Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

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

Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 15 Jan 2008 [PDF]
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• Operation Phantom Phoenix: Tip leads MND-North Soldiers to extremist car bomb factory and large cache MNF-I 15 Jan 2008 -- North Soldiers discovered a car bomb factory, terrorist command cell and large cache in the western desert of Salah ad Din province Jan. 8 as a result of tips from local citizens during Operation Phantom Phoenix, a countrywide effort to kill or capture al-Qaeda and other extremists.
• Coalition Forces Capture 17 in Operations Across Iraq AFPS 15 Jan 2008 -- Coalition forces detained 17 suspects during operations yesterday and today targeting al Qaeda networks across Iraq, and military officials have released details of other recent operations.
• Jan. 14 airpower summary: A-10 shows force AFPN 15 Jan 2008
• Army Engineers Improve Iraqi City's Public Works AFPS 15 Jan 2008 -- Army engineers are conducting a public works upgrade here, repairing streets and completing unfinished sewer work.

Deployments

US Policy

• PRESS CONFERENCE: Secretary of State, Jan. 15, 2008 MNF-I 15 Jan 2008 -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Iraq Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari
• Rice Says Iraq Has Entered 'Time of Hope' AFPS 15 Jan 2008 -- Iraq is entering a "time of hope," as its citizens' continue to step forward, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice during a previously unannounced trip to Baghdad today.
• Iraqis Continue to Move Forward, General Says AFPS 15 Jan 2008 -- With more than 31,000 citizens now providing security assistance to coalition forces in southern belts of Baghdad and the southern provinces of Iraq, the Iraqi people continue to move forward, a U.S. commander said yesterday.
• Rice Visits Iraq To Push Reconciliation Efforts RFE/RL 15 Jan 2008 -- U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who is accompanying President George W. Bush on his tour of the Middle East, has arrived in Baghdad for previously unannounced talks with Iraqi officials.
• Iraq: Will Passage Of New Law Appease Sunnis? RFE/RL 15 Jan 2008 -- In what is being trumpeted as a major political accomplishment for the Iraqi government, the Council of Representatives on January 12 unanimously passed the Accountability and Justice Law, which revises the de-Ba'athification order passed under the Coalition Provisional Authority in 2003.
• Rice Meets Iraqi Leaders in Baghdad to Encourage Reconciliation VOA 15 Jan 2008 -- U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has made a surprise visit to Baghdad where she praised recent steps toward national reconciliation
• Rice Goes to Baghdad; Bush Warns on Oil VOA 15 Jan 2008 -- U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is making an unannounced visit to Baghdad

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• Iraqi Air Force 'Coming on Strong,' U.S. Commander Says AFPS 15 Jan 2008 -- Iraq's new air force passed its infancy in 2007 and will continue to build and grow over the next few years, a U.S. unit commander in Iraq said yesterday.

Foreign Reactions

News Reports