Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

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

Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 10 Oct 2007 [PDF]
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• MND-B Soldier dies from non-combat related cause
• MND-C Soldier dies of non-combat-related injuries
• Press Briefing: Maj. Gen. Kevin Bergner and Brig. Gen. Michael Walsh, Oct. 3, 2007 MNF-I 10 Oct 2007 -- Maj. Gen. Kevin Bergner, Multi-National Force - Iraq spokesman, and Maj. Gen. Douglas Stone, deputy commander general, detainee operations, Multi-National Force - Iraq, provide an operational update from Iraq, Oct. 10, 2007
• Oct. 9 airpower summary: A-10s bring firepower to the fight AFPN 10 Oct 2007 -- Coalition airpower integrated with coalition ground forces in Iraq and International Security Assistance Force troops in Afghanistan during operations Oct. 9, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here.
• Coalition Operations in Iraq Kill 14 Terrorists, Net 12 AFPS 10 Oct 2007 -- Coalition troops in Iraq killed 14 terrorists and captured 12 others during a series of operations in the central part of the country today and yesterday.
• Iraq Detention Operations Focus on Education, Rehabilitation AFPS 10 Oct 2007 -- Programs in U.S. detention facilities in Iraq are focused on improving the education and vocational skills of detainees and preparing those who are no longer a threat for release to their families, a U.S. general in charge of detainee operations in Iraq said today.

Deployments

• VAQ 132 Returns to Whidbey Island Navy NewsStand 10 Oct 2007 -- Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron (VAQ) 132, the "Scorpions", were welcomed home to Naval Air Station (NAS) Whidbey Island, Oct. 6, after a deployment to Al Asad Air Base in Iraq.

US Policy

• White House Wants Turkey to Stay Out of Northern Iraq VOA 10 Oct 2007 -- Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan says his government will submit to parliament plans for a possible military operation against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

Foreign Reactions

• Iraq: Turkey Warned Against Incursion Into North RFE/RL 10 Oct 2007 -- Just one week after concluding a security agreement with the Iraqi government to combat terrorism, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on October 9 that he would call on parliament to grant permission for a military incursion into Iraq to pursue Turkish-Kurdish rebels from the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) holed up in Iraq.
• Russia urges Turkey to show restraint over Iraq's Kurds RIA Novosti 10 Oct 2007 -- Moscow has called on Ankara to exercise restraint and desist from the use of force against Kurdish militants based in Iraq, a Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Wednesday.

News Reports

• Iraqis React Angrily to Another Shooting by Foreign Security Firm VOA 10 Oct 2007 -- Iraqis are reacting angrily to the shooting on Tuesday of two women in Baghdad by foreign security contractors, the second such shooting in the past month
• Iraqi Sources Say Kurdish Party Official Killed in Mosul Attack VOA 10 Oct 2007 -- Iraqi officials say a minibus carrying a bomb targeted the offices of a key Kurdish political party near the northern city of Mosul, killing a party official.