Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

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

Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 20 Jun 2006 [PDF]
• DoD Identifies Army Casualties
• Weekly Press Briefing, June 20, 2006 MNF-I 20 Jun 2006 -- Topic: Update on Operations in Iraq, including the Search for two missing Soldiers
• CENTAF releases airpower summary for June 20 AFPN 20 Jun 2006 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials released the airpower summary for June 20.
• Iraq: Abducted U.S. Soldiers' Bodies Believed Found RFE/RL 20 Jun 2006 -- The U.S. military in Iraq says it has recovered what it believes are the bodies of two U.S. soldiers who were captured by insurgents on June 16.
• Missing Soldiers Found Dead, Coalition Spokesman Says AFPS 20 Jun 2006 -- Coalition forces recovered the bodies of two U.S. soldiers missing since an engagement with insurgents at a traffic checkpoint June 16, a senior Multinational Force Iraq official said here today.
• Coalition Continues to Hammer al Qaeda in Iraq AFPS 20 Jun 2006 -- The coalition continues to hammer at the al Qaeda network in Iraq, a senior coalition official said here today, warning that the network didn't die when the coalition killed its former leader, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.
• Coalition Kills 15 Terrorists, Detains 3, Captures Senior Leader AFPS 20 Jun 2006 -- Coalition forces in Iraq killed 15 terrorists and detained six other suspects and a senior terrorist leader during raids yesterday and today near Baqubah, military officials reported today.
• Soldiers upgrade Humvees with new armor Army News 20 Jun 2006 -- Mechanics and ground support crews of the 4th Infantry Division's Combat Aviation Brigade are providing protection for Soldiers that support aircraft cannot provide: extra armor to shield them from the roadside bombs encountered beyond the gates of Camp Taji.
• Baghdad Bombs Kill 6, Suicide Attacker Hits Iraqi Elderly Home VOA 20 Jun 2006 -- Iraqi authorities say two bomb blasts in Baghdad killed at least six people and wounded more than 30 others wounded Tuesday, despite a massive security crackdown in the capital.
• US Says It Believes Two Bodies Are Missing US Soldiers VOA 20 Jun 2006 -- The U.S. military says two bodies found near Yusufiya in Iraq are believed to be those of two missing American soldiers.

Deployments

• DoD Announces Units for Next Operation Iraqi Freedom Rotation 20 Jun 2006 -- The Department of Defense announced today additional major units scheduled to deploy as part of the next Operation Iraqi Freedom rotation
• Japan Pulling Troops From Iraq RFE/RL 20 Jun 2006 -- Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has announced plans to withdraw Japan's troops from Iraq.
• Japan Withdraws Troops from Iraq VOA 20 Jun 2006 -- Japan will soon withdraw its ground troops from Iraq, saying its humanitarian mission there has been successful.

US Policy

• Senate Opposes Amnesty for Iraqis Who Attack US Troops VOA 20 Jun 2006 -- The U.S. Senate has expressed its objection to any amnesty granted by the Iraqi government to Iraqis who kill U.S. troops
• Cable Shows Grim Life for Iraqis Who Work at US Embassy VOA 20 Jun 2006 -- A cable from the U.S. ambassador in Iraq to the State Department says Iraqis employed at the American Embassy in Baghdad live in fear that they will be unmasked as working for Americans.

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

Foreign Reactions

• Russia anxious over reports of al-Qaeda involvement in abduction RIA Novosti 20 Jun 2006 -- Russia's foreign minister said Tuesday that reports of al-Qaeda's involvement in the kidnapping of four Russian embassy employees in the Iraqi capital June 3 were being studied "with all seriousness."
• Russia says no talks with kidnappers of diplomats in Iraq RIA Novosti 20 Jun 2006 -- The speaker of the upper house of Russia's parliament said Tuesday there could be no talks with terrorists who seized Russian diplomats in Iraq and no concessions would be made.
• Chechen Separatists Urge Release Of Russian Diplomats RFE/RL 20 Jun 2006 -- Chechen separatists have denied any contacts with an Al-Qaeda-linked group in Iraq that said it has abducted four Russian diplomats, demanding that Russia pull its troops out of Chechnya.

News Reports

• Iraq: Expert Sees Further Dwindling Of Coalition RFE/RL 20 Jun 2006 -- Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has announced plans to withdraw Japan's 600 noncombat troops from Iraq