Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

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

Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 20 Sep 2006 [PDF]
• MND-B Soldier dies in non-combat related incident
• MND-B Soldier dies in non-combat related incident
• Press Briefing, Sept. 20, 2006 MNF-I 20 Sep 2006 -- BRIEFERS: MAJOR GENERAL WILLIAM CALDWELL, USA, SPOKESMAN, MULTINATIONAL FORCE-IRAQ; AND MAJOR GENERAL JOSEPH PETERSON, COMMANDER, CIVILIAN POLICE ASSISTANCE TRAINING TEAM, MNSTC-I
• Iraqi, Coalition Forces Prepare for Expected Ramadan Violence Washington File 20 Sep 2006 -- Iraqi army and national police units, supported by their coalition allies, have conducted more than 600 security operations in the past two weeks as part of an effort to disrupt plans by enemies of the new Iraq to launch attacks against civilians during the upcoming observance of the Muslim holy month Ramadan.
• CENTAF releases airpower summary for Sept. 20 AFPN 20 Sep 2006 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials have released the airpower summary for Sept. 20.
• Soldiers Find Three Weapons Caches in Baghdad AFPS 20 Sep 2006 -- U.S. soldiers from Multinational Division Baghdad have found three weapons caches and captured six suspected terrorists in and around Baghdad since yesterday.
• Suicide Car Bombings, Other Attacks in Iraq Kill 23 VOA 20 Sep 2006 -- Authorities in Iraq say at least 23 people have been killed and many more wounded in a series of insurgent attacks in Baghdad and other parts of the country.

Deployments

US Policy

• Iraqi Police Improving Greatly, U.S. Officials Say AFPS 20 Sep 2006 -- Iraqi police forces now are trained and equipped to almost 100 percent of the level promised by the coalition and are improving in quality and capability every day, the U.S. general in charge of training the police said today.
• Senator Biden Warns of Growing Sectarian Militias in Iraq VOA 20 Sep 2006 -- A key U.S. senator says sectarian militias are growing in Iraq and is reaffirming a plan he says will break the vicious cycle of violence and create conditions for multi-national forces to withdraw from the country.

United Nations

• UN: Nearly 6,600 Iraqis Killed in Violence in July and August VOA 20 Sep 2006 -- A U.N. report says hundreds more Iraqis died in violence in July and August than in the previous two months, with many of the victims bearing signs of torture and execution-style killing.

Reconstruction Issues

• Saddam Ejected from Court for Protesting Appointment of New Judge VOA 20 Sep 2006 -- The new chief judge in the genocide trial of Saddam Hussein on Wednesday ejected the former Iraqi leader from the court
• Iraq Weekly Status Report US Dept. of State 20 Sep 2006 [PDF]

Foreign Reactions

News Reports