Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

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

Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 21 Feb 2006 [PDF]
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Air Force Casualty
• Transcript: DoD News Briefing with Secretary Rumsfeld and Gen. Pace 21 Feb 2006 -- Presenter: Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld and Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff General Peter Pace
• CENTAF releases combined airpower summary AFPN 21 Feb 2006 -- U.S Central Command Air Forces officials released the airpower summary for Feb. 18 to 21.
• General Kimmitt Outlines U.S. Strategy Against Terrorism Washington File 21 Feb 2006 -- While the U.S.-led international military coalition continues to support Iraqi and Afghan efforts to build democratic societies, America also must gear up for the "long war" against terrorism, says Brigadier General Mark Kimmitt, deputy director of the U.S. military's Central Command (CENTCOM).
• Baghdad Bomb Kills 21 VOA 21 Feb 2006 -- Iraqi police say a car bomb has killed at least 21 people at a Baghdad market.
• Terrorist Attack Kills 21 Iraqis; U.S. Forces Discover Weapons AFPS 21 Feb 2006 -- An improvised explosive device killed 21 Iraqi civilians today in Baghdad, and two Iraqis were killed and 11 were wounded in separate attacks, military officials in Iraq reported.
• Terrorist Bombs Kill 11 Iraqis, Wound 28 AFPS 21 Feb 2006 -- Eleven Iraqi civilians were killed and 28 others were wounded yesterday when terrorists detonated two vehicle bombs in Baghdad, military officials reported.
• Soldiers unearth 15 caches near Kirkuk Army News 21 Feb 2006 -- Iraqi and U.S. Soldiers combined efforts Monday, capturing four known insurgents and unearthing a network of 15 weapons caches during a combined operation west of Kirkuk.
• Deployed wing counts down to 'The Move' AFPN 21 Feb 2006 -- The next time Airmen from the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing pack their bags, it will not be to return home.

Deployments

US Policy

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• Iraqi Brigade Assumes Responsibility for Central Baghdad AFPS 21 Feb 2006 -- The 5th Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division, assumed responsibility from 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, for areas in central and southern Baghdad yesterday during a battlespace transfer-of-authority ceremony at Forward Operating Base Honor.
• Iraqi Police induct more than 1,000 to force Army News 21 Feb 2006 -- More than 1,000 Iraqi Police stood in formation Thursday, as provincial leaders and police officials praised the achievements and courage of the latest IP Academy graduates, welcoming them to the ranks of an elite force.
• Iraqi Premier Rejects U.S. Sectarian Warning RFE/RL 21 Feb 2006 -- Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Ja'fari has dismissed U.S. warnings that Iraqi parties and factions should avoid sectarianism when forming a new government.

Foreign Reactions

• Straw Defends British Troops In Iraq RFE/RL 21 Feb 2006 -- British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has defended British troops caught up in a scandal over alleged abuse in Iraq.

News Reports

• Iraqi Minister Survives Bomb Attack VOA 21 Feb 2006 -- One Iraqi policeman was killed and at least two civilians were wounded in a roadside bomb blast in western Baghdad, Tuesday.