Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

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

Current Operations

• Patrol Struck by Roadside Bomb
• MNF-W Forces Attacked
• March 24 airpower: C-17s transport 3,000 passengers, 430 tons of cargo AFPN 24 Mar 2007 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials have released the airpower summary for March 24.

Deployments

US Policy

United Nations

• UN envoy condemns assassination attempt on Iraq's deputy prime minister UN News Centre 24 Mar 2007 -- The senior United Nations envoy to Iraq today strongly condemned the recent assassination attempt against Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Salam Z. Al-Zubai, joining Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who met with the leader in Baghdad just one day before the attack, in extending best wishes for a speedy recovery.

Reconstruction Issues

• Iraqi Vice President Opposes Quick U.S. Troop Withdrawal RFE/RL 23 Mar 2007 -- Iraq's vice president says neither Iraq nor Western interests will benefit from a "short-notice" withdrawal of U.S. troops in Iraq.

Foreign Reactions

• Iran condemns illegal entry of British sailors into its waters IRNA 24 Mar 2007 -- Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad-Ali Hosseini Saturday categorically condemned the "illegal entry" into Iranian territorial waters of British forces.
• Iran Moves British Sailors To Tehran RFE/RL 23 Mar 2007 -- The Iranian Foreign Ministry today described as a "suspicious act" what Iran says is the illegal entry of British navy personnel into Iranian waters.
• Iranian Official: British Naval Detainees Admit to Illegally Entering Iranian Waters VOA 24 Mar 2007 -- An Iranian military commander says 15 British Navy personnel in Iran's custody have admitted to illegally entering Iranian waters.

News Reports

• Iraq's Deputy PM Stable Day After Bomb Attack VOA 24 Mar 2007 -- Iraq's deputy prime minister, injured in an assassination attempt Friday, was in stable condition and moved out of a Baghdad intensive care unit Saturday