Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

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

Current Operations

• TASK FORCE BAGHDAD SOLDIER KILLED
• SOLDIER ASSIGNED TO II MARINE EXPEDITIONARY FORCE DIES FROM WOUNDS
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty

• Helicopter Crash Claims Two Pilots; Enemy Fire Kills Soldier AFPS 27 Dec 2005 -- Two American pilots were killed Dec. 26 in a helicopter accident in western Baghdad, while another American servicemember died from wounds resulting from enemy fire during an operation in Khalidiyah, Iraq
• CENTAF releases combined airpower summary report AFPN 27 Dec 2005 -- Since Dec. 23, coalition aircraft have flown nearly 150 close-air-support missions supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. They included support to coalition troops, infrastructure protection, reconstruction activities and operations to deter and disrupt terrorist activities.

Deployments

• Poland Wants to Keep Troops in Iraq; Ukraine Withdraws VOA 27 Dec 2005 -- Poland's prime minister says he wants to keep troops in Iraq until the end of next year, despite the previous government's plan to pull its forces out in the coming months.

US Policy

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• Iraqis Rally in Baghdad, Protest Election Results VOA 27 Dec 2005 -- Thousands of Iraqis demonstrated in Baghdad Tuesday, protesting alleged fraud in the country's parliamentary elections held earlier this month.

Foreign Reactions

News Reports

• Iraq Uncovers Mass Grave in Shi'ite Holy City VOA 27 Dec 2005 -- Iraqi authorities say they have found a mass grave containing at least 20 bodies in Karbala, a holy city for Shi'ite Muslims. They believe those in the grave were victims of Saddam Hussein's bloody suppression of a Shi'ite uprising after the Gulf War in 1991.