Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

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

Current Operations

• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• Dec. 17 airpower summary: Predators strike enemy forces AFPN 18 Dec 2007
• Troops Kill 5, Nab 30, Destroy Terrorist Tunnels in Iraq AFPS 18 Dec 2007 -- Iraqi and coalition forces killed five suspected terrorists, detained 30 others and destroyed insurgent tunnels and weapons in Iraq over the past three days, military officials said.
• Concerned Citizens Turn Over Large Cache in Iraq AFPS 18 Dec 2007 -- Concerned local citizens near Bawi, Iraq, handed over a large weapons cache to soldiers from Company A, 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, Dec. 16.

Deployments

• Polish Cabinet asks president for Iraq pullout by October 31 RIA Novosti 18 Dec 2007 -- Poland's government asked the president on Tuesday to approve a withdrawal of the country's troops from Iraq by October 31, 2008.

US Policy

• PRESS CONFERENCE: Secretary of State, Dec. 18, 2007 MNF-I 18 Dec 2007 -- Dr. Condoleezza Rice, U.S. Secretary of State / Mr. Hoshyar Zebari, Iraq Minister of Foreign Affairs
• Rice Visits Baghdad, Kirkuk, to Boost Iraq Reconciliation Efforts VOA 18 Dec 2007 -- U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, to press Iraqi leaders to speed up national reconciliation.

United Nations

• Security Council renews mandate of multinational force in Iraq for another year UN News Centre 18 Dec 2007 -- The Security Council today extended the mandate of the United States-led multinational force (MNF) in Iraq by another year, until the end of 2008, after a formal request from the Government of the Middle East country.

Reconstruction Issues

Foreign Reactions

• Iraqi Officials Say 300 Turkish Troops Have Entered Northern Iraq VOA 18 Dec 2007 -- Iraqi and Kurdish officials say 300 Turkish troops crossed into northern Iraq Tuesday.
• Turkish troops carry out raid against rebels in north Iraq RIA Novosti 18 Dec 2007 -- A unit of Turkish special forces numbering about 300 carried out a brief incursion early on Tuesday against Kurdish rebels, about three kilometers into Iraqi territory.

News Reports