Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

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

Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 04 May 2007 [PDF]
• DoD Identifies Army Casualties
• Patrol struck by IED south of Baghdad
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• Press Briefing, May 4, 2007 MNF-I 04 May 2007 -- Australian media interview Rear Adm. Mark I. Fox, Communications Division chief for Strategic Effects, May 4, 2007
• Transcript: DoD News Briefing with Maj. Gen. Lynch from Baghdad 04 May 2007 -- Presenter: Commander Multinational Division-Center and 3rd Infantry Division Maj. Gen. Rick Lynch
• Two Al Qaeda Leaders, Three Terrorists Killed; 39 Detained in Iraq AFPS 04 May 2007 -- Coalition forces identified bodies of two al Qaeda leaders, killed three additional terrorists and nabbed 39 others during operations across Iraq recently, military officials said.
• Division Targets Flow of 'Accelerants of Violence' to Baghdad AFPS 04 May 2007 -- A newly formed military division in Iraq is focusing on stopping the flow into Baghdad of what the unit's commander called "accelerants of violence" from the south.
• May 3 airpower summary: F-16s support ground forces AFPN 04 May 2007 -- Coalition airpower supported coalition ground forces in Iraq and International Security Assistance Force troops in Afghanistan in the following operations May 3, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here.
• US General Predicts More Casualties as Iraq Surge Continues VOA 04 May 2007 -- The commander of U.S. forces south of Baghdad says more fighting and more casualties are ahead in the coming months, as the U.S. surge of forces is completed and clashes with insurgents increase
• 5 Iraqi Policemen, 1 US Soldier Killed in Separate Bomb Blasts VOA 04 May 2007 -- Iraqi and U.S. officials say five Iraqi policemen and one American soldier were killed in separate roadside bomb blasts in and around Baghdad Friday.

Deployments

US Policy

• Iraq, Afghan Wars Cause Concern in US Military About Readiness VOA 04 May 2007 -- The ongoing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have generated concern about strain on the U.S. military and how long the United States can continue to keep large forces in combat
• Rice Urges All Nations To Assume Responsibilities Toward Iraq Washington File 04 May 2007 -- Not only do all nations have an interest in ensuring that Iraq emerges as a peaceful, stable, democratic country, but nations also have an obligation to work toward that end, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said at the Iraq Neighbors' Conference in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, May 4.
• Senator Clinton Proposes Bill to Strip Bush of War Authorization VOA 04 May 2007 -- U.S. Senator and Democratic presidential contender Hillary Clinton has introduced legislation to repeal President Bush's authority to wage war in Iraq on October 11 of this year, exactly five years after Congress granted that authority
• U.S. Republican Presidential Hopefuls Back Iraq War RFE/RL 04 May 2007 -- Republican Party candidates seeking to replace George W. Bush as U.S. president have held their first televised debate.
• US Republican Presidential Hopefuls Debate Iraq, Terrorism VOA 04 May 2007 -- Republican presidential candidates debated the war in Iraq, taxes and terrorism in a wide-ranging exchange Thursday evening

United Nations

• Ban Ki-moon says good words on Iraq must translate into good deeds UN News Centre 04 May 2007 -- Expressions of regional and international support for Iraq must be translated into sustained and concrete actions or the violence-wracked country may never know any peace, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told foreign ministers taking part in the international meeting on Iraq this week.

Reconstruction Issues

• Iraq Conference Focus Turns To Security RFE/RL 04 May 2007 -- An international conference on Iraq is in its second and final day in the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh
• Iraq Urges Neighbors to Stop Terrorists From Entering Country VOA 04 May 2007 -- U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has called on Iran to stop arming extremists and supporting terrorism in Iraq.
• Iraq conference urges unity, sets no deadline for troop pullout RIA Novosti 04 May 2007 -- An international security conference on Iraq ended in Egypt Friday with a joint statement urging to preserve the country's unity and defend its sovereignty, but setting no deadline for foreign troops pullout.

Foreign Reactions

• Larijani: Iran helpful in Iraq's security IRNA 04 May 2007 -- Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) said Thursday that Iran plays a constructive role in helping establish security in neighboring Iraq.
• Russia to look to Paris Club on debt relief for Iraq - Lavrov RIA Novosti 04 May 2007 -- Russia could provide debt relief for Iraq without any conditions other than those set by the Paris Club of creditor nations, the Russian foreign minister said Friday.
• Too early to withdraw foreign troops from Iraq - Russian FM RIA Novosti 04 May 2007 -- It is too early to withdraw foreign troops from Iraq, Russia's foreign minister said at an international conference on Iraq in the Egyptian resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh Friday.

News Reports