Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

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

Current Operations

• Iraq Car Bomb Kills At Least 27 RFE/RL 02 Jun 2006 -- In the southern city of Al-Basrah, a suicide car bombing in an outdoor market has killed at least 27 people and injured about 60.
• Car Bomb Blast in Southern Iraq Kills At Least 15 VOA 03 Jun 2006 -- Officials in the southern Iraqi city of Basra say a car bomb blast has killed at least 15 people and wounded 30 others.

Deployments

US Policy

• Probe Clears Coalition Forces of Wrongdoing in March 15 Raid AFPS 03 Jun 2006 -- An investigation has concluded that coalition forces "operated in accordance with the rules of engagement governing our combat forces in Iraq" during a March 15 raid in which Iraqi civilians died, a coalition spokesman said early today in Baghdad.
• Iraq: U.S. Military Clears Troops In Ishaqi Deaths RFE/RL 02 Jun 2006 -- A U.S. military investigation has cleared U.S. troops of misconduct in the deaths of up to 13 Iraqi civilians in the town of Ishaqi in March
• US Troops in Iraq Cleared of Misconduct in Ishaqi Incident VOA 03 Jun 2006 -- A U.S. military investigation has concluded that U.S. troops did not intentionally kill innocent civilians in an Iraqi village

United Nations

• Security Council, Annan condemn attack on Russian Embassy employees in Baghdad UN News Centre 03 Jun 2006 -- The United Nations Security Council and Secretary-General Kofi Annan condemned the killing today in Baghdad of one employee of the Russian Embassy and the kidnapping of four others.

Reconstruction Issues

Foreign Reactions

• Russian Foreign Ministry sets up HQ to release diplomats in Iraq RIA Novosti 03 Jun 2006 -- The Russian Foreign Ministry said it had established headquarters to release four diplomats kidnapped in Baghdad Saturday.

News Reports