Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

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

Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 10 Jul 2007 [PDF]
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualties
• DoD Identifies Army Casualties
• DoD Identifies Army Casualties
• July 9 airpower summary: Bombers provide show of force AFPN 10 Jul 2007 -- Coalition airpower supported coalition ground forces in Iraq and International Security Assistance Force troops in Afghanistan during operations July 9, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here.
• Troops Detain 19 Suspects, Seize Weapons in Iraq AFPS 10 Jul 2007 -- Iraqi and coalition forces detained 19 suspects and captured weapons caches during recent operations in Iraq.
• Operation Four Brothers nets detainees, weapons MNF-I 10 Jul 2007 -- Paratroopers netted numerous detainees and munitions July 6 in Operation Four Brothers.

Deployments

US Policy

• Give Iraq Security Strategy a Chance, Says Bush Washington File 10 Jul 2007 -- The surge of additional U.S. troops into Iraq has been completed and critics should give them time to implement the strategy designed to quell the insurgency, President Bush says.
• Petraeus: More Time Needed to Assess Effectiveness of Iraq Surge AFPS 10 Jul 2007 -- More time is needed to gauge the effectiveness of the ongoing military offensive against insurgents in and around Baghdad and elsewhere in Iraq, the top U.S. general there said.
• Officials Warn of 'Premature Conclusions' About Iraq Surge AFPS 10 Jul 2007 -- Defense officials do not want Americans to jump to "premature conclusions" about the troop surge in Iraq, a Pentagon spokesman said today.
• Bush to Wait for Petraeus Report Before Making New War Plan AFPS 10 Jul 2007 -- President Bush today said he will wait until the top commander in Iraq issues his assessment of progress there before deciding the way ahead for the region.
• Pentagon Says Full Iraq Assessment Will Come in September VOA 10 Jul 2007 -- The U.S. Defense Department says it would be premature to judge the new Iraq strategy now, as some members of Congress have done, and a spokesman is appealing for more time for the military operation implementing that strategy to work
• US Senate Democrat Offers Plan to Begin Pulling Troops from Iraq VOA 10 Jul 2007 -- A key Senate Democrat has introduced legislation calling for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq to begin within 120 days
• Bush Set to Speak on Iraq as Pressure For Change Mounts in Congress VOA 10 Jul 2007 -- Administration officials say President Bush plans to assure Americans that he wants to begin bringing U.S. troops home from Iraq eventually.
• US Poll Finds Opposition to Iraq War at Highest Level Ever VOA 10 Jul 2007 -- A new poll shows opposition to the Iraq war at its highest level ever in the United States, as the Senate debates military spending priorities this week.

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• IRAQ: Jobs fair aims to reduce unemployment, insurgency IRIN 10 Jul 2007 -- Soaring unemployment is said to be indirectly fuelling the insurgency but one non-governmental organisation, the Baghdad-based Karkh Chamber of Commerce and Industry, is trying to provide an alternative to the insecurity by organising a jobs' fair.

Foreign Reactions

• Japanese government extends military mission to Iraq by a year RIA Novosti 10 Jul 2007 -- Japan has extended the mission of its military contingent operating in Iraq by a year, the general secretary of the Cabinet said Tuesday.
• Turkey: Threats Of Incursion Into Iraq Increase RFE/RL 10 Jul 2007 -- On April 12, the chief of Turkey's General Staff, General Yasar Buyukanit, announced that the military was ready to stage a cross-border operation into Iraq to put down Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants

News Reports

• Italian Judge Postpones Trial of US Soldier VOA 10 Jul 2007 -- An Italian judge has adjourned the trial in absentia of a U.S. soldier charged in the 2005 killing of an Italian intelligence agent in Iraq, after the defense questioned Italy's jurisdiction in the case.
• Iraq: U.S. Experts Discuss Prospects For 'Soft Partitioning' RFE/RL 10 Jul 2007 -- If partitioning Iraq is inevitable, then don't waste time resisting it.