Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

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

Current Operations

• Soldier dies in non-combat related incident (Tikrit)
• MND-B Soldiers attacked (Baghdad)
• Oct. 13 airpower summary: What air force is averaging 180 OIF sorties per week? AFPN 14 Oct 2007 -- The Combined Air and Space Operations Center's airpower summary provides a daily account of the integration and synchronization of airpower. But sometimes, the impact or significance of airpower isn't clearly seen in this numerical rollup.
• Violence reduced in Baghdad MNF-I 14 Oct 2007 -- A reduction in violence in neighborhoods on Baghdad's northwest side and an improved security situation are allowing reconstruction efforts and economic gains to flourish, according to the commander of the brigade that has patrolled the area for nearly a year.
• Operations in Iraq Breaking Extremists' Hold AFPS 14 Oct 2007 -- Coalition forces have positively identified a terrorist killed in a recent operation as al Qaeda in Iraq leader Abu Duha, coalition officials announced today.

Deployments

US Policy

• Bush Administration Urges Turkish Restraint on Kurdish Rebels VOA 14 Oct 2007 -- Bush administration officials are urging Turkey not to take military action against Kurdish rebels in neighboring Iraq
• U.S. Officials Urge Restraint From Turkey RFE/RL 14 Oct 2007 -- U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has acknowledged that Washingon is currently in "a difficult time" in its relations with Turkey.
• Bush Administration Urges Turkish Restraint on Kurdish Rebels VOA 14 Oct 2007 -- Bush administration officials are urging Turkey not to take military action against Kurdish rebels in neighboring Iraq

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• Study Finds Iraqi National Police Ineffective in Combating Terrorism VOA 14 Oct 2007 -- Iraq's National Police are supposed to play a key role in the country's counterinsurgency, but U.S. experts say they are so corrupt and riddled with sectarianism they should be "disbanded and reorganized."
• IRAQ: Some families returning to Diyalah Province but lack supplies IRIN 14 Oct 2007 -- Some families have started returning to Diyalah Province in eastern-central Iraq after US troops ended operations against al-Qaeda fighters there on 8 October.

Foreign Reactions

• Turkish Troops Fire Artillery Into Northern Iraq VOA 14 Oct 2007 -- Witnesses say the Turkish military has fired several shells into a northern Iraqi village, but no casualities were reported.

News Reports

• Blackwater Chairman Defends His Guards Against Allegations of Unprovoked Attack on Iraqis VOA 14 Oct 2007 -- The chairman of the American security company Blackwater USA is defending his company's guards, who are under investigation over a September shooting incident in which 17 Iraqis were killed.