Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

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

Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 19 Jul 2007 [PDF]
• MND-B patrol struck by improvised explosive device
• Task Force Marne Soldier attacked
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualties
• Transcript: DoD News Briefing with Lt. Gen.Odierno from Iraq 19 Jul 2007 -- Presenter: Commander Multinational Corps-Iraq Lt. Gen. Ray Odierno
• July 18 airpower summary: KC-135s refuel coalition aircraft AFPN 19 Jul 2007 -- Coalition airpower supported coalition ground forces in Iraq and International Security Assistance Force troops in Afghanistan during operations July 18, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here.
• New communications platform helps EOD save lives, time AFPN 19 Jul 2007 -- Explosive ordnance disposal teams deployed to the areas of responsibility throughout Southwest Asia now have one more tool to help them fight the war on terrorism.
• U.S. Troops Nab Terrorists, Weapons Caches in Iraq AFPS 19 Jul 2007 -- American forces in Iraq have captured terrorists and weapons caches during a series of raids over the past two days, officials reported today.
• Spartans strike dual targets for Marne Avalanche MNF-I 19 Jul 2007 -- As part of the ongoing operation Marne Avalanche, paratroopers and Iraqi Security Forces conducted raids against two targets in North Babil, early July 16.

Deployments

US Policy

• Iraq's Political Healing Requires Time, Effort, U.S. Envoy Says Washington File 19 Jul 2007 -- Political reconciliation in Iraq will take time and sustained U.S. support as Iraqi society sweeps away a 35-year legacy of tyranny, Ambassador Ryan Crocker told senators July 19.
• Al Qaeda Has No Sanctuary in Iraq, General Says AFPS 19 Jul 2007 -- Al Qaeda no longer has sanctuary in any major region of Iraq, only a month after the surge of operations began there, a top commander in the region said today.
• Al Qaeda Key Disrupter in Iraq, Ambassador Says AFPS 19 Jul 2007 -- Al Qaeda bombings and other acts of violence conducted across Iraq are designed to incite sectarian strife and create enough chaos and instability to bring down the country's central government, the U.S. ambassador to Iraq told a panel of U.S. legislators here today.
• US Ambassador to Iraq Faces Tough Questions in Congress VOA 19 Jul 2007 -- U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker Thursday offered a mixed picture of the political progress being made by Iraqi leaders in a briefing to U.S. lawmakers by video link from Baghdad
• US General Cites Progress in Iraq, Warns Against Quick Change VOA 19 Jul 2007 -- The second ranking U.S. commander in Iraq says the coalition offensive that began a month ago is making "significant progress" toward establishing security, but he said he will not be able to assess whether that progress will be long-term until later in the year
• US Military Court Convicts Marine in Iraqi Civilian Death VOA 19 Jul 2007 -- A U.S. court has convicted a Marine of kidnapping and conspiracy in connection with the murder of an Iraqi man last year.

United Nations

• SYRIA: UNHCR urges more Iraqi refugees to attend schools IRIN 19 Jul 2007 -- Iraqi refugees in Syria were on 19 July urged by Craig Johnston, deputy high commissioner of the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), to send more of their children to Syrian schools.

Reconstruction Issues

• Iraq: Refugee Crisis Could Become Regional Security Threat RFE/RL 19 Jul 2007 -- In a mid-year report issued on July 17, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) warned that the rate at which Iraqis are being driven from their homes since the bombing of the Al-Askari Mosque in February 2006 has not subsided.
• Iraq: Intelligence Chief Says More Cooperation Needed To Stop Attacks RFE/RL 19 Jul 2007 -- The director of Iraq's National Intelligence Service, Major General Muhammad al-Shahwani, says that the failures of other government agencies to respond to intelligence reports of threats are responsible for some of the success of groups carrying out bombing attacks.

Foreign Reactions

News Reports

• IRAQ: Grim tattoo subculture emerges amid daily violence IRIN 19 Jul 2007