Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

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

Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 05 Mar 2007 [PDF]
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualties
• DoD Identifies Navy Casualties
• 13SC (E) UNIT ATTACKED
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• Press Briefing, March 5, 2007 MNF-I 05 Mar 2007 -- TOPIC: TRAINING AND LOGISTICS OF IRAQI SECURITY FORCES
• March 5 airpower: Pave Hawks fly rescue missions AFPN 05 Mar 2007 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials have released the airpower summary for March 5.
• Security forces Airmen protect Iraq's airpower hub AFPN 05 Mar 2007 -- Two 332nd Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron flights, Alpha and Bravo, continuously rotate shifts to eye all activities from their posts throughout Balad.
• Coalition Forces Capture 38 Suspects During Raids in Iraq AFPS 05 Mar 2007 -- In operations around Iraq over the past three days, coalition forces captured 38 suspects.
• Ghost Soldiers Discover Secret Room, Hidden Cache Army News 05 Mar 2007 -- Two Garryowen troops assigned to Ghost Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, netted one of the largest weapons caches in the Ninewa Province Feb. 9.
• Camp Liberty Soldiers Up-armor Humvees Army News 05 Mar 2007 -- As the enemy changes its tactics in warfare, the military constantly updates strategies on how to keep servicemembers safe.

Deployments

• USS Howard Departs Persian Gulf Navy NewsStand 05 Mar 2007 -- USS Howard (DDG 83) completed conducting maritime security operations (MSO) on Feb. 28 for Combined Task Force 158 in the North Persian Gulf in support of U.S. 5th Fleet.

US Policy

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

Foreign Reactions

• Iraqi PM Orders Probe of Coalition's Basra Raid VOA 05 Mar 2007 -- Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has ordered an investigation into a joint Iraqi-British raid on a national intelligence agency, which uncovered prisoners who apparently had been tortured.
• Iraq: Official Says Neighbors 'Must Do More' RFE/RL 05 Mar 2007 -- On March 10, Baghdad will host a meeting of representatives from neighboring countries, as well as regional powers and permanent members of the UN Security Council, to discuss cooperation to improve security in Iraq.

News Reports

• IRAQ: Malnutrition among under-fives IRIN 05 Mar 2007 -- Apart from dodging bombs and bullets in their schools and neighbourhoods, children in Iraq are suffering from worryingly high levels of malnourishment, according to specialists.