Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

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

Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 29 Jun 2007 [PDF]
• MND-B patrol struck by improvised explosive device, small arms fire
• DoD Announces Soldiers Status as Missing-Captured
• Transcript: DoD News Briefing with Maj. Gen. Fil from the Pentagon Briefing Room, Arlington, Va. 29 Jun 2007 -- Presenter: Commanding General of Multinational Division Baghdad and 1st Cavalry Division Maj. Gen. Joseph Fil Jr.
• Iran-Tied Terrorist, Other Suspects Nabbed In Iraq Raids AFPS 29 Jun 2007 -- Coalition forces captured 27 suspected terrorists, including an alleged terrorist with ties to Iranian elements, during missions conducted across Iraq today as Operation Phantom Thunder continues, U.S. military officials reported.
• Coalition Forces Control About Half of Baghdad AFPS 29 Jun 2007 -- Coalition forces are in control of more than 50 percent of Baghdad and are making progress in the rest, the coalition's military commander in the city said today.
• June 28 airpower summary: C-17s sustain operations AFPN 29 Jun 2007 -- Coalition airpower supported coalition ground forces in Iraq and the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan during operations June 28, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here.

Deployments

US Policy

• Counter-Insurgency Expert Sees Progress in Iraq AFPS 29 Jun 2007 -- A new Iraq strategy that targets multiple terrorist outposts and capitalizes on Iraqis' growing dislike of al Qaeda are combining to degrade insurgent operations in the country, a counter-insurgency expert said today in Baghdad.
• Trend Lines Improve in Baghdad As Residents Step Forward AFPS 29 Jun 2007 -- Americans still face a tough fight inside Baghdad, but the trend lines are improving, the commander of Multinational Division Baghdad said today.

United Nations

• Iraq: Security Council ends mandate of United Nations weapons inspectors UN News Centre 29 Jun 2007 -- Closing a chapter it opened over 16 years ago, the Security Council today terminated the mandate of United Nations weapons inspectors in Iraq, with the Russian Federation abstaining during voting on a resolution sponsored by the United Kingdom and the United States.

Reconstruction Issues

• Main Sunni Bloc Suspends Participation in Iraqi Government VOA 29 Jun 2007 -- The main Sunni Arab bloc in Iraq's coalition government says it is suspending participation in the cabinet to protest legal proceedings against one of its six ministers.

Foreign Reactions

News Reports

• Green Zone Hospital at Forefront in Treatment of Battlefield Injuries VOA 29 Jun 2007 -- At the Ibn Sina Hospital inside Baghdad's heavily protected Green Zone, medical professionals with the U.S. military treat coalition forces and Iraqi nationals with some of the most complex injuries