Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

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

Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 03 Apr 2006 [PDF]
• THREE MARINES, ONE SAILOR KILLED IN AL ANBAR PROVINCE
• Five Marines killed in vehicle mishap
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• CENTAF releases combined airpower summary AFPN 03 Apr 2006 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials released the airpower summary for April 1 to 3.
• Two Insurgents Killed, Eight Captured; Weapons Cache Found, Destroyed AFPS 03 Apr 2006 -- Two insurgents were killed and eight captured near Kirkuk, Iraq, April 1 after 101st Airborne Division soldiers spotted terrorists planting a homemade bomb near a road the soldiers frequently travel, military officials said today.
• Iraqi security forces gaining ground Army News 03 Apr 2006 -- The Iraqi army has proven that they're trained and capable of protecting the Iraqi people, and their nation recognizes that, according to Multinational Division - Baghdad Commander Maj. Gen. James Thurman in a teleconference with the Pentagon press corps March 31.
• 10 Dead in Iraqi Truck Bombing VOA 03 Apr 2006 -- Iraqi authorities say a bomb blast near a Shi'ite mosque in Baghdad has killed at least 10 people and wounded 30 others.

Deployments

US Policy

• Rice, Britain's Straw Urge Iraq To Form Government Soon Washington File 03 Apr 2006 -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw are urging Iraq's political leaders to take swift action to form a government of national unity needed to fill a political vacuum and quell sectarian violence.
• Rice Confident Iraqis Will Form New Government AFPS 03 Apr 2006 -- Iraqi politicians need to move forward, choose senior parliamentary leaders, and form a permanent government, America's top diplomat said in Baghdad today.
• U.S. Staying Neutral On Al-Ja'fari's Role In New Iraq Government RFE/RL 03 Apr 2006 -- The United States says it will not demand that Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Ja'fari step aside to make way for a figure acceptable to the country's Shi'ites, Sunnis, and Kurds.
• Rice Calls On Iraq To Form Government 'Quickly' RFE/RL 03 Apr 2006 -- U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says Iraq must move "quickly" to form a government capable of unifying the country's people and putting an end to sectarian violence.
• Iraq: Rice, Straw Press Leaders To Form Government RFE/RL 03 Apr 2006 -- U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw are on the second day of a visit to Baghdad to press Iraqi leaders to quickly form a government
• US, Britain Urge Iraq's Leaders to Settle Political Differences VOA 03 Apr 2006 -- The United States and Britain are urging Iraq's leaders to settle their political differences and form a national unity government as quickly as possible, to stem the tide of violence in Iraq.
• Army bans commercial body armor Army News 03 Apr 2006 -- Soldiers may no longer wear body armor other than Army-issued Interceptor Body Armor, Army officials announced last week.

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• Interview: Two Iraqi Legislators Comment On Al-Ja'fari Nomination RFE/RL 03 Apr 2006 -- On April 2, RFE/RL's Radio Free Iraq (RFI) spoke with Qasim Dawud, a parliamentary deputy and a member of the independent bloc within the United Iraqi Alliance, about the negotiations to form a new Iraqi government
• IRAQ: Education hampered by sectarian violence, say officials IRIN 03 Apr 2006 -- Children's education is being severely affected by ongoing sectarian violence, say officials at the Ministry of Education.

Foreign Reactions

• Iraqis to attend Iran-US talks: Official IRNA 03 Apr 2006 -- A number of Iraqi officials are to take part in Iran-US talks on Iraq, it was announced here Sunday.
• Iran, Syria call for withdrawal of occupiers from Iraq IRNA 03 Apr 2006 -- Iran's Ambassador to Damascus Mohammad Hassan Akhtari conferred here Monday with Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem on regional developments.

News Reports