Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

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Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 09 Jun 2008 [PDF]
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• Transcript: DoD News Briefing with Maj. Gen. Stone From the Pentagon 09 Jun 2008 -- Presenter: Former Commanding General, Task Force 134, Multinational Force Iraq, Maj. Gen. Douglas Stone
• June 8 airpower summary: F-15Es deter enemy AFPN 09 Jun 2008
• Transcript: DoD News Briefing with Maj. Gen. Hertling from Iraq 09 Jun 2008 -- Presenter: Commander, Multinational Division North and 1st Armored Division, Maj. Gen. Mark Hertling
• Five Attackers Killed, Seven Detained in Iraq Operations AFPS 09 Jun 2008 -- Coalition forces killed five enemy fighters, destroyed a foreign terrorist hideout, and detained seven terrorism suspects in operations across Iraq today.
• Coalition Efforts in Northern Iraq Reduce Number of Roadside Bombs AFPS 09 Jun 2008 -- U.S. and Iraqi military operations in northern Iraq have cut the number of roadside bombs there nearly in half since February, the commander of Multinational Division North told reporters at a Pentagon briefing today.
• Task Force Assists Iraqis with Municipal Power Navy NewsStand 09 Jun 2008 -- An U.S. Navy officer with Task Force Ramadi, met with the engineers and operators of three separate Ramadi generator plants, May 28, which could provide electricity for a large number of people in the provincial capital city of Ramadi.
• June 7 airpower summary: A-10s hit enemy in Afghanistan AFPN 09 Jun 2008
• Airmen help Iraqi air force become self-sustaining service AFPN 09 Jun 2008 -- High above the desert terrain, they fly in providing security to the people of Iraq.
• Operation Lion's Hunt brings IA closer to autonomy (Tikrit) MNF-I 09 Jun 2008 -- Operation Lion's Hunt, a joint operation that began in Ninewah province June 6 between three Iraqi Army elements was the first unilateral Iraqi-led aerial operation of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
• Task Force Ramadi Tracks Rule of Law Navy NewsStand 09 Jun 2008 -- A U.S. Navy officer with Task Force Ramadi met with Senior Investigative Judge Badir Latief Ali to discuss the highlights of a computerized system that will allow the Iraqi legal system to better track criminal cases and collect information necessary for future policy decisions on June 4.

Deployments

US Policy

• Pentagon Says US Will Not Launch Attacks from Iraq VOA 09 Jun 2008 -- The Pentagon says U.S. forces in Iraq will not be used to launch attacks on any of the country's neighbors
• Negotiations Continue on U.S.-Iraq Strategic Framework AFPS 09 Jun 2008 -- Negotiations continue on the strategic framework agreement between the United States and Iraq that will allow military operations in Iraq to continue after the United Nations mandate runs out Dec. 31, U.S. officials said today.
• Iraq Detention Centers Give Glimpse Into al-Qaida, General Says AFPS 09 Jun 2008 -- Officials who manage detention centers in Iraq are getting a valuable look inside the mind of al-Qaida in Iraq, a senior U.S. military officer said here today.

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

Foreign Reactions

• Iran's Supreme Leader Says US is Iraq's Biggest Problem VOA 09 Jun 2008 -- Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has told Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki that the presence of the U.S. military is Iraq's main problem.

News Reports