Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

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

Current Operations

• MARINE DIES FROM NON-HOSTILE GUNSHOT WOUND

• Local residents aid in cache discoveries MNF-I 18 Dec 2005 -- Local citizens played a major role in the discovery of two weapons caches near Kirkuk Dec. 17.
• Major IED manufacturing cache discovered MNF-I 18 Dec 2005 -- A large cache of IED components was discovered by Soldiers from Task Force Band of Brothers, Dec. 15 near Hawijah.
• Airborne patrol detains suspects MNF-I 18 Dec 2005 -- Fifteen suspects were detained Dec. 17 at several locations near Tikrit as part of Operation Eagle Watch by Task Force troops.
• Citizen tip leads Task Force Baghdad Soldiers to mortar cache MNF-I 18 Dec 2005 -- A concerned local citizen in Tissa Nissan led a group of Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 64th Armor to a large mortar cache, Dec 16.

Deployments

US Policy

• President's Address to the Nation The White House 18 Dec 2005
• Bush Warns Against Early Pullout From Iraq; Appeals for Patience VOA 18 Dec 2005 -- President Bush says Thursday's election in Iraq was historic and strengthened an ally in the war on terror. At the same time, though, he warns against a hasty U.S. pullout, suggesting there would be harsh consequences. In a nationally broadcast address Sunday night, the president urged patience on the part of the American people.

• Cheney Visits Iraq, Officials Laud Historic Vote AFPS 18 Dec 2005 -- Vice President Dick Cheney made a surprise visit to Iraq today to hail the country's successful Dec. 15 parliamentary election in which more than 70 percent of Iraqis -- 11 million-plus voters -- participated.
• US Vice President Cheney Makes Surprise Visit to Iraq VOA 18 Dec 2005 -- Vice President Dick Cheney has praised last week's Iraqi elections during a surprise visit to Baghdad.
• Vice President Cheney Makes Surprise Visit to Iraq VOA 18 Dec 2005 -- U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney has made a surprise visit to Iraq, just days after parliamentary elections touted as a major step toward the emergence of Iraq as a self-governing state.
• Vice President makes surprise visit to Taji MNF-I 18 Dec 2005 -- U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney paid a surprise visit to Iraqi and U.S. Soldiers Dec. 18 at Taji Military Training Base during his unannounced visit to Iraq.

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• IRAQ: Election results to be delayed up to two weeks IRIN 18 Dec 2005 -- The Independent Electoral Commission in Iraq (IECI) said on Saturday that a seventy percent turnout in last week’s parliamentary elections was “a success” but that 200 reported cases of fraud could delay final results by up to two weeks.

Foreign Reactions

News Reports

• IRAQ-IRAN: Landmine agreement signed IRIN 18 Dec 2005 -- The Iraqi government signed a memorandum of understanding with Tehran last week aimed at eliminating landmines planted in the country during its war with Iran in the 1980s.