Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

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

Current Operations

• Task Force Lightning Soldier dies in non-combat related incident
• Aug. 10 airpower summary: Tankers fuel the fight AFPN 11 Aug 2007 -- Coalition airpower supported coalition ground forces in Iraq and the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan in operations Aug. 10, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here.
• 'Operation Banzeen' -- Unit ensures no illegal activity at gas station MNF-I 11 Aug 2007 -- Soldiers from Company D, 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, recently launched Operation Banzeen on the eastern side of the Iraqi capital in an effort to stop anyone affiliated with illegal militias from taking gasoline and then selling it on the black market.

Deployments

US Policy

• Bush Sees Good Results in Iraq VOA 11 Aug 2007 -- U.S. President George Bush Saturday hosted a social lunch for French President Nicholas Sarkozy at the Bush family home in Maine

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

Foreign Reactions

News Reports

• Iraq: U.S. Analysts Say 'Surge' Progress Warrants Patience RFE/RL 11 Aug 2007 -- Leading U.S. foreign policy analysts who are often critical of the U.S. strategy in Iraq have just returned from a tour of that country with what some might see as surprising news.
• Iraqi Provincial Governor, Police Chief Killed in Roadside Bomb Attack VOA 11 Aug 2007 -- Officials say a roadside bomb has killed the governor and police chief of Iraq's southern Diwaniyah province.