Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

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

Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 20 Mar 2007 [PDF]
• Roadside bomb strikes MND-B patrol
• DoD Identifies Army Casualties
• DoD Identifies Army Casualties
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• Transcript: DoD News Briefing with Maj. Gen. Barbero from the Pentagon 22 Mar 2007 -- Presenter: Deputy Director for Regional Operations, Joint Staff J-3 Maj. Gen. Michael Barbero
• March 20 airpower: Versatile A-10s support ground forces AFPN 20 Mar 2007 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials have released the airpower summary for March 20.
• Iraqi Officials: 39 Militants Killed in Battle VOA 20 Mar 2007 -- Iraqi officials say security forces have killed 39 militants in a battle in the Sunni insurgent stronghold of al-Anbar province.
• U.S., Iraqis Continue Flow of Troops to Baghdad AFPS 20 Mar 2007 -- Order, while an American aviation unit's deployment to the Iraqi capital city has been sped up, a senior U.S. military officer said here today.
• U.S. General Cites Signs of Progress in Iraq Washington File 20 Mar 2007 -- U.S. troops continue surging into Baghdad, Iraq, where hundreds of Iraqi families are returning to their homes, a senior U.S. military official says, adding that coalition forces in Afghanistan are preparing for Taliban attacks against Central Asian New Year's celebrations beginning March 21.

Deployments

US Policy

• Iraq: U.S. General Backs Bush's Assessment Of Progress In Baghdad RFE/RL 20 Mar 2007 -- A top general in the U.S. Army today reinforced President George W. Bush's assertion of progress in pacifying Baghdad since a "surge" in troops began last month.
• US: Iraqi Insurgents Intentionally Kill Children VOA 20 Mar 2007 -- A senior U.S. military officer says insurgents in Iraq used two children to help them pass a coalition checkpoint in Baghdad in recent days, and then detonated a car bomb, killing the children

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• Former Iraqi Vice President Hanged RFE/RL 20 Mar 2007 -- Former Iraqi Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan was hanged early today in Baghdad. Ramadan is the fourth senior official of Saddam Hussein's former regime to be executed.
• Former Iraqi Vice President Hanged VOA 20 Mar 2007 -- Saddam Hussein's former Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan was hanged early Tuesday for crimes against humanity

Foreign Reactions

• Former Iraqi official's execution will not bring stability - FM RIA Novosti 20 Mar 2007 -- The execution of a Saddam aide, former Iraqi Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan, will not bring stability or normalize the situation in the country, a spokesman for the Russian foreign ministry said Tuesday.

News Reports

• IRAQ: Insurgents adopt new terror tactics IRIN 20 Mar 2007 -- Anti-US insurgents in Iraq are using new methods of attack four years after US forces invaded Iraq to oust the government of former president Saddam Hussein