Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

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

Current Operations

• DoD Identifies Army Casualties
• MND-B Troops Hit by Roadside Bomb
• CENTAF releases airpower summary for Jan. 2 AFPN 02 Jan 2007 -- United States Central Command Air Forces and coalition partners continue to support NATO and the International Security Assistance Force and the government of Afghanistan to achieve a secure and stable country.

Deployments

US Policy

• December Marks Deadly Close for U.S. Military as New Era Begins in Iraq VOA 02 Jan 2007 -- 2006 ended with a powerful reminder of U.S. losses in Iraq

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• Iraq Government Focusing on Rebuilding Oil Industry VOA 02 Jan 2007 -- Iraq's Kurds, Sunnis, and Shi'ites are bickering over how to distribute the nation's potentially vast oil revenue
• Iraqi Government to Investigate Saddam Execution, Unauthorized Video VOA 02 Jan 2007 -- Iraqi officials say they have launched an inquiry into the conduct of the execution of Saddam Hussein and how it was secretly recorded.
• Iraq: Unauthorized Execution Video Raises Fears Of Sectarian Backlash RFE/RL 02 Jan 2007 -- A mobile-phone video of Saddam Hussein's execution is raising tensions around the December 30 hanging of the former Iraqi leader.
• Iraqi Government Probes Filming Of Hussein Execution RFE/RL 02 Jan 2007 -- An adviser to Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki says the government has launched an investigation into the filming by mobile phone camera of the execution of deposed Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.

Foreign Reactions

• Saddam fate, a lesson for dictators: Ahmadinejad IRNA 02 Jan 2007 -- President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said here Tuesday that fate of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein was a lesson for all dictators of the world.

News Reports