Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

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

Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 19 Nov 2007 [PDF]
• DoD Identifies Air Force Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• Transcript: DoD News Briefing with Maj. Gen. Hertling from Iraq 19 Nov 2007 -- Presenter: Commander, Multinational Division North and 1st Armored Division, Maj. Gen. Mark Hertling
• Nov. 18 airpower summary: F-15Es support operations AFPN 19 Nov 2007
• Air Force sharpshooters help commanders see the future AFPN 19 Nov 2007 -- When servicemembers go outside the wire here, they occasionally have an extra set of eyes watching over them.
• Operation Marne Courageous Targets Al Qaeda in Anbar Province AFPS 19 Nov 2007 -- Coalition forces, Iraqi army soldiers and concerned local citizens near the border of Anbar province are working together to drive out al Qaeda in Iraq operatives during Operation Marne Courageous, according to Multinational Division Center public affairs officials.
• Coalition, Iraqi Troops Have 'Momentum,' Official Says AFPS 19 Nov 2007 -- Terrorist-committed violence in Iraq has plummeted since the start of the surge of forces, a senior U.S. officer reported yesterday from Baghdad.
• Iraqi Forces, Local Citizens Help to Reduce Violence in Northern Iraq AFPS 19 Nov 2007 -- A robust partnership between coalition troops and Iraqi security forces and support from the Iraqi people is showing success in bringing down violence in Iraq's Multinational Division North sector, the troop commander there said today.
• Forces Detain 27 Suspects While Targeting al Qaeda Networks in Iraq AFPS 19 Nov 2007 -- Coalition forces detained 27 suspects yesterday during operations targeting al Qaeda networks in central and northern Iraq.
• Air Force Sharpshooters Watch Over Troops in Iraq AFPS 19 Nov 2007 -- When servicemembers here have to go "outside the wire," they sometimes have an extra set of eyes watching over them.

Deployments

US Policy

• Supplemental Bill Needed to Fund Anti-IED Effort, Director Says AFPS 19 Nov 2007 -- If Congress does not come through with a supplemental bill President Bush will sign, money for defeating the largest killers of American personnel in the war on terror will run out Dec. 1, a senior official said here today.

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

Foreign Reactions

• SYRIA: Aid agencies begin food deliveries to over 50,000 Iraqi refugees IRIN 19 Nov 2007 -- Aid agencies in Syria have joined forces to provide free food to over 50,000 Iraqi refugees throughout Syria.
• Turkish Soldiers Continue to Deploy at Iraqi Border VOA 19 Nov 2007 -- Turkey is still massing tens of thousands soldiers on the Iraqi border, a response to a series of attacks by Kurdish militants that have claimed the lives of more than 50 soldiers and civilians

News Reports

• IRAQ: Two die of cholera in Baghdad orphanage IRIN 19 Nov 2007 -- Two Iraqi orphans died of cholera last week in Baghdad, bringing the deaths from this disease nationwide to 23 since it first appeared in August, the Health Ministry said on 18 November.