Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

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

Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 19 Aug 2008 [PDF]
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• MND-C Soldier killed in attack (Amarah)
• Predator passes 400,000 flight hours AFPN 19 Aug 2008 -- The MQ-1 Predator unmanned aircraft system surpassed 400,000 flight hours during a mission in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility Aug. 18.
• Terror Suspect Turns Informant; Coalition Nabs Suspects, Weapons AFPS 19 Aug 2008 -- A suspected member of a "special group" turned informant for coalition forces, and 16 suspected terrorists were detained.

Deployments

US Policy

United Nations

• UN Commemorates Five-Year Anniversary of Headquarter Bombing in Baghdad VOA 19 Aug 2008 -- The U.N. secretary-general marked the fifth anniversary of the bombing of U.N. headquarters in Baghdad Tuesday

Reconstruction Issues

• IRAQ: Threat of ethnic tension, violence in Kirkuk IRIN 19 Aug 2008 -- Ethnic tension and violence could erupt if decisions on the future of the ethnically-mixed city of Kirkuk are imposed without agreement among its residents.

Foreign Reactions

• Iraq, China Discuss $1.2 Billion Oil Deal VOA 19 Aug 2008 -- Iraq's oil minister will be in China later this month to complete a $1.2-billion oil deal.

News Reports