Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

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

Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 16 Jun 2006 [PDF]
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
• Transcript: DoD News Briefing with Maj. Gen. Thurman from Iraq 16 Jun 2006 -- Presenter: Major General James Thurman
• CENTAF releases airpower summary AFPN 16 Jun 2006 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials have released the airpower summary for June 16.
• Suicide Bombing in Baghdad Mosque Kills 10 VOA 16 Jun 2006 -- A suicide bomber has killed 10 people and wounded more than 20 others at a Shi'ite mosque in Baghdad - despite a massive security crackdown in the Iraqi capital.

Deployments

US Policy

• US Democratic Party Split Over Iraq VOA 16 Jun 2006 -- Opposition Democrats are counting on public disenchantment with the Iraq war to help them make gains in U.S. congressional elections in November
• US House of Representatives Approves Resolution Rejecting Withdrawal from Iraq VOA 16 Jun 2006 -- By a vote of 256-153, the U.S. House of Representatives has approved a resolution declaring that the United States will prevail in Iraq and the global war on terrorism
• Analysis: War Games in Congress cfr.org 16 Jun 2006 -- In some ways, the theater of war shifted from Iraq to the halls of Congress this week as Republicans and Democrats clashed over U.S. policy (NYT) and their own motivations in trying to address the Iraq conflict.

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• Iraq Humanitarian and Reconstruction Assistance Updates USAID 16 Jun 2006 [PDF]

Foreign Reactions

• Iraq Top Diplomat Says Neighbors Key to Stability VOA 16 Jun 2006 -- Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari says the role of Iraq's neighbors is key to bringing stability to his nation. But he says that, so far, most of them have not been very helpful

News Reports

• Iraq: Is Al-Qaeda Trying To Assert Control Over Insurgency? RFE/RL 16 Jun 2006 -- The U.S. military says Al-Qaeda in Iraq appears to have a new leader: Abu Ayyub al-Masri.
• Iraqi Forces Seen Taking Back Baghdad Washington File 16 Jun 2006 -- Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's first priority is to secure the capital, and Iraqi security forces, supported by their coalition allies, are stepping up to the challenge, says a U.S. Army general.