Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

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

Current Operations

• DoD Identifies Army Casualties
• DoD Identifies Army Casualties
• Operation Eagle Dive II nets 33 suspected terrorists MNF-I 06 May 2007 -- Coalition and Iraqi forces detained 33 suspected terrorists during a combat operation in Lutifiyah, Iraq April 26.
• May 4 airpower summary: C-17s bring support to ground forces AFPN 05 May 2007 -- Coalition airpower supported coalition ground forces in Iraq and the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan in the following operations May 4, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials.

Deployments

US Policy

• White House, Congress Negotiate New War Funds VOA 05 May 2007 -- President Bush and congressional Democrats are negotiating new funding for the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq after the president vetoed a measure earlier this week because it included a timetable for a troop withdrawal from Iraq

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• Iraq Conference Declared A Success RFE/RL 05 May 2007 -- A two-day conference on Iraq's future was declared a success, although a much-anticipated meeting of top U.S. and Iranian officials never materialized.
• International Conference on Iraq Draws Shrugs from Iraqis VOA 05 May 2007 -- At the international conference in Egypt, aimed at bringing stability to Iraq, there was only limited interaction between Iran and the United States

Foreign Reactions

News Reports

• 'Slain' Al-Qaeda Chief In Purported Voice Recording RFE/RL 05 May 2007 -- The leader of Al-Qaeda in Iraq, who was reportedly killed in fighting this week, has surfaced in a purported new voice recording posted on an Islamist website.