Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

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

Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 22 Jan 2007 [PDF]
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• Two Marines killed in separate incidents in Al Anbar
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualties
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• CENTAF releases airpower summary for Jan. 22 AFPN 22 Jan 2007 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials have released the airpower summary for Jan. 22.
• A-10s set to soar in Al Anbar province AFPN 22 Jan 2007 -- A-10 Thunderbolt IIs assigned to the 438th Air Expeditionary Group landed one by one at their new home Jan. 17 here.
• Baghdad Square Targeted With Car Bombs; IED Kills Iraqi Children, Troops AFPS 22 Jan 2007 -- Two car bombs detonated at a Baghdad market today, killing and injuring dozens of civilians, U.S. military officials reported.
• 82nd Airborne's 2nd BCT Steps Up Security in Baghdad Army News 22 Jan 2007 -- The 82nd Airborne Division's 2nd Brigade Combat Team arrived in Baghdad last week as part of the first wave of a planned escalation of forces in Iraq's capital city.
• Double Car Bombing in Central Baghdad Market Kills 88 VOA 22 Jan 2007 -- Two car bombs in Baghdad have killed more than 88 people and wounded more than 160 others
• Double Car Bombing in Central Baghdad Market Kills 75 VOA 22 Jan 2007 -- Iraqi officials say two nearly simultaneous car bomb blasts in a central Baghdad market have killed at least 75 people and wounded more than 150.

Deployments

US Policy

• US Senators of Both Parties Declare Opposition to More Troops in Iraq VOA 22 Jan 2007 -- A bi-partisan group of U.S. senators, including John Warner, an influential member of President Bush's Republican Party, has announced support for a resolution opposing the president's plan to send more than 20,000 additional troops to Iraq
• Extremists Seen Trying To Derail New Plan for Iraq Washington File 22 Jan 2007 -- White House spokesman Tony Snow called for continued resolve in the face of the latest outbreak of Iraqi violence launched by elements seeking to derail the renewed effort to secure Iraq.

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• IRAQ: Kirkuk's time-bomb could explode at any time IRIN 22 Jan 2007 -- The oil-rich city of Kirkuk, some 290km north of the capital, Baghdad, was long considered a microcosm of Iraq with its diversity of ethnic and religious groups.
• LEBANON: Thousands of Iraqi refugees seek asylum IRIN 22 Jan 2007 -- Thousands of Iraqis who have fled the violence in their country are stranded in Lebanon seeking asylum, according to a senior United Nations official.

Foreign Reactions

• Iraq: Turkey Keeps Nervous Eye On Kirkuk RFE/RL 22 Jan 2007 -- Turkish officials have recently voiced their concerns over the fate of the oil-rich province of Kirkuk.

News Reports