Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

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

Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 10 Dec 2007 [PDF]
• Task Force Iron Soldiers attacked (Salah ad Din Province)
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• Transcript: DoD News Briefing with Maj. Gen. Gaskin from Iraq 10 Dec 2007 -- Presenter: Commanding General, U.S. Marine Corps, Multinational Force West, II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward), Maj. Gen. Walter Gaskin
• Dec. 9 airpower summary: F-16s destroy weapons cache AFPN 10 Dec 2007
• Forces Capture Numerous Terrorist Suspects in Iraq AFPS 10 Dec 2007 -- Coalition forces captured several wanted individuals and dozens of additional suspects during operations over the past several days targeting al Qaeda networks throughout Iraq.
• Task Force XII hands control to Task Force 49, begins new mission MNF-I 10 Dec 2007 -- Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Task Force XII officially transferred command of Multi-National Corps - Iraq's key aviation asset to Task Force 49 during a Transfer of Authority ceremony at Logistics Support Area Anaconda Dec. 3.

Deployments

US Policy

• Positive Trends in Anbar Permanent, Coalition Commander Says AFPS 10 Dec 2007 -- Positive trends in Iraq's Anbar province are permanent, the commander of coalition forces in western Iraq said today.
• Reduced Violence in Iraq Enables More Emphasis on Long-Term Stability AFPS 10 Dec 2007 -- Violence in Iraq has been stabilized enough to allow governmental, economic and social advances to move forward, a Multinational Corps Iraq official said.

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

Foreign Reactions

• US, Iranian Officials to Discuss Iraq Security Issues VOA 10 Dec 2007 -- The State Department says U.S. and Iranian officials will meet next week in Baghdad to discuss Iraq security issues
• British PM Says Basra to Soon Come Under Iraqi Control AFPS 10 Dec 2007 -- Basra, the second-largest city in Iraq, will be turned over to Iraqi provincial control in the next two weeks, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced yesterday during a visit to Iraq.

News Reports

• Mortar Attack Kills 7 Inmates at Baghdad Prison VOA 10 Dec 2007 -- Iraqi officials say mortar shells have struck a government-run prison in Baghdad, killing seven prisoners.