Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

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

Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 30 Jul 2007 [PDF]
• MNF-W forces attacked
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• Opening remarks by Rear Adm. Mark I. Fox, Deputy Spokesman for Multinational Force-Iraq, July 30, 2007 MNF-I 30 Jul 2007 -- Opening remarks by Rear Adm. Mark I. Fox, Deputy Spokesman for Multinational Force-Iraq, July 30, 2007
• Coalition Reclaims al-Jamea'a Army News 30 Jul 2007 -- As Operation Arrowhead Ripper moves along in Diyala, ever so quietly, Operation Rogue Thunder swept through a section of the capital in hopes of ridding the area of anti-Iraqi forces for good.
• July 29 airpower summary: Maintainers vital to mission AFPN 30 Jul 2007 -- Coalition airpower supported coalition ground forces in Iraq and International Security Assistance Force troops in Afghanistan during operations July 29, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here.
• Coalition Raids Kill Five Terrorists in Iraq AFPS 30 Jul 2007 -- Coalition forces killed five terrorists and detained 38 suspected terrorists today during operations targeting al Qaeda in Iraq's Salah Ad Din and Anbar provinces, military officials reported.
• Surge Putting Pressure on Terrorists; Air Power Surges with Ground Troops AFPS 30 Jul 2007 -- Operations in Iraq are putting pressure on insurgents, keeping them off balance and eliminating their safe havens, a senior spokesman there said today.
• Car Bomb Kills 6 in Baghdad VOA 30 Jul 2007 -- Iraqi police say a car bomb killed six people in central Baghdad Monday, ending the brief drop in violence that came while Iraq celebrated its first Asia Cup football championship.
• Contractors help equip warfighters AFPN 30 Jul 2007 -- The local base magazine, sports drinks, construction projects ... many servicemembers pass by these things everyday not knowing where they came from, how they got here or how they're maintained.

Deployments

US Policy

• Petraeus Working to Keep Iraq Assessment Apolitical AFPS 30 Jul 2007 -- The top U.S. commander in Iraq today acknowledged high expectations for a September assessment of the situation in Iraq and said he would work to keep politics out of the process.

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• Iraqi Police Undergo Specialized Training AFPS 30 Jul 2007 -- Iraq's national police are in the second portion of a four-phase program to help them become a proficient, loyal law enforcement organization that serves all of Iraq's citizens, a senior U.S. military officer said today.
• IRAQ: Families in south displaced as former Baathists targeted IRIN 30 Jul 2007 -- Militants in southern areas of Iraq are reportedly targeting former members of the Baath Party in a bid to exterminate them, causing new displacements, according to local non-governmental organisations (NGOs).

Foreign Reactions

• Iran expects US to come up with policy shift toward Iran IRNA 30 Jul 2007 -- Iran expects the US to change behavior toward Iran as a result of Iran-US talks on Iraq security, Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad Ali Hosseini said on Monday.

News Reports