Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

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

Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 25 Oct 2007 [PDF]
• Oct. 24 airpower summary: Supplying the warfighter AFPN 25 Oct 2007
• Three Terrorists Killed, Five Detained in Iraq Operations AFPS 25 Oct 2007 -- Coalition forces killed three terrorists and detained five suspects during a series of operations to disrupt terrorist networks in central Iraq today.
• Coalition Forces Continue to Rebuild Northern Iraq AFPS 25 Oct 2007 -- Coalition forces with Multinational Division North continue to work with the government of Iraq to rebuild infrastructure and improve quality of life for people of northern Iraq.

Deployments

US Policy

• Rice Defends Actions on Iraq Corruption VOA 25 Oct 2007 -- Lawmakers have sharply questioned Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice about allegations that the State Department withheld information of corruption in Iraq, and steps by the government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to deal with it

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• More Soldiers, New Firearms, Better Procedures, Make Iraqi Army Stronger AFPS 25 Oct 2007 -- Vast improvements to Iraq's national army are leading to a force that will eventually stand on its own, a coalition commander said today.

Foreign Reactions

• Turkey determined to crush Kurdish separatists - president, PM RIA Novosti 25 Oct 2007 -- Turkey's prime minister has urged the United States not to exert pressure on Ankara over its cross-border operation against Kurdish insurgents in northern Iraq.
• Erdogan Says Turkey Alone Will Decide on Any Decision for Cross-Border Incursion VOA 25 Oct 2007 -- Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Ankara alone will make any decision on launching a cross-border incursion into northern Iraq to pursue Kurdish rebels.
• Turkish President Determined to Stop Kurdish Rebel Threat VOA 25 Oct 2007 -- Turkish President Abdullah Gul says Ankara is determined to take the steps necessary to end the threat of Kurdish rebels based in northern Iraq.

News Reports

• Iraq: Attacks On Turkish Forces Increase Pressure To Act Against PKK RFE/RL 25 Oct 2007 -- On October 21, a group of Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) fighters entered Turkey from Iraq and killed 12 Turkish soldiers in the Turkish border town of Daglica
• IRAQ: Child prisoners abused and tortured, say activists IRIN 25 Oct 2007 -- Iraqi NGOs have raised concerns about the condition of children in local prisons, saying they are abused and tortured during interrogation.
• IRAQ: Mental problems and stress disorders increase IRIN 25 Oct 2007