Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

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

Current Operations

• Insurgents Kill 9 in Attacks Northeast of Baghdad VOA 22 Jan 2006 -- Insurgents in Iraq killed at least nine people in attacks Sunday northeast of Baghdad.
• U.S. Military Releases Reuters Journalist After 7 Months RFE/RL 22 Jan 2006 -- The U.S. military have freed an Iraqi journalist that it had been holding since June.
• Latvian Soldier, Iraqi Civilians Wounded; Iraqi Soldiers Find Bomb AFPS 22 Jan 2006 -- A Latvian soldier and Iraqi civilians were injured in Iraq in separate incidents and Iraqi security forces found a bomb in Fallujah, U.S. military officials reported.
• Soldiers Detain Terrorists, Find Bombs, Weapons AFPS 22 Jan 2006 -- U.S. soldiers detained five suspected terrorists and found several weapons caches and improvised explosive devices throughout Iraq this week, U.S. military officials reported.

Deployments

• Italy to Pull Troops Out of Iraq by End of 2006 VOA 22 Jan 2006 -- Defense minister Antonio Martino announced this week that Italy's mission in Iraq would be completed by the end of the year

US Policy

• US Soldier Convicted in Death of Iraqi General VOA 22 Jan 2006 -- A U.S. Army interrogator has been convicted of causing the death of an Iraqi general during a round of questioning more than two years ago.

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• Iraqi Shi'ite Leader Says Sunnis Can Join Government If They Fight Insurgents VOA 22 Jan 2006 -- A senior Iraqi Shi'ite leader says Sunni Arabs can join a new government of national unity only if they agree to help fight insurgents. .

Foreign Reactions

News Reports

• Tape of Hostage Airs, Bodies of 23 Kidnapped Police Recruits Found in Iraq VOA 22 Jan 2006 -- A Jordanian man abducted by Iraqi militants has appeared in a video pleading for his life.