Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

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

Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 06 Dec 2005 [PDF]
• TASK FORCE BAGHDAD SOLDIER KILLED
• DoD Identifies Army Casualties
• DoD Identifies Army Casualties

• Suicide Bombers Kill, Injure Dozens at Baghdad Police Academy VOA 06 Dec 2005 -- In Iraq, suicide bombers wearing explosive vests blew themselves up at Iraq's largest police training center in east Baghdad
• CENTAF releases air power summary AFPN 06 Dec 2005 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials released today's airpower summary.
• Suicide bombers attack police academy Army News 06 Dec 2005 -- Iraqi security forces and Task Force Baghdad Soldiers responded to the scene of a suicide-bomb attack at an Iraqi police academy in east Baghdad Dec. 6.
• 22 terror suspects taken off streets of Baghdad Army News 06 Dec 2005 -- Task Force Baghdad Soldiers captured 24 terror suspects in the Al Rasheed district during a 12-hour period Dec. 3-4.
• Iraqi firefighters turn in ordnance to U.S. troops Army News 06 Dec 2005 -- Iraqi firefighters from the Rusafa Fire Station in east Baghdad turned over more than 200 rounds of unexploded ordnance to elements of Task Force Baghdad for destruction Dec. 1.
• Iraqi, U.S. forces launch raid against terrorist ring Army News 06 Dec 2005 -- Iraqi Police and Coalition Forces launched a raid in east Baghdad Dec. 4. to capture suspected members of a known terrorist ring. Within two hours, six suspects were arrested and are currently being processed into the Iraqi justice system.
• Soldier Killed, Weapons Caches Found, Terror Suspects Arrested AFPS 06 Dec 2005 -- A Task Force Baghdad soldier was killed Dec. 4 when a patrol vehicle he was riding in struck a roadside bomb in east Baghdad, military officials reported today.
• Iraqi Police Academy Attackers Not Women, Officials Say AFPS 06 Dec 2005 -- Contrary to an earlier report, two suicide bombers who killed at least 27 people and wounded at least 50 others today in a crowded courtyard at the Baghdad police academy were men, military officials reported.
• Kuwait Unit Supporting Warfighters Throughout Theater AFPS 06 Dec 2005 -- Experience has enabled officials here to provide key training, logistics and planning support to warfighters in the U.S. Central Command area of operations with fewer troops, a senior officer here told American Forces Press Service.
• Coalition and Iraqi forces continue to set the stage for safe and secure election MNF-I 06 Dec 2005 -- Coalition and Iraqi security forces continued to disrupt al Qaeda in Iraq terrorist and foreign-fighter activities during more than 450 company-level combined operations throughout the country Nov. 26 through Dec 2.
• Suicide bombers attack Iraqi Police academy MNF-I 06 Dec 2005 -- Two suicide bombers attacked an Iraqi Police academy in east Baghdad around 12:45p.m. Dec.6th.
• Update to Dec. 1 Improvised Explosive Device attack MNF-I 06 Dec 2005 -- On Dec. 1, 10 Marines from Company F, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, were killed and another 11 Marines injured by an improvised explosive device outside Fallujah.
• Iraqi, U.S. forces launch raid against terrorist ring MNF-I 06 Dec 2005 -- Iraqi and Coalition Forces in east Baghdad remained vigilant in the face of numerous acts of terror in east Baghdad Dec. 4.
• Raid results in cache discoveries MNF-I 06 Dec 2005 -- A combined cordon and search mission was conducted by Soldiers from 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division and Daquq police, in the village of Simaqa in Kirkuk Province.
• IRAQ: Hundreds of families flee fighting in Ramadi IRIN 06 Dec 2005 -- Hundreds of families have fled Ramadi, capital of the western Anbar Province, amidst fierce fighting between US military forces and Iraqi insurgents, according to aid agencies.
• Suicide bombers attack police academy (Update 1) MNF-I 06 Dec 2005 -- Iraqi Security Forces and Task Force Baghdad Soldiers responded to the scene of a suicide-bomb attack at an Iraqi Police academy in east Baghdad Dec. 6.

Deployments

• Iraqi Prime Minister Says Japanese Troops Must Not Leave VOA 06 Dec 2005 -- Iraq's prime minister says it is essential for Japanese troops to remain in his country.

US Policy

• General Casey participates in election conference MNF-I 06 Dec 2005 -- On Tuesday, Dec. 6, the commanding general Multi-National Force - Iraq, General George W. Casey visited Multi-National Division Central South, Camp Echo, Ad Diwaniyah, to discuss the preparations for the upcoming elections.
• Bush, Cheney Express Confidence in U.S. Iraq Strategy AFPS 06 Dec 2005 -- The United States has a winning strategy for Iraq that's showing steady success on the political, economic and security fronts, the president and vice president said today in separate forums.
• U.S. Envoy to Iraq Urges Voters To Cast Ballots on December 15 Washington File 06 Dec 2005 -- U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad has appealed to Iraqi voters to cast ballots in the December 15 parliamentary elections for a permanent government.
• Cheney Says Withdrawing Forces from Iraq Would Be Unwise Washington File 06 Dec 2005 -- Vice President Cheney says it would be unwise in the extreme if the U.S.-led coalition withdrew its forces from Iraq before the job is done.
• White House Criticizes Opposition Political Leader's Comments on Iraq VOA 06 Dec 2005 -- The White House says the head of the opposition Democratic Party is sending the wrong message to U.S. troops in Iraq by saying that they will not win the war there.

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• Iraq: Hussein's Al-Dujayl Trial Descends Into Chaos RFE/RL 06 Dec 2005 -- The fourth and fifth sessions of the Al-Dujayl trial of Saddam Hussein and seven co-defendants from the former regime on 5-6 December resembled earlier sessions where Hussein, his co-defendants, and their lawyers sought to delay and disrupt the court proceedings by all possible means
• More Witnesses Testify Against Saddam Hussein VOA 06 Dec 2005 -- Former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein has threatened to boycott what he says is an "unjust court," when it reconvenes for a fifth session in Baghdad on Wednesday.
• Witnesses Testify In Hussein Trial RFE/RL 06 Dec 2005 -- The trial of deposed Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein resumed today with testimony from witnesses about a massacre of Shi'ites during Saddam's rule 23 years ago.
• Iraq: First Female Witness In Hussein Trial Says She Was Repeatedly Tortured RFE/RL 06 Dec 2005 -- More witnesses are giving evidence today in the trial of Saddam Hussein and seven of his deputies on charges of crimes against humanity.
• IRAQ: Saddam’s trial resumes in chaos IRIN 06 Dec 2005 -- The trial of deposed Iraqi president Saddam Hussein reconvened on 5 December for its fourth day amid chaos in the courtroom and accusations of unfair bias.
• Iraq: Fayli Kurds Hold Conference RFE/RL 06 Dec 2005 -- A conference on Fayli Kurds and their participation in the upcoming election opened in Irbil on 3 December, RFE/RL's Radio Free Iraq reported the same day.
• Iraq: United Fayli Kurdish Alliance Lays Out Its Platform RFE/RL 06 Dec 2005 -- RFE/RL's Radio Free Iraq (RFI) reported on the platform of the United Fayli Kurdish Alliance (Al-I'tilaf al-Kurdi al-Fayli al-Muwahhad -- electoral list No. 632) following a 29 November press conference by the alliance in Baghdad.
• Iraq: Fayli Kurdish Party To Support Kurdistan Coalition List RFE/RL 06 Dec 2005 -- RFE/RL's Radio Free Iraq (RFI) reported on 8 November that the Iraqi Fayli Kurdish Party (Al-Hizb al-Kurdi al-Fayli al-Iraqi) would support the Kurdistan Coalition list in the 15 December legislative elections

• Ukrainian contingent hands over military equipment for Iraqi Army MNF-I 06 Dec 2005 -- According to an agreement signed during a Ukrainian/Ministry of Defense visit in Iraq, Ukrainian Soldiers handed over to the 8th Iraqi Army Division military equipment free of charge.

• Saddam Hussein nephew receives long prison sentence MNF-I 06 Dec 2005 -- On Dec. 5, a Baghdad court found Aymen Sabawi, Saddam Hussein's nephew - a former regime insider and once-active terrorist supporter - guilty of illegally crossing the Syrian border without authorization from Iraqi customs.

Foreign Reactions

• Indian Cabinet Minister Resigns Due to Oil-for-Food Scandal VOA 06 Dec 2005 -- India's former foreign minister accused of skimming money from the Iraqi oil-for-food program has resigned from the cabinet, saying he does not want to give the opposition an excuse to stall parliament.

News Reports

• Police Say 11 Bodies Found in Western Iraq RFE/RL 06 Dec 2005 -- Authorities say they have found the bodies of 11 men dressed in civilian clothes next to a major highway in Iraq.

• Commentary: Government Should Act Against Dirty Campaigning RFE/RL 06 Dec 2005 -- Below are excerpts from a commentary by Muhammad Abd al-Jabar that was published in the state-run "Al-Sabah" newspaper on 30 November.
• Commentary: Iraqis Reject Sectarian Politics RFE/RL 06 Dec 2005 -- Below are excerpts from a commentary by Raf'I al-Atraqji, identified as "a writer from Iraq," that was published by Baghdad's "Al-Zaman" newspaper on 30 November.