Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

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

Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 30 May 2007 [PDF]
• DoD Identifies Army Casualties
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualties
• Transcript: DoD Briefing with Brig. Gen. Wiggins from the Pentagon Briefing Room, Arlington, Va 30 May 2007 -- Presenter: Deputy Director For Operations, Joint Staff Brigadier General Wiggins
• May 29 airpower: Predators sting the enemy AFPN 30 May 2007 -- Coalition airpower supported coalition ground forces in Iraq and International Security Assistance Force troops in Afghanistan during operations May 29, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here.
• U.S., Iraqi Troops Seize 47 in Iraq Operations AFPS 30 May 2007 -- Iraqi and coalition forces captured 47 suspected terrorists, including some suspected terror-cell chieftains, and seized contraband weaponry during operations across Iraq over the past few days, military officials reported.
• Officers Describe al Qaeda Prison Rescue Mission AFPS 30 May 2007 -- Officers from the U.S. Army battalion that freed 41 prisoners from an al Qaeda in Iraq hideout May 27 provided details on the operation yesterday.
• Georgian Troops To Take Charge Of Security In Iraqi Governorate RFE/RL 30 May 2007 -- Georgian Defense Minister Davit Kezerashvili today said additional Georgian troops being sent to Iraq in June will be tasked with patrolling the city of Al-Kut in Wasit Governorate, about 185 kilometers southeast of Baghdad.

Deployments

• Last of US Surge Forces Arrive in Iraq VOA 30 May 2007 -- The U.S. military says all 20,000 additional combat troops President Bush ordered to Iraq in January have now arrived, with the last unit set to be fully operational in a couple of weeks
• Final 'Surge' Brigade Now in Iraq, General Says AFPS 30 May 2007 -- The fifth and final brigade of the troop surge has arrived in Baghdad and should be fully operational by mid-July, the deputy director for operations on the Joint Staff said here today.

US Policy

• General Works to Dispel Myths About Iraq AFPS 30 May 2007 -- A U.S. general serving with Multinational Force Iraq recently took time out of his mid-deployment leave to let the American public know that the situation in Iraq is different from what they might think.

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• Iraqi Kurdistan Government Takes Over Security in North VOA 30 May 2007 -- U.S.-led coalition forces have formally handed over the responsibility for security in three northern Iraqi provinces to the autonomous Kurdistan government
• Iraq Weekly Status Report US Dept. of State 30 May 2007 [PDF]

Foreign Reactions

• Turkish Forces Mass on Iraqi Border Amid Talk of Incursion VOA 30 May 2007 -- Turkey has sent more troops and tanks to the Iraqi border, as speculation grows about a possible Turkish incursion against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq.

News Reports