• Military

• WMD Menu                           

• Introduction
• Systems
• Facilities
• Agencies
• Operations
• Countries
• Hot Documents
• News
• Reports
• Policy
• Budget
• Congress
• Links

• Intelligence
• Homeland Security
• Space

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

Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 14 Nov 2006 [PDF]
• DoD Identifies Army Casualties
• CENTAF releases airpower summary for Nov. 14 AFPN 14 Nov 2006 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials have released the airpower summary for Nov. 14.
• Iraqi Special Forces, Police Nab Cell Leaders, Members AFPS 14 Nov 2006 -- Iraqi special forces soldiers and police nabbed terror-cell leaders and members in raids in Baghdad over the last two days, U.S. officials reported. In addition, coalition forces killed 11 insurgents in Ramadi.
• Gunmen Abduct Dozens In Baghdad RFE/RL 14 Nov 2006 -- The chairman of the Iraqi parliament's Education Committee, Alaa Makki, has said dozens -- between 100 and 150 -- of employees of a government research institute in Baghdad have been abducted.
• Gunmen Masquerading as Police Kidnap 100 Iraqi Researchers VOA 14 Nov 2006 -- Iraqi police say at least 10 people were killed and 25 others wounded in a car bomb blast in a commercial area of central Baghdad Tuesday.

Deployments

US Policy

• Analysis: The Buzz over the Baker Report cfr.org 14 Nov 2006 -- Anticipation builds ahead of next month's release of the Baker commission's report on Iraq. Washington is abuzz with anonymously sourced reports about its contents.
• US Defense Official: Suit Against Rumsfeld 'Frivolous' VOA 14 Nov 2006 -- U.S. officials are dismissing as frivolous a request by a New York-based advocacy group asking German prosecutors to investigate possible criminal charges against Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.
• Iraq: U.S., UK Weighing New Policy Options RFE/RL 14 Nov 2006 -- Change is in the air as a bipartisan group of U.S. politicians briefed U.S. President George W. Bush on November 13 and will brief British Prime Minister Tony Blair today on their search for new options for dealing with Iraq.

United Nations

• Iraq: UN calls for immediate action to free kidnapped education ministry workers UN News Centre 14 Nov 2006 -- Condemning the kidnappings of scores of people at the Iraqi Higher Education Ministry as "a nefarious crime," the top United Nations official in the violence-wracked country today called on the authorities to take immediate action to free the victims.

Reconstruction Issues

• Backgrounder: Iraq's Post-Saddam Insurgency cfr.org 14 Nov 2006
• IRAQ: Minister closes universities following mass kidnapping IRIN 14 Nov 2006 -- Iraqi Higher Education Minister Abed Theyab on Tuesday ordered the closure of all universities in the capital until the government could ensure a safe and secure environment for lecturers and students.

Foreign Reactions

• Iran has no plans to discuss Iraq security with U.S. - minister RIA Novosti 14 Nov 2006 -- Tehran said Tuesday it remains undecided on whether to hold talks on Iraq's worsening security situation with Washington, which may seek Iranian assistance to stop a resurgence of sectarian violence in the country.

News Reports

• Mass Kidnapping Stuns Baghdad VOA 14 Nov 2006 -- Gunmen in Iraq dressed as police commandos have kidnapped as many as 100 people during a lightning raid on a Baghdad research institute
• IRAQ: Iraq's future hangs in the balance IRIN 14 Nov 2006 -- Iraqi society has reacted with mixed sentiments to new signals from the White House indicating a change in US policy in Iraq