Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

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

Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 09 Jan 2007 [PDF]
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• Task Force Lightning Soldier Killed
• Terrorists Killed, Detained in Iraq; Weapons Discovered AFPS 09 Jan 2007 -- At least three insurgents were killed, an al Qaeda cell leader was captured, and other suspected terrorists were detained through several recent operations in Iraq, military officials reported.
• EOD Soldiers train Iraqi Army counterparts Army News 09 Jan 2007 -- Soldiers from the 18th Explosive Ordinance Disposal Company, based at Fort Bragg, N.C., assumed the role of mentor and observer to 15 troops from the 2nd Iraqi Army Division who then demonstrated their abilities by conducting an operation to destroy unexploded ordnance Jan. 7
• Operations Conducted to Restore Iraqi Security Force Control MNF-I 09 Jan 2007 -- Early today, approximately 1000 Iraqi Army and coalition forces began a joint operation in Taleel Square.
• CENTAF releases airpower summary for Jan. 9 AFPN 09 Jan 2007 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials have released the airpower summary for Jan. 9.
• Iraqi, US Forces Kill Dozens of Militants in Central Baghdad VOA 09 Jan 2007 -- Iraqi government forces, backed by U.S. troops have exchanged heavy fire with militants in a Sunni area in the center of Baghdad
• Airpower strikes insurgent stronghold in Iraq AFPN 09 Jan 2007 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces air and space power supported coalition actions in Operation Iraqi Freedom with F-16 Fighting Falcon, F-15E Strike Eagle and B-1 Lancer aircraft that dropped precision munitions Jan. 8 on a known insurgent stronghold south of Balad Ruz, Iraq.
• MND-B engages in anti-insurgent operation Multi-National Division MNF-I 09 Jan 2007 -- Early today Iraqi Army and coalition forces began a joint operation in Taleel Square.
• Iraqi, US Forces Battle Gunmen in Central Baghdad VOA 09 Jan 2007 -- Iraqi police say a fierce gun battle raged in central Baghdad Tuesday.

Deployments

US Policy

• Transcript: ESCALATION IS NOT THE ANSWER: TIME FOR CONGRESS TO ACT TO ENSURE REAL CHANGE IN IRAQ Office of Sen. Kennedy 09 Jan 2007
• Bush Ready to Unveil New Strategy for Iraq War VOA 09 Jan 2007 -- President Bush is scheduled to unveil his new strategy for the war in Iraq Wednesday night in a televised address to the nation
• Bush to Face Skeptical US Public on Iraq VOA 09 Jan 2007 -- President Bush will deliver one of the most important speeches of his presidency on Wednesday when he presents his strategy for a new way forward in Iraq
• Congress Debates Temporary US Troop Surge in Iraq VOA 09 Jan 2007 -- In advance of President Bush's scheduled speech Wednesday on Iraq strategy, lawmakers are speaking out for and against any possible surge of U.S. troops into Iraq

United Nations

• IRAQ: Aid agencies cannot cope with displacement, says UNHCR IRIN 09 Jan 2007 -- The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) has warned that the scale of internal displacement in Iraq was beyond the capacity of humanitarian agencies, including UNHCR.

Reconstruction Issues

• IRAQ: Najaf provides land for displaced IRIN 09 Jan 2007 -- Local authorities in Iraq's southern city of Najaf, 200 km south of the capital, Baghdad, are allotting pieces of land to displaced families from outside the province as well as to some residents.

Foreign Reactions

• UK distances itself from expected US military boost in Iraq IRNA 09 Jan 2007 -- The British government is distancing itself from US President George W Bush's announcement on Wednesday on a new strategy in which he is expected to order an extra 20,000 troops to be deployed in Iraq.

News Reports

• New Video Shows Hussein's Body After Hanging RFE/RL 09 Jan 2007 -- A new video showing the body of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein shortly after his December 30 hanging has appeared on the Internet, amid continuing anger over how Iraqi authorities handed the former leader's execution.