Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

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

Current Operations

• 2 MND-B Soldiers killed by roadside bomb
• Two Marines Killed in Separate Incidents in Al Anbar
• Iraqi Troops Nab Militia Chief; Weapons Caches Found AFPS 03 Sep 2006 -- An Iraqi Army unit caught a mid-level leader of an illegal militia group during an early-morning Aug. 31 raid in southeastern Baghdad, according to Multinational Corps Iraq officials.

Deployments

US Policy

• Bush: Premature Iraq Pullout Would Place America at Peril AFPS 03 Sep 2006 -- An early withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq would give victory to the terrorists and put the American people in danger, President Bush said here yesterday.

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• Iraqi Army Takes Over Responsibility for Abu Ghraib Prison AFPS 03 Sep 2006 -- Soldiers from 1st Iraqi Army Division assumed control of the Abu Ghraib prison here from U.S. Army Task Force 134 in a ceremony here Sept. 1.

Foreign Reactions

• Iraqi Officials Hail Capture of al-Qaida Deputy VOA 03 Sep 2006 -- Iraqi officials say the arrest of the number two commander of al-Qaida in Iraq has dealt a severe blow to the terrorist organization, and bodes well for the country's future.

News Reports