Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

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

Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 25 Sep 2007 [PDF]
• Task Force Lightning Soldiers attacked
• Transcript: DoD News Briefing with Maj. Gen. Richard Sherlock from the Pentagon, Arlington, Va. 25 Sep 2007 -- Presenter: Director, Operational Planning, Joint Chiefs of Staff Maj. Gen. Richard Sherlock
• Coalition Troops Kill Five, Detain 29 in Iraq Raids AFPS 25 Sep 2007 -- Coalition forces killed five terrorists and detained 29 suspects during a series of anti-insurgent operations conducted across Iraq today, officials reported.
• Sept. 24 airpower summary: Globemasters provide heavy airlift AFPN 25 Sep 2007 -- Coalition airpower supported coalition ground forces in Iraq and International Security Assistance Force troops in Afghanistan during operations Sept. 24, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here.

Deployments

US Policy

• Pentagon Won't Comment on Reports of Iraq Sniper Baiting Program VOA 25 Sep 2007 -- The Pentagon is refusing to comment directly on news reports in the United States about a classified program encouraging some military snipers in Iraq to use fake weapons and bomb-making materials as bait, and then killing anyone who picks up the items
• Press Briefing by National Security Advisor Steve Hadley on the President's Bilateral with Prime Minister Maliki of Iraq The White House 25 Sep 2007
• Bush, Maliki Discuss Iraqi Issues Before General Assembly Meeting AFPS 25 Sep 2007 -- President Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki discussed key Iraqi concerns today in New York City before a host of international leaders gathered there for the United Nations General Assembly.

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• IRAQ: Polluted Shat al-Arab threatens life, could spread diseases IRIN 25 Sep 2007 -- High rates of contamination in Iraq's Shat al-Arab river, formed by the confluence of the Euphrates and the Tigris in the southern province of Basra, threaten life and could spread disease, a specialist told IRIN on 24 September.
• Iraq Drafts Law to Control Private Security Firms VOA 25 Sep 2007 -- Iraq's government says it is preparing a new law to control the operations of private security companies, after a deadly shooting incident involving the security firm Blackwater USA.

Foreign Reactions

News Reports

• Analysis: Iraq's Other Army cfr.org 25 Sep 2007 -- A shooting incident in a busy Baghdad square has galvanized efforts to bring accountability to private security firms operating in Iraq and raises new questions (Economist) about Iraq's ability to run its own affairs