Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

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

Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 16 Oct 2008 [PDF]
• MNC-I Soldier dies of non-battle related causes
• CF Soldier killed in IDF attack (Diyala)
• DoD Press Briefing with Geoff Morrell from the Pentagon Briefing Room, Pentagon, VA US Dept. of Defense 16 Oct 2008 -- Presenter: Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell
• Coalition Forces Detain Six Suspects in Iraq AFPS 16 Oct 2008 -- Coalition forces continued to drive al-Qaida in Iraq out of the country, targeting terrorists during operations in Mosul and Baghdad.

Deployments

• EODMU-1 Deploys in Support of Joint, Combined Operations Navy Newstand 16 Oct 2008 -- Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 1 deployed to Middle East to provide control of efforts to counter IEDs.

US Policy

• Gates Works with Congress on Iraq Status of Forces Agreement AFPS 16 Oct 2008 -- SecDef Gates is consulting with congressional leaders on the US-Iraq status of forces agreement.

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• Iraq Government Set to Pay More Reconstruction Costs AFPS 16 Oct 2008 -- Increased oil price fueling Iraq's ability to pay more for its reconstruction costs.

Foreign Reactions

• 10 Killed in Turkey - Kurd Clashes VOA 16 Oct 2008 -- Turkey's military says 5 Turkish soldiers and 5 Kurdish rebels have been killed in clashes near the country's southeastern borders with Iraq and Iran.

News Reports