Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

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

Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 13 Mar 2007 [PDF]
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• Roadside bomb strikes MND-B patrol
• Insurgents target MND-B patrol with roadside bomb
• March 13 airpower: Tankers keep coalition fighters flying AFPN 13 Mar 2007 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials have released the airpower summary for March 13.
• Soldiers Uncover Four Caches, Detain 13 Suspects in Iraq AFPS 13 Mar 2007 -- Coalition soldiers uncovered four caches of ordnance and explosive materials and detained 13 suspected terrorists in Iraq on March 11, military officials reported.
• Iraqi Marines Participate in Boarding Exercise Navy NewsStand 13 Mar 2007 -- USCGC Wrangell (WPB 1332) and Iraqi marines participated in Exercise Rapid Talon on March 8 in the Persian Gulf.
• Stryker Battalion arrives in Diyala province MNF-I 13 Mar 2007 -- A Stryker battalion arrived in Diyala province today, to capitalize on the recent successful operations by the Iraqi Security Forces and Coalition Forces in Diyala and Baghdad.

Deployments

US Policy

• US Lawmakers Argue Over Iraq Spending Measure VOA 13 Mar 2007 -- Democrats and Republicans in Congress continue to spar over a multi-billion dollar spending bill containing money for U.S. military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan
• Gates: Baghdad Security Plan Encouraging So Far AFPS 13 Mar 2007 -- The Baghdad security plan has only been under way for a short time, but the Iraqis are meeting their commitments and early signs are pointing toward success, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said here today.

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• Iraq: Views Of Security Conference Reflect Sectarian Divide RFE/RL 13 Mar 2007 -- The March 10 Baghdad security conference was hailed as a success by Iraq's Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, who labeled the meeting "constructive and positive."
• Iraq's Shi'ite PM Visits Sunni Stronghold of Ramadi VOA 13 Mar 2007 -- Iraq's Shi'ite Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki has made his first visit to the Sunni stronghold city of Ramadi in western Iraq.

Foreign Reactions

News Reports

• Shi'ite, Sunni Split Feeds Iraq Conflict VOA 13 Mar 2007 -- For the last year, Iraq has been consumed by violence that has pitted Shi'ite Muslims against Sunni Muslims