Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

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

Current Operations

• IRAQ: II MEF SOLDIER DIES OF SUSPECTED HEART ATTACK
• IRAQ: TASK FORCE BAGHDAD SOLDIER KILLED
• IRAQ: TASK FORCE BAGHDAD SOLDIER KILLED
• IRAQ: TASK FORCE BAGHDAD SOLDIER KILLED BY SMALL-ARMS FIRE
• IRAQ: TWO TASK FORCE BAGHDAD SOLDIERS KILLED

• More detained as a result of Operation Able Rising Force MNF-I 10 Dec 2005 -- In an update to the results of military operations conducted Dec. 9, Operation Able Rising Force netted additional detainees, for a total of 52 detainees in police custody, including the seven reported Dec. 8.
• U.S. patrol finds munitions cache along side of road MNF-I 10 Dec 2005 -- Task Force Baghdad Soldiers on patrol discovered a large cache of munitions in southwest Baghdad Dec. 9.
• No Word on Fate of 4 Western Hostages in Iraq VOA 10 Dec 2005 -- There has been no information on the fate of four Western hostages held in Iraq, on the day their kidnappers have said they will kill them.
• U.S. Forces Dealing With Different Enemy in Anbar AFPS 10 Dec 2005 -- The enemy in Anbar province is different from that in other areas of Iraq, U.S. officials here said.
• Operation Skinner concludes MNF-I 10 Dec 2005 -- Iraqi Army Soldiers, U.S. Marines and Army Soldiers from 2nd Brigade Combat Team (28th Infantry Division) concluded Operation Gashshaar (Skinner) in central Ramadi Dec. 10.

Deployments

US Policy

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• Iraqis on Point for Election; Turnout Expected to Rise AFPS 10 Dec 2005 -- Iraqi forces have the lead in providing security for national elections Dec. 15, officials said here today.
• Iraq: Election Campaigning Degenerates Into Dog-Eat-Dog Atmosphere RFE/RL 11 Dec 2005 -- The campaign season in Iraq has grown malicious in recent weeks as political parties attempt to place themselves in the spotlight at the expense of their competitors ahead of the 15 December parliamentary elections.

Foreign Reactions

News Reports

• Three al Qaeda in Iraq terrorist cell members sentenced by the Central Criminal Court of Iraq MNF-I 10 Dec 2005 -- Iraqi Ministry of Justice officials announced today that three members of an al Qaeda in Iraq terrorist cell, located in the Adhamiya area of Baghdad, were convicted by the Central Criminal Court of Iraq for threatening the public safety, crimes against the security of Iraq and belonging to armed groups who threaten the Iraqi people.
• Mosul Bombing Cell members sentenced to life imprisonment by the Central Criminal Court of Iraq MNF-I 10 Dec 2005 -- Iraqi Ministry of Justice officials announced today that four members of al Qaeda in Iraq, who were members of the Mosul Bombing Cell led by Abu Talha, were found guilty by the Central Criminal Court of Iraq of violation of Article 194 of the Iraqi Penal Code for attacking Iraqi Police, Iraqi National Guard, and Coalition Forces and sentenced each of them to life (20 years) imprisonment on Nov. 23.