Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

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

Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 28 Sep 2007 [PDF]
• Transcript: DoD News Briefing with Brig. Gen. Anderson from Iraq 28 Sep 2007 -- Presenter: Chief of Staff, Multinational Corps - Iraq, Brig. Gen. Joseph Anderson
• Sept. 27 airpower summary: F-16s project power AFPN 28 Sep 2007 -- Coalition airpower supported coalition ground forces in Iraq and International Security Assistance Force troops in Afghanistan during operations Sept. 27, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here.
• F-16 airstrike kills 3 terrorist leaders AFPN 28 Sep 2007 -- An Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon dropped precision munitions near Al Nussayyib, Iraq, Sept. 25 killing Abu Nasr al-Tunisi and two other al-Qaida Iraq operatives, according to Air Force officials.
• US Military in Iraq Reports Success Against Terrorists VOA 28 Sep 2007 -- A U.S. military commander in Iraq says coalition forces have crippled the core leadership group of al-Qaida in Iraq in a series of raids over the past few months.
• Iraqi Troops, Police Pressure al Qaeda in Northern Iraq AFPS 28 Sep 2007 -- Iraqi soldiers and police have al Qaeda terrorists on the run in the northern city of Mosul and its outlying areas, an Iraqi general posted in the region said today.
• Coalition Kills al Qaeda Leader Who Coordinated Foreign Terrorists in Iraq AFPS 28 Sep 2007 -- A top al Qaeda leader who coordinated efforts of foreign terrorists in Iraq was killed this week, a senior official in the region announced today.
• Coalition Troops Nab 7 Suspects, Seize Weapons in Iraq AFPS 28 Sep 2007 -- Coalition troops captured seven suspected terrorists and found two weapons caches today during operations targeting al Qaeda in Iraq, officials reported.
• USS Carr Helps Vessel in Distress in Central Persian Gulf Navy NewsStand 28 Sep 2007 -- The guided-missile frigate USS Carr (FFG 52), while conducting Maritime Security Operations (MSO) in the Central Persian Gulf, provided assistance to a United Arab Emirates-flagged fishing dhow in distress Sept. 26.
• U.S. Building Military Base Near Iraqi-Iranian Border RFE/RL 28 Sep 2007 -- The U.S. military is launching an intensified effort to stop what it says is Iranian support for insurgents in Iraq.
• Iraqi Police, Witnesses: 10 Civilians Killed in US Raid in Baghdad VOA 28 Sep 2007 -- Iraqi police and witnesses say U.S. forces have killed 10 civilians and wounded several others during a raid on a building in a mostly Sunni neighborhood in southern Baghdad.

Deployments

• San Antonio Marines and Sailors Get Warm Welcome Home From Iraq Navy NewsStand 28 Sep 2007 -- Loud cheers and warm hugs greeted the 75 Marines and Sailors as they stepped off buses at the Navy Operational Support Center San Antonio, arriving home from a seven-month deployment to Iraq.

US Policy

United Nations

• Suspicious material found in UN office not harmful, US authorities conclude UN News Centre 28 Sep 2007 -- United States authorities have determined that the potentially hazardous substances removed from the New York office of the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC) last month pose no threat.

Reconstruction Issues

Foreign Reactions

• Iraq, Turkey Sign Agreement to Combat Kurdish Rebels VOA 28 Sep 2007 -- Turkey and Iraq have signed an anti-terrorism agreement aimed at cracking down on Kurdish rebels who have been launching attacks inside Turkey from bases in northern Iraq.

News Reports