Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

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

Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 11 Oct 2007 [PDF]
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• MNC-I Soldier killed
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• Terrorists and Civilians Killed in Coalition Raid in Iraq VOA 11 Oct 2007 -- The U.S. military in Iraq says 15 civilians and 19 insurgents were killed Thursday in a coalition raid on a building where al-Qaida terrorists were gathered northwest of Baghdad.
• Arleigh Burke Aids Iranian Dhow in Central Persian Gulf Navy NewsStand 11 Oct 2007 -- A helicopter attached to the Enterprise Carrier Strike Group and USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51) assisted an Iranian-flagged dhow in the Central Persian Gulf Oct. 9.
• Troops Kill 13 Insurgents; Car Bombs Kill, Injure Iraqis AFPS 11 Oct 2007 -- Coalition forces killed 13 insurgents during an air strike near the Iraqi capital yesterday. Meanwhile, two car-bomb attacks in northern Iraq killed six and wounded 38, military officials said.
• Maritime Security Operations Key to Regional Stability, Security Navy NewsStand 11 Oct 2007 -- The combination of persistent, credible naval and air power and consistent Maritime Security Operations contribute to regional security and stability, an important theme for Vice Adm. Kevin J. Cosgriff, commander of 5th Fleet and commander, Combined Maritime Forces.
• Raven B has landed in Southwest Asia AFPN 11 Oct 2007 -- A small unmanned aerial vehicle is now being used to increase the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing's force protection capabilities.
• Stryker Cavalry Ridding Baghdad of Bombs, 'Bad Guys' AFPS 11 Oct 2007 -- U.S. soldiers are sweeping through a Baghdad neighborhood to clear out explosives and extremists, a coalition commander said today.

Deployments

US Policy

• U.S., U.K. Defense Counterparts Discuss Iraq, Afghanistan AFPS 11 Oct 2007 -- The United Kingdom is a close ally of the United States that has made major contributions to operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said here today.

United Nations

• UN Urges Washington to Hold Security Firms Criminally Liable VOA 11 Oct 2007 -- The United Nations is urging the United States to ensure that American private contractors who commit offenses in Iraq are prosecuted.

Reconstruction Issues

• New Iraqi air force continues to grow AFPN 11 Oct 2007 -- The Coalition Air Force Transition Team, 370th Expeditionary Training Squadron, is continuing its efforts to populate the new Iraqi air force.
• Coalition General Notes Progress in Building Iraqi Air Force AFPS 11 Oct 2007 -- Building an Iraqi air force will take years, but the service already is contributing to the counterinsurgency effort in the country, the chief of the Coalition Air Force Transition Team said today.

Foreign Reactions

• Turkish army drafts cross-border operation scenarios for IraqRIA Novosti 11 Oct 2007 -- Turkey's army has prepared several scenarios of a trans-border operation in north Iraq to counter Kurdish insurgents, which the government will pass to parliament on Thursday, a local newspaper said.

News Reports

• IRAQ: Rift Valley Fever diagnosed in south, say local authorities IRIN 11 Oct 2007 -- Local authorities in Nassiriyah, a town about 300km south of Baghdad, have asked livestock farmers to take all necessary precautions after laboratory tests showed that some livestock had developed Rift Valley Fever (RVF).
• Iraq: Official Recalls Kirkuk's Past, Present RFE/RL 11 Oct 2007 -- The oil-rich region of Kirkuk is currently undergoing a process of "normalization" in which Arabs settled in the area from central and southern Iraq during Saddam Hussein's Arabization campaign of the 1980s are being relocated to their original towns, and Kurds displaced under the campaign are being resettled there.
• Car Bomb Kills Seven in Northern Iraq VOA 11 Oct 2007 -- Iraqi officials say a car bomb has killed at least seven people in the northern city of Kirkuk.