Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

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

Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 29 Oct 2007 [PDF]
• Oct. 28 airpower summary: C-130s replenish ground forces AFPN 29 Oct 2007
• Coalition Troops Detain 11 Suspects in Iraq Operations AFPS 29 Oct 2007 -- Coalition forces detained 11 suspects today during operations to disrupt al Qaeda networks in central Iraq.
• Job No. 1 in Northern Iraq: Keep al Qaeda on Ropes AFPS 29 Oct 2007 -- Keeping al Qaeda "on the ropes" is job No. 1 for the 1st Armored Division and Multinational Division North, the organization's commander said today.
• Suicide Bomber Kills 27 at Iraqi Police Base VOA 29 Oct 2007 -- Iraqi officials say a suicide bomber on a bicycle has killed at least 27 people at a police base in Baquba, north of Baghdad.

Deployments

US Policy

• Officials Discuss Iraq-Iran Border Issues AFPS 29 Oct 2007 -- Coalition commanders and Iraqi Department of Border Enforcement leaders earlier this month held a conference at Wasit Border Headquarters, one kilometer from the Iraqi-Iranian border, to discuss issues involving the Zurbatiya port of entry to Iran.

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• US to Transfer Control of Karbala to Iraqi Authorities VOA 29 Oct 2007 -- Iraqi authorities are assuming control of the mostly Shi'ite province of Karbala Monday.
• Iraqi government takes control of Karbala IRNA 29 Oct 2007 -- The Iraqi government on Monday took control of Karbala province in a ceremony where Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said his government will take over security of Basra in December.

Foreign Reactions

• Turkey suspends anti-terrorism cooperation with Iraq RIA Novosti 29 Oct 2007 -- Turkey has suspended ratification of a bilateral anti-terrorism cooperation agreement with Iraq following the recent crisis over the presence of Kurdish militants on Iraqi territory, a Turkish newspaper reported Monday.
• Turkish Forces Surround 100 Kurdish Rebels Near Iraqi Border VOA 29 Oct 2007 -- Turkish state media say government troops have surrounded about 100 Kurdish rebels in a mountainous region near the border with Iraq.
• Iranian, Syrian FMs discuss Iraq-Turkey border tension IRNA 29 Oct 2007 -- Foreign Minister of Iran Manouchehr Mottaki discussed major regional developments particularly Iraq-Turkey border tensions in a meeting here Monday with his Syrian counterpart Walid al-Mouallem.

News Reports