Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

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

Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 08 Jun 2006 [PDF]
• DoD Identifies Army Casualties
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
• DoD Identifies Navy Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• Transcript: Press Briefing June 8, 2006 - Maj. Gen. William B. Caldwell IV MNF-I 08 Jun 2006 -- IRAQ OPERATIONAL UPDATE BRIEFING BRIEFER: MAJOR GENERAL WILLIAM CALDWELL, SPOKESMAN, MULTINATIONAL FORCE IRAQ
• Coalition forces kill Abu Musab al-Zarqawi MNF-I 08 Jun 2006 -- Multi-National Force-Iraq Commanding General, Gen. George W. Casey Jr., announced the death of al-Qaida in Iraq leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
• Terrorist Mastermind Zarqawi Killed in Iraq VOA 08 Jun 2006 -- U.S. forces killed al-Qaida's top lieutenant in Iraq, Jordanian-born Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, in an airstrike northeast of Baghdad
• Al-Qaeda Leader In Iraq Reported Dead RFE/RL 08 Jun 2006 -- Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has announced the killing of the leader of Al-Qaeda in Iraq, Jordanian terrorist Abu Mus'ab al-Zarqawi.
• Iraqi, US Officials Say Al-Zarqawi Killed in Airstrike VOA 08 Jun 2006 -- Terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is dead. Iraqi and U.S. officials say al-Qaida's leader in Iraq was killed in an airstrike on a safehouse near Baquba.

Deployments

US Policy

• Transcript: Statement by the President on Death of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi The White House 08 Jun 2006
• US Lawmakers Hail Zarqawi Death VOA 08 Jun 2006 -- Members of Congress are welcoming the death in a U.S. air strike in Iraq of terrorist Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi, calling the event a new opportunity for progress in Iraq.
• US Leaders Call Terrorist Leader's Death Major Victory VOA 08 Jun 2006 -- Top U.S. officials say the death of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, al-Qaida's top leader in Iraq, is a major victory in the global war on terror
• Bush: Death of Terrorist Leader Zarqawi Blow to al-Qaida VOA 08 Jun 2006 -- President Bush is calling the death of terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi a blow to al-Qaida in Iraq
• Zarqawi's Death an Opportunity for Iraqi Government, Bush Says AFPS 08 Jun 2006 -- The death of terrorist leader Abu Musab al Zarqawi is a victory in the war on terror and is an opportunity for the Iraqi government to turn the tide of the struggle with insurgents, President Bush said here today.
• Rumsfeld Tells NATO Ministers of Zarqawi's Demise AFPS 08 Jun 2006 -- Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld this morning informed NATO defense ministers meeting here of the demise of Jordanian terrorist leader Abu Musab al Zarqawi.
• Zarqawi's Death 'Serious Blow' to Al Qaeda in Iraq, General Says AFPS 08 Jun 2006 -- The death of al Qaeda's top operative in Iraq will hit the terrorist organization hard, a senior U.S. military officer said in Baghdad today.
• Terrorist Leader Zarqawi's Death Called "Severe Blow" to al-Qaida Washington File 08 Jun 2006 -- President Bush announced June 8 that Jordanian-born terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi had been killed June 7 in a precision air strike by U.S. special operations forces in Iraq, in what he described as a "severe blow to al-Qaida and . a significant victory in the War on Terror."
• Iraq: Top Marine 'Gravely Concerned' At Atrocity Claims RFE/RL 08 Jun 2006 -- Allegations that U.S. Marines killed more than several dozen Iraqi civilians in two separate incidents prompt a top Marine to express grave concern, but further details are unlikely to emerge while investigations are under way.

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• Iraqi Prime Minister Fills Three Final Cabinet Posts Washington File 08 Jun 2006 -- The Iraqi Council of Representatives voted by large margins June 8 to approve nominees for the three remaining ministerial positions in Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's Cabinet.
• Violence Blamed for Many Delays in US Reconstruction Efforts in Iraq VOA 08 Jun 2006 -- U.S. officials have told Congress U.S. reconstruction efforts in Iraq are being significantly, and expensively, hampered by security concerns.
• Iraqi Government Names Interior, Defense Ministers VOA 08 Jun 2006 -- Iraq's parliament has approved Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's nominees for defense and interior ministers as well as the head of national security - ending a three-week impasse over the key security posts.

Foreign Reactions

• Blair Hails Death of Terrorist Leader Zarqawi VOA 08 Jun 2006 -- British Prime Minister Tony Blair says the death of terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in Iraq is a strike against the al-Qaida terrorist network
• World Leaders Hail Al-Zarqawi Killing RFE/RL 08 Jun 2006 -- Leaders and policy makers from around the world are reacting to today's announcement that Al-Qaeda in Iraq leader Abu Mus'ab al-Zarqawi has been killed.

News Reports

• Iraq: What Does Al-Zarqawi's Death Mean? RFE/RL 08 Jun 2006 -- expert Magnus Ranstorp says the death of Al-Qaeda leader in Iraq Abu Mus'ab al-Zarqawi is an important blow to the Iraqi insurgency and will also be demoralizing for the Islamist militant movement worldwide.
• Analysis: Zarqawi, Al-Qaeda's Agent, Dies in Air Strike cfr.org 08 Jun 2006 -- Iraq's most prominent insurgent in Iraq, the Jordanian-born Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, died in an American air strike