Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

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

Current Operations

• DoD Identifies Army Casualties

• Large cache destroyed near Bayji MNF-I 24 Dec 2005 -- Soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division's 3rd Brigade Combat Team thought they had discovered a single cache of weapons near Bayji Dec. 20 after a tip from a local resident.
• Air assault operation nets suspects, weapons cache MNF-I 24 Dec 2005 -- An air assault mission conducted by 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, resulted in the capture of several suspected terrorists and the seizure of a large cache of ammunition in Muslakhah, Iraq, Dec. 23.

Deployments

US Policy

• Transcript: Secretary Rumsfeld's Remarks to Task Force Freedom in Mosul, Iraq 24 Dec 2005 -- Presenter: Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld
• Statement by Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad and General George Casey MNF-I 24 Dec 2005 -- Twenty-two detainees were released this week. They were being held under UNSCR 1546, which authorizes Coalition Forces to detain individuals posing threats to security
• Rumsfeld Marks Christmas Eve With U.S. Troops In Iraq RFE/RL 24 Dec 2005 -- U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld ate Christmas Eve dinner today with American troops in the Iraqi city Mosul.

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• Iraqi Leaders Meet In Attempt To Defuse Mounting Election Anger RFE/RL 24 Dec 2005 -- Iraqi political leaders met in Baghdad today to discuss a growing crisis over contested results from the country's 15 December general elections.
• Sunni Arabs in Iraq Protest Provisional Election Results VOA 24 Dec 2005 -- Tens of thousands of Sunni Arabs demonstrated in Baghdad Friday to protest what they said were flawed December 15 parliamentary elections.
• Iraq's Shi'ite Coalition Rejects Allegations of Election Fraud VOA 24 Dec 2005 -- Shiite Politicians Saturday rejected calls by Sunni Arabs in Iraq for a new election.

Foreign Reactions

News Reports