Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

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

Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 05 Sep 2007 [PDF]
• MND-B troops attacked during combat operations
• Explosively-formed penetrator strikes MND-B patrol
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• Task Force Lightning Soldiers attacked
• MND-B Soldiers attacked during combat operations
• Press Briefing, September 5, 2007 MNF-I 05 Sep 2007 -- TOPIC: MULTI-NATIONAL FORCE-IRAQ SITUATIONAL UPDATE PC.
• Transcript: DoD News Briefing with Press Secretary Geoff Morrell from the Pentagon, Arlington, Va. 05 Sep 2007 -- Presenter: Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell
• Sept. 4 airpower summary: F-15Es strike from above AFPN 05 Sep 2007 -- Coalition airpower supported coalition ground forces in Iraq and International Security Assistance Force troops in Afghanistan during operations Sept. 4, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here.
• Congressional delegation observes enemy fire from C-130 AFPN 05 Sep 2007 -- Four congressional delegates observed live, enemy fire from a C-130 Hercules Aug. 30 that had just departed Baghdad International Airport enroute to Jordan.
• Sept. 3 airpower summary AFPN 05 Sep 2007 -- Coalition airpower supported coalition ground forces in Iraq and the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan during operations Sept. 3, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here.
• Operation Comanche Swarm II uncovers cache MNF-I 05 Sep 2007 -- Acting on tips from concerned citizens, scouts from Troop C, 3rd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, detained three people and seized a large cache east of Baghdad Sept. 2.
• 16 suspected car-bomb cell members captured during Operation Nijmegen III MNF-I 05 Sep 2007 -- A vehicle-borne improvised explosive device cell, with suspected links to al-Qaeda, believed to be responsible for attacks against citizens and security forces of North Babil, was the target of an early morning air assault and raid north of Diyarah Aug. 23.
• 11 Killed in Baghdad Bomb Blast VOA 05 Sep 2007 -- Authorities in Iraq say a bomb blast in Baghdad's mostly Shi'ite Sadr City district has killed at least 11 people and wounded about 20 others.

Deployments

• MAG 42 Deploys in Support of GWOT Mission Navy NewsStand 05 Sep 2007 -- Marines from Marine Air Group (MAG) 42 Detachment Charlie departed Naval Air Station, Joint Reserve Base, New Orleans on Sept. 1 in support of ongoing efforts in the global war on terrorism (GWOT).

US Policy

• Lawmakers Continue Examination of GAO Iraq Report VOA 05 Sep 2007 -- Members of Congress spent another day examining details of a report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) that says the Iraqi government has failed to achieve most of the 18 political and other benchmarks for progress
• U.S. Report Says Iraqis Haven't Met Most Benchmarks RFE/RL 05 Sep 2007 -- A key U.S. report on Iraq paints a bleak picture of military and political progress there, despite the addition of 30,000 U.S. troops in recent months.

United Nations

• UN seeks to build on reconciliation efforts in Iraq IRNA 05 Sep 2007 -- The top UN official in Iraq is to explore with the Government and a full range of political leaders the activities that the United Nations can undertake to promote national dialogue and reconciliation following recent political developments, the United Nations Information Center said in a press release on Wednesday.
• Old Middle East hand to become top UN envoy in Iraq UN News Centre 05 Sep 2007 -- Staffan de Mistura, a veteran of United Nations operations in the Middle East, is slated to become the next top UN envoy in Iraq.

Reconstruction Issues

• Iraqi Official: Country's Economy Improving, But Unemployment Is High VOA 05 Sep 2007 -- A U.S. program to help revive Iraq's devastated industry is making some progress
• Iraqi PM Meets With Shi'ites to Quell Political Upheaval VOA 05 Sep 2007 -- Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki met with the country's Shi'ite religious leader Wednesday to discuss a political impasse that resulted in half of his cabinet quitting.
• Iraq: Is Al-Sadr Saving Face, Or Biding His Time? RFE/RL 05 Sep 2007 -- The violent clashes in the holy city of Karbala on August 28 between radical Shi'ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's Imam Al-Mahdi Army and Iraqi security forces -- many of whom were members of the Badr Organization, the military wing of the rival Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council (SIIC) -- shocked many Iraqis.
• Iraq Weekly Status Report US Dept. of State 05 Sep 2007 [PDF]

Foreign Reactions

• Bush, Howard Reaffirm Iraq Commitment VOA 05 Sep 2007 -- U.S. President George Bush and Australian Prime Minister John Howard have reaffirmed their commitment to Iraq, at a meeting in Sydney

News Reports

• IRAQ: Violence, poverty, unemployment fuel rising alcoholism IRIN 05 Sep 2007 -- As the violence continues in Iraq, many people have been turning to alcohol to relieve their stress, say observers.