Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

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

Current Operations

• TWO TASK FORCE BAGHDAD SOLDIERS KILLED BY GUNFIRE
• TWO U.S. SOLDIERS KILLED

• OPERATION LIONS CONCLUDES CENTCOM 24 Nov 2005 -- Approximately 200 Iraqi Army Soldiers and 250 Soldiers from the 2nd Brigade Combat Team (2-BCT) concluded Operation Asad (Lions) in the Tammim area of ar Ramadi today.
• U.S. patrols find bombs before they can detonate MNF-I 24 Nov 2005 -- Task Force Baghdad Soldiers saw numerous small victories over the terrorist effort in east Baghdad Nov. 22.
• Jaysh al-Mujahideen terrorist lieutenant and propaganda chief captured MNF-I 24 Nov 2005 -- Acting on multiple intelligence sources and tips from concerned citizens, Coalition forces raided a suspected Jaysh al-Mujahideen terrorist safe house in Abu Ghurayb, west of Baghdad, Oct. 23.
• Iraqi, US forces respond to car bomb in Mahmudiyah MNF-I 24 Nov 2005 -- Iraqi Security Forces and Task Force Baghdad Soldiers responded to a suicide car bomb attack in Mahmudiyah around 10:40 a.m. Nov. 24.
• At Least 33 Dead Following 2 Car Bomb Blasts South of Baghdad VOA 24 Nov 2005 -- A suicide car bomber has struck outside an Iraqi hospital south of Baghdad, killing at least 33 people and wounding two dozen others, including four American soldiers.
• Incident during engineer project MNF-I 24 Nov 2005 -- The morning of Nov. 24, at approximately 11:00 a.m. an unknown explosive ordnance exploded in vicinity of a Multinational Division Central South engineering patrol working place.
• Coalition Forces destroy terrorist hideout MNF-I 24 Nov 2005 -- A house, booby-trapped with explosives, was destroyed Nov. 23 by 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division with air support from other Coalition Forces.
• Citizen's tip leads U.S. Soldiers to weapons cache MNF-I 24 Nov 2005 -- A tip from a local citizen on the location of a weapons cache in the Tissa Nissan district of east Baghdad resulted in the destruction of the weapons Nov 23.

Deployments

US Policy

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• IRAQ: Concerns over fuel shortages as winter approaches IRIN 24 Nov 2005 -- A shortage of fuel in the capital, Baghdad, has left hundreds of Iraqis queuing for hours, with some forced to pay extortionate prices for the commodity on the black market.

Foreign Reactions

• U.S. Chemical Warfare in Iraq under Fire KCNA 24 Nov 2005 -- An Italian TV recently disclosed that the U.S. imperialist aggression troops used chemical weapons against civilians during their siege and assault operation against Fallujah City in Iraq last year.
• Talabani: Iran does not interfere in Iraq's affairs IRNA 24 Nov 2005 -- Iraq's President Jalal Talabani emphasized once again Wednesday in an interview with Al-Alam Arabic News TV's Internet website, "Iran is not interfering in Iraq's internal affairs."

News Reports

• Arab Journalists Protest Report Bush Wanted to Bomb Al-Jazeera VOA 24 Nov 2005 -- Staff from Arabic television station al-Jazeera protested Thursday around the Middle East in the wake of a British news report that alleged President Bush considered bombing the channel's headquarters last year.