Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

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

Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 12 Jan 2006 [PDF]
• DoD Identifies Department of Defense Civilian Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty

• BRIEFING WITH BRIGADIER GENERAL DONALD ALSTON (USAF), DIRECTOR, STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS, MULTINATIONAL FORCE IRAQ MNF-I 12 Jan 2006
• Transcript: News Briefing with Sec. Rumsfeld and Gen. Pace 12 Jan 2006 -- Presenter: Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld and Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Peter Pace
• Iraqi, U.S. Soldiers Detain Terror Suspects, Secure Weapons Caches AFPS 12 Jan 2006 -- Iraqi and U.S. soldiers detained terror suspects and seized weapons caches in operations throughout Iraq yesterday and today, military officials reported today.
• CENTAF releases airpower summary AFPN 12 Jan 2006 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces released today's airpower summary.
• Hostages freed, 3 weapon caches seized in northern Iraq Army News 12 Jan 2006 -- Two kidnapped Iraqi men were freed, three weapons caches discovered and 21 anti-Iraqi suspects were detained in northern Iraq Jan. 11.
• Artillery now `king of roads' in Iraq Army News 12 Jan 2006 -- The field artillery is commonly known as "the king of battle," but artillerymen of Battery C, 3rd Battalion, 13th Field Artillery are more like "kings of the road" as they cruise down the highways of Iraq in heavily armed Humvees, protecting supply convoys from insurgent attacks.

Deployments

US Policy

• Rumsfeld Defends US Military's Actions Against Prisoner Abuse VOA 12 Jan 2006 -- U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has defended the military's response to allegations of prisoner abuse, saying those responsible for illegal conduct are being punished.

• Cheney Reiterates Iraq Terror Connection AFPS 12 Jan 2006 -- Saddam Hussein's sponsorship of terrorists and terrorism is a matter of open public record, Vice President Dick Cheney said yesterday.
• Attacks in Iraq Not Slowing Drive Toward Democracy AFPS 12 Jan 2006 -- The horrific attacks against those trying to build a new Iraq and against innocent Iraqis are to create fear and doubt in the people of Iraq, a Multinational Forces Iraq spokesman said in Baghdad today.
• Iraq Violence Depicts Terrorists' Desperation, Bush Says AFPS 12 Jan 2006 -- Continued acts of brutal violence performed by terrorist groups operating in Iraq depict a desperate and frustrated enemy, President Bush said yesterday in Louisville, Ky.
• Republican Senator Criticizes Bush Administration Over Iraq VOA 12 Jan 2006 -- One vocal critic of the Bush administration is a member of the president's own party.

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• Iraq: Kurds Agree To Unify Administrations RFE/RL 12 Jan 2006 -- The Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) reached an agreement on 7 January over the joint administration of the Kurdistan regional government

Foreign Reactions

• UK eases arms sanctions against Iraq IRNA 12 Jan 2006 -- The British government is dropping the requirement of export licences for the supply of arms and related materials to Iraq following last month's elections for a full-term government and parliament.

News Reports