Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

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

Current Operations

• DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
• March 10 airpower: ISR missions critical in war on terrorism AFPN 10 Mar 2007 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials have released the airpower summary for March 10.

Deployments

US Policy

• U.S. Prepared to Work with All Iraq's Neighbors, Envoy Says Washington File 10 Mar 2007 -- U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad confirmed the United States' willingness to work with any nation that supports the goal of a secure, stable and democratic Iraq during the March 10 Iraq Neighbors Conference in Baghdad.

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• Iraq Hails 'Constructive' Conference RFE/RL 10 Mar 2007 -- Iraqi officials have described as "constructive" a first-of-its kind regional security meeting in Baghdad.
• International conference on Iraq opens in Baghdad RIA Novosti 10 Mar 2007 -- An international conference on Iraq opened in Baghdad Saturday despite a mortar shell explosion in the area earlier in the day.
• Iraqi Officials: Security Conference Constructive, Positive Exchange of Ideas VOA 10 Mar 2007 -- Iraqi officials say the regional security conference held in Baghdad was a constructive and positive exchange of ideas about how to help decrease violence in the war-torn country.
• PM: Iraq territory not a place for settling regional conflicts IRNA 10 Mar 2007 -- Iraq Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, in the opening ceremony of Baghdad meeting here Saturday, said Iraq will not allow its territory to be used as a place for settling regional and international conflicts and is ready to play a role on solving disputes and finding peaceful solutions.

Foreign Reactions

• Iranian envoy says occupation is the root of insecurity in Iraq IRNA 10 Mar 2007 -- Head of Iran's delegation in Baghdad meeting Abbas Araqchi said here Saturday Iraq is facing a vicious circle in which foreign occupation causes insecurity and insecurity is used as a justification for continuation of occupation.

News Reports

• Militants in Iraq Threaten Hostages, Demand German Troop Withdrawal from Afghanistan VOA 10 Mar 2007 -- A little-known militant group in Iraq has threatened to kill a German woman and her son who were kidnapped in Iraq, unless Berlin withdraws its troops from Afghanistan within 10 days.