Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

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

Current Operations

• DoD Identifies Army Casualty

• Patrol Finds, Destroys Weapons Cache AFPS 06 Nov 2005 -- A Task Force Band of Brothers patrol near Forward Operating Base Anaconda in Iraq found two weapons caches containing timers, watches and other items commonly used in constructing roadside bombs Nov. 5, officials said today.
• Steel Curtain Kills at Least 17 Terrorists AFPS 06 Nov 2005 -- U.S Marines in Iraq today confirmed 17 terrorists killed since Operation Steel Curtain began Nov. 5. Coalition officials suspect, but haven't been able to confirm, many more killed.
• Civilians Flee Iraqi Town During Lull In Fighting RFE/RL 06 Nov 2005 -- Scores of people today fled an Iraqi town on the Syrian border during a lull in fighting between U.S. and Iraqi troops and suspected insurgents.
• Weapons cache found MNF-I 06 Nov 2005 -- A Task Force Band of Brothers patrol near Forward Operating Base Anaconda discovered two weapons caches containing timers, watches and other items commonly used in constructing IEDs early Nov. 5.
• Operation Steel Curtain update MNF-I 06 Nov 2005 -- Fighting continued into the second day of Operation al Hajip Elfulathi (Steel Curtain) in the town of Husaybah near the Iraq-Syria border.

Deployments

US Policy

• Levin Says Newly Declassified Information Indicates Bush Administration's Use of Pre-War Intelligence Was Misleading Office of US Senator Carl Levin 07 Nov 2005 -- Senator Carl Levin (D-MI) said today that newly declassified information indicates the Bush Administration's use of pre-war intelligence was misleading.
• Report: US Relied on False Information Linking Iraq, Al-Qaida VOA 07 Nov 2005 -- A published report says a top al-Qaida operative in U.S. custody gave false information later used by the Bush administration to support its contention that Iraq trained al-Qaida militants to use illegal weapons.

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• IRAQ: More than 200 parties register for parliamentary elections IRIN 06 Nov 2005 -- Some 228 coalitions and political entities have registered to participate in Iraqi parliamentary elections scheduled for 15 December, the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq has announced.

Foreign Reactions

• Iraq's Sunni Arab Leaders Condemn US-led Offensive VOA 06 Nov 2005 -- Sunni Arab leaders in western Iraq have condemned a joint U.S.-Iraqi offensive in the region, saying it endangers civilians.

News Reports