Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

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

Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 19 Sep 2006 [PDF]
• Taskforce 3d MEDCOM Soldier dies
• 89th MP Brigade Soldier killed and two others wounded by a suicide car bomb
• MND-B Soldier killed by roadside bomb
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• CENTAF releases airpower summary for Sept. 19 AFPN 19 Sep 2006 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials have released the airpower summary for Sept. 19.

Deployments

• General: No Reductions in US Troops in Iraq Until Mid-2007 VOA 19 Sep 2006 -- General John Abizaid told a group of reporters on Tuesday the current level of U.S. troops in Iraq - more than 140,000 - will remain unchanged at least until the middle of next year

US Policy

• President Bush Addresses United Nations General Assembly The White House 19 Sep 2006
• Bush Says U.S. At War With Extremists, Not Islam RFE/RL 19 Sep 2006 -- In an address at the opening of the 61st Session of the UN General Assembly, U.S. President George W. Bush today delivered a conciliatory speech to the people of the Middle East, saying the United States respects Islam and isn't at war with Muslims.
• Bush Urges Support for Reformers, Moderates in Middle East VOA 19 Sep 2006 -- President Bush is urging U.N. members to support reformers and moderates in the Middle East, and do more to stop the bloodshed in Sudan.
• Iraq Study Group: Next 3 Months Critical for Country's Future VOA 19 Sep 2006 -- Leaders of the Iraq Study Group, a bipartisan panel working to assess the situation in Iraq and make recommendations to lawmakers and the Bush administration, say the next three months will be critical in determining the country's future.

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• Judge in Saddam Trial Dismissed VOA 19 Sep 2006 -- An Iraqi official says the chief judge in the genocide trial of former President Saddam Hussein has been sacked.

Foreign Reactions

• FM criticizes US' occupation of Iraq as wrongful unilateralism IRNA 19 Sep 2006 -- Iranian Foreign Minister Manoucher Mottaki here Monday strongly criticized the US' occupation of Iraq as an example of its wrong policy of unilateralism, blaming it for serious problems now facing the country.
• British Soldier Pleads Guilty to War Crime at Start of Court Martial VOA 19 Sep 2006 -- A British soldier facing court martial in Britain has pleaded guilty to committing the war crime of treating detainees inhumanely while serving in Iraq.

News Reports

• Iraq: Pope's Comments Bring Threats, Condemnation RFE/RL 19 Sep 2006 -- Iraqi religious leaders were quick to react to reports of statements made by Pope Benedict XVI regarding comments the pope made last week regarding Islam and violence, with many saying the statements threatened to harm Muslim-Christian relations in the country.