Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

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

Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 15 Oct 2007 [PDF]
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• Press Briefing: Reconstruction in Al Anbar and Baghdad, Iraq, Oct. 15, 2007 MNF-I 15 Oct 2007 -- Subject: Reconstruction in Al Anbar and Baghdad, Iraq. Monday, October 15, 2007
• Oct. 14 airpower summary: C-130s help sustain operations AFPN 15 Oct 2007 -- Coalition airpower integrated with coalition ground forces in Iraq and International Security Assistance Force troops in Afghanistan during operations Oct. 14, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here.
• Troops in Iraq Capture Terrorists, Weapons Caches AFPS 15 Oct 2007 -- Coalition forces in Iraq captured 10 al Qaeda-linked terrorists during operations in central and northern Iraq today, while yesterday other troops in Baghdad discovered a huge weapons cache, officials said.
• 1st Air Cav Shifts Tactics, Enables Iraqis to Complete Mission AFPS 15 Oct 2007 -- Changing up flight patterns in response to evolving threats and working together with Iraqi forces are keys to success in the skies over Baghdad, a coalition commander said today.
• US Military Says Iraqi Al-Qaida Group Defeated in One Province VOA 15 Oct 2007 -- A top U.S. military commander in Iraq says American armed forces in al-Anbar province have defeated insurgents from al-Qaida in Iraq
• Military Bases Attacked in Southern Iraq VOA 15 Oct 2007 -- Suspected Shi'ite militiamen fired mortars at two military bases and shot at a Polish helicopter south of Baghdad, prompting clashes in fighting that left as many as five Iraqi civilians, including two children, dead and about 20 wounded
• Marne Torch II sweeps weapons caches MNF-I 15 Oct 2007 -- Multiple caches containing weapons, intelligence materials, propaganda literature and improvised explosive device-making materials were discovered during Coalition Force operations in western Hawr Rajab Oct. 14.

Deployments

US Policy

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• IRAQ: Iraqi Arabs seek refuge in Kurdish north IRIN 15 Oct 2007 -- According to figures compiled by local officials in the three provinces that make up Iraqi Kurdistan, at least 12,500 Iraqi Arab families (about 75,000 individuals) have fled to the region.

Foreign Reactions

• Tensions Mount Over Possible Turkish Incursion Into Iraq RFE/RL 15 Oct 2007 -- This week, the Turkish government is expected to seek parliament's approval for a military operation into northern Iraq targeting Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) fighters blamed for killing more than 20 Turkish soldiers and civilians this month.
• Turkey plans Kurdistan military operations RIA Novosti 15 Oct 2007 -- The Turkish government is set to ask parliament to authorize a series of military operations against Kurdish insurgents in northern Iraq, the Hurriyet daily said on Monday

News Reports

• Shi'ite Leader Visits Sunni Stronghold VOA 15 Oct 2007 -- A senior member of Iraq's largest Shi'ite party met with Sunni tribal sheikhs on Sunday, in a rare visit to the Sunni stronghold of Anbar province.
• IRAQ: Expired reagents blamed for erroneous Rift Valley Fever results IRIN 15 Oct 2007 -- The reagents used for testing for Rift Valley Fever (RVF) in Nassiriyah, a town about 300km south of Baghdad, had expired, local authorities said on 14 October.