Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

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

Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 2 Oct 2008 [PDF]
• Coalition Forces Detain Suspects in Mosul, Baghdad AFPS 2 Oct 2008 -- Coalition forces in Iraq captured 7 terrorism suspects, including 2 wanted men, in operations.
• Attacks Kill 26 During Iraq's Eid al-Fitr Celebrations VOA 2 Oct 2008 -- Iraqi security officials say three separate attacks in central Iraq have killed 26 people.
• Charleston officials begin transporting new Army vehicles AFPN 2 Oct 2008 -- Charleston AFB officials began receiving and shipping 6 new Army High Mobility Engineer Excavator vehicles to warfighters in Southwest Asia.

Deployments

• 2/9 deploys in support of OIF MCN 2 Oct 2008 -- 2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, deployed to Al Anbar province in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom Sept. 23, 2008.

US Policy

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• Iraqi election law must provide for rights of minorities, says UN envoy UN News 2 Oct 2008 -- UN Envoy: Country's legislature to reinstate a provision regarding the rights of minority communities into election law.

Foreign Reactions

News Reports

• Iraqi Women Join Fight Against Suicide Bombers RFE/RL 02 Oct 2008 -- Women in Iraq are breaking traditional societal norms to help authorities counter Al-Qaeda's use of females in suicide-bomb attacks against local security forces and government sites