Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

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

Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 14 Oct 2008 [PDF]
• MND-B Soldier dies of wounds from SAF attack
• DoD News: DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD News: DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• Oct. 13 airpower summary: C-5s resupply coalition forces AFPN 14 Oct 2008 -- Coalition airpower integrated with coalition ground forces in Iraq and ISAF in Afghanistan during operations.
• MND-C Soldiers hand over patrol base to IA MNF-I 14 Oct 2008 -- Sheikhs and other community representatives joined Coalition and Iraqi Army leadership as the Iraqi Army assumed control of another patrol base from Coalition forces in Sayifiyah Oct. 9.
• Coalition Forces Kill Two Enemy Fighters, Detain 13 AFPS 14 Oct 2008 -- Coalition forces targeting al-Qaida in Iraq operatives in northern and central Iraq killed 2 enemy fighters and detained 13 terrorism suspects.
• Improved Iraqi Security Forces Will Help Sustain Security, Odierno Says AFPS 14 Oct 2008 -- The United States will help the Iraqi government sustain the country's security gains.
• Iraq Takes Charge of 'Sons of Iraq' Citizen Security Groups AFPS 14 Oct 2008 -- The Iraqi government and Iraqi army officially took over the "Sons of Iraq" citizen security group program on October 12.

Deployments

• Moldova to pull out of Iraq by year end RIA Novosti 14 Oct 2008 -- Moldova will withdraw its military contingent from the post-conflict reconstruction mission in Iraq in the second half of December.

US Policy

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

Foreign Reactions

• Iraqi Kurdish Regional President Meets Turkish Officials VOA 14 Oct 2008 -- The leader of Iraq's Kurdish region met with Turkish officials in Baghdad to discuss the sensitive issue of security along their shared border.
• Turkey, Iraq Meet in Baghdad on Border Security VOA 14 Oct 2008 -- Turkish officials met with Iraqi PM and leader of Iraq's Kurdish region to discuss the sensitive issue of security between the 2 countries.
• US problems no to be solved by accusing Iran: Ambassador IRNA 14 Oct 2008 -- Iran's Ambassador to Iraq Qomi: Washington's problems in Iraq could not be solved by accusing others.
• EGYPT: Long road to resettlement for disabled Iraqi refugees IRIN 14 Oct 2008
• Shi'ite Leader Sees 2011 U.S. Pullout From Iraq, Under Obama Or McCain RFE/RL 14 Oct 2008 -- U.S. presidential hopefuls Barack Obama and John McCain have offered distinctly different visions for the future of U.S. troops in Iraq

News Reports