Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

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

Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 30 Mar 2007 [PDF]
• Roadside bomb strikes MND-B patrol
• Transcript: DoD News Briefing with Maj. Gen. W. E. Gaskin from Iraq 30 Mar 2007 -- Presenter: Commanding General Multinational Force West, II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward) Maj. Gen. W. E. Gaskin
• Transcript: DoD News Briefing with Maj. Gen. Barbero from the Pentagon 30 Mar 2007 -- Presenter: Joint Staff, Deputy Director for Regional Operations Maj. Gen. Michael Barbero
• Transcript: DoD News Briefing with Brig. Gen. Bednarek from Iraq 30 Mar 2007 -- Presenter: Assistant Division Commander, Multinational Division-North, Assistant Division Commander (Operations) 25th Infantry Division Brig. Gen. John Bednarek
• March 30 airpower: B-1B protects coalition convoy AFPN 30 Mar 2007 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials have released the airpower summary for March 30.
• Balad's busy aerial port supports, supplies the fight AFPN 30 Mar 2007 -- The drone of forklifts moving pallets breaks the smoke-filled haze as members of the 332nd Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron Aerial Port Flight work against the clock to expedite critical hub-and-spoke missions.
• Troops Capture 12 Terror Suspects; Bombers Target Iraqis AFPS 30 Mar 2007 -- Coalition and Iraqi forces captured 12 suspected terrorists today, and bombers continued to target Iraqis over the last few days, military officials reported.
• RFA Bedivere, Iraqi Navy Ship Deliver Marines, Equipment for HMS Cornwall Navy NewsStand 30 Mar 2007 -- Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) Sir Bedivere (L 3004) teamed with Iraqi Navy Ship (INS) P101, a patrol boat, to deliver a small platoon of British Royal Marines and equipment to HMS Cornwall (F 99) on March 28.
• Tinker Airmen resume Sentry in Southwest Asia AFPN 30 Mar 2007 -- Airmen of the 552nd Air Control Wing here deployed to support operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom at the end of March after a four-year hiatus from being in Southwest Asia.

Deployments

US Policy

• U.S. General Sees Cause for Optimism in Anbar Province AFPS 30 Mar 2007 -- Over the last year, coalition forces have laid the foundation for stability and provincial Iraqi control in Anbar province, the commander of Multinational Force West said today.
• United States Prepared To Accept Additional Iraqi Refugees Washington File 30 Mar 2007 -- The United States is prepared to increase significantly the number of Iraqi refugees it admits as the civil unrest in Iraq drives a greater number of people from their homes.
• Official Notes Gradual Progress in Baghdad AFPS 30 Mar 2007 -- While early indicators on the Baghdad troop surge appear positive, coalition officials "are looking at this in a very patient fashion," a senior military official in Baghdad said yesterday.

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• Coalition Recommends Ninewah Province for Provincial Control AFPS 30 Mar 2007 -- Notwithstanding a March 27 terrorist attack that killed and injured scores of Iraqis in Tal Afar, Iraq, coalition officials have recommended that Ninewah province be transferred to Iraqi control next month, a top coalition officer in the province said today.
• Iraq: Progressing Toward National Reconciliation RFE/RL 30 Mar 2007 -- The Iraqi government this week took another step toward reconciliation with Sunni resistance groups with the announcement of the draft Law of Accountability and Justice (also referred to in the media as Accountability and Reconciliation).

Foreign Reactions

• EU Calls For Immediate Release of 15 Detained British Servicemembers VOA 30 Mar 2007 -- The European Union has called for the immediate and unconditional release of the 15 British sailors and marines detained by Iran last week.
• Captive British Marine Confesses To Violating Iranian Territory RFE/RL 30 Mar 2007 -- A British serviceman has appeared on Iranian television apologizing for having entered Iranian waters without permission with his crew last week.
• Detained U.K. seamen face punishment - Iran diplomat RIA Novosti 30 Mar 2007 -- Iran's Ambassador to Russia reiterated earlier official statements Friday that the British seamen detained allegedly for straying into Iranian territorial waters could face punishment.
• U.K. waiting for Russian help in releasing sailors detained by Iran RIA Novosti 30 Mar 2007 -- The U.K. is waiting for Russia's help in releasing British sailors and marines detained by Iran, the British Ambassador in Russia said Friday.
• Second British sailor admits illegally entering Iranian waters RIA Novosti 30 Mar 2007 -- A second British sailor, one of 15 detained last Friday in the Persian Gulf by Iranian authorities, has confessed to illegally entering Iranian territorial waters, the Iranian news agency IRNA said Friday.
• Second British Sailor Shown on Iranian TV as Impasse Continues VOA 30 Mar 2007 -- A second member of the British crew captured last week in the Gulf has been shown on Iranian television making an apology for illegally entering Iranian waters

News Reports