Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

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

Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 23 Jun 2008 [PDF]
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• MND-C Soldiers attacked by small arms fire
• Transcript: DoD News Briefing with Lt. Gen. Austin III from Iraq 23 Jun 2008 -- Presenter: Commander, Multinational Corps, Lt. Gen. Lloyd Austin III
• Pentagon Says Violence in Iraq Falls to 4-Year Low VOA 23 Jun 2008 -- The U.S. Defense Department says violence in Iraq has fallen to a four-year low, with some types of attacks down 80 percent from last year.
• Pentagon Reports Improvements in Iraq, But Warns Progress Fragile VOA 23 Jun 2008 -- A quarterly report from the Pentagon says violence in Iraq is down significantly, but warns the progress is fragile, in part because of political infighting, meddling from Iran and the continuing ability of insurgent groups to stage large-scale attacks
• June 22 airpower summary: F-15Es bomb enemy forces AFPN 23 Jun 2008
• Attacks in Iraq Down 80 Percent Since June 2007, General Says AFPS 23 Jun 2008 -- The number of weekly attacks in Iraq has dropped from about 1,200 a week in June 2007 to about 200 a week now, the commander of the tactical unit responsible for command and control of operations in Iraq said today.
• Violence in Iraq Drops to Four-Year Low AFPS 23 Jun 2008 -- Violence in Iraq dropped in May to its lowest level in four years, according to a Defense Department report released to Congress today.

Deployments

US Policy

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• Iraqi PM Announces Crackdown in Diyala Province VOA 23 Jun 2008 -- Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki says his troops will soon launch a counter-insurgency campaign in Diyala province, north of Baghdad.

Foreign Reactions

News Reports

• IRAQ: Pollution causing cattle deaths in marshlands? IRIN 23 Jun 2008 -- Local officials in southern Iraq warned on 23 June that pollution in the marshlands of southern Iraq was responsible for the spread of an unknown disease which had led to the deaths of dozens of cows and buffaloes.