companies illegally benefited from surcharges and kickbacks from the sale of oil and the purchase of humanitarian goods.
• Iraq Seeks Moroccan in Connection with September Bombing VOA 01 Nov 2005 -- The Iraqi government says a Moroccan militant wanted in connection with the Casablanca bombings in Morocco in 2003, is also a suspect in a bombing in Iraq that killed 100 people.
• Al-Qaida in Iraq Says Moroccan Hostages to Face Trial VOA 01 Nov 2005 -- Al-Qaida in Iraq says it will put on trial two employees of the Moroccan embassy in Baghdad that it kidnapped last month.
• U.S.: Exposed CIA Agent's Husband Criticizes Iraq War RFE/RL 01 Nov 2005 -- Former U.S. Ambassador Joseph Wilson spoke out publicly yesterday about the investigation into the leaking of his wife's identity as an undercover agent for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), reportedly by White House officials
• IRAQ: Civilians killed near al-Qaim in air strike, doctors say IRIN 01 Nov 2005 -- Dozens of civilians including women and children were reportedly killed in US air strikes on Monday near the western Iraqi town of al-Qaim, some 12 km from the Syrian border, local doctors said.