Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

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

Current Operations

• IRAQ: SOLDIER KILLED IN ACTION
• DoD Identifies Army Casualties
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty

• Attacks backfire on terrorists MNF-I 25 Dec 2005 -- Seven terrorists were killed in two failed attacks Dec. 24 in Salah Ad Din province.
• Violence Kills Two US Soldiers, Five Iraqis VOA 25 Dec 2005 -- Insurgents in Iraq carried out a series of attacks Sunday, killing two American soldiers and at least five Iraqis.

Deployments

US Policy

• U.S. Troop Levels in Iraq Will Likely Drop in 2006, General Says Washington File 25 Dec 2005 -- U.S. military leaders will adjust the level of U.S. forces in Iraq in 2006 based on events in that country and the growing readiness of Iraqi forces, General Peter Pace, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, said December 25.

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• Talabani Holds Meetings On Forming Iraqi Government RFE/RL 25 Dec 2005 -- Iraqi President Jalal Talabani today began two days of meetings at the northern resort of Dukkan to discuss the formation of a new government following the 15 December elections.
• Iraq Wants Dr. Germ, Mrs. Anthrax Back In Custody RFE/RL 25 Dec 2005 -- Iraqi officials say they want to re-arrest two weapons scientists who had been reportedly released by U.S. forces.

Foreign Reactions

News Reports