Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

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

Current Operations

• DoD Identifies Army Casualty

Deployments

• Bulgarians end service in MNDCS MNF-I 17 Dec 2005 -- Bulgarian contingent duty in Multinational Division Central South came to an end Dec. 17.

US Policy

• Bush Warns of More Violence in Iraq Despite Election Success VOA 17 Dec 2005 -- President Bush has hailed Iraq's parliamentary elections, but said it is unrealistic to believe that democratic achievement will achieve a goal of zero violence.

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• Iraqi Sunni Alliance Praises Election Success RFE/RL 17 Dec 2005 -- Adnan al-Dulaymi, leader of one of the Sunni Arab parties in the largely Sunni Iraqi Accordance Front, told a news conference in Baghdad today that the 15 December parliamentary elections were a success.
• Sunni Arab Leader Open to Alliance with Iraq's Shi'ites, Kurds VOA 17 Dec 2005 -- A leading Sunni Arab politician in Iraq says his party is ready to join a coalition with Shi'ites and Kurds in the new parliament after Thursday's legislative elections.

Foreign Reactions

News Reports

• Experts say Iraq's Elections a Success But Road Ahead Still Rough VOA 17 Dec 2005 -- Iraq's parliamentary elections are already being hailed as a major victory for a burgeoning political process in that country.

• RFE/RL Iraq Report, Volume 8, Number 43 17 Dec 2005 -- FEWER COMPLAINTS OF FRAUD SURFACE AFTER LATEST IRAQ VOTE / EARLY VOTING GETS UNDER WAY IN IRAQ / AL-QAEDA PROMOTION OF RELIGIOUS DIVISIONS ANGERS LEBANESE SHI'A