Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

Operations
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US Policy
United Nations
Reconstruction Issues
Foreign Reactions
News Reports

Current Operations

• Feb. 24 airpower: Bombers on patrol AFPN 24 Feb 2007 -- In Afghanistan on Feb. 23, a U.S. Air Force B-1B was assigned to observe a compound for possible insurgent targets near Musa Qal'eh. Coalition forces were taking small arms fire and rocket propelled grenades from insurgents in the compound.
• Truck Bomb Kills 37 Outside Sunni Mosque West of Baghdad VOA 24 Feb 2007 -- Iraqi police say a truck bomb killed 37 people and wounded more than 60 outside a Sunni mosque Saturday in restive Anbar province.
• Ammar al-Hakim released from detention by US troops IRNA 24 Feb 2007 -- US forces have released Ammar al-Hakim, son of prominent Iraqi Shiite leader Abdel Aziz Hakim, Friday night after 11 hours in detention.

Deployments

US Policy

• US ambassador to Iraq regrets detention of Hakim's son IRNA 24 Feb 2007 -- US Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad expressed regret Saturday over the detention of Ammar al-Hakim, son of the prominent Iraqi Shiite leader Abdel Aziz Hakim, by US forces as he was about to return to Iraq from a visit to Iran.

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

Foreign Reactions

• Senior Iraqi officials condemn detention of Ammar al-Hakim IRNA 24 Feb 2007 -- Iraqi President Jalal Talabani and leader of the Kurdish Party Massoud Barzani condemned on Saturday the arrest and detention of Ammar al-Hakim, son of the prominent Iraqi Shiite leader Abdel Aziz al-Hakim.
• Al-Hakim rejects US claims on Iranian interference in Iraqi affairs IRNA 24 Feb 2007 -- Ammar al-Hakim, son of Abdel Aziz al-Hakim who heads the Supreme Council of the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI), on Saturday said US allegations of Iranian interference in Iraqi internal affairs were "unfounded and mere propaganda."

News Reports