Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

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

Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 02 Dec 2008 [PDF]
• Dec. 1 airpower summary: Hercs airdrop supplies AFNS 02 Dec 2008 -- Coalition airpower integrated with coalition ground forces in Iraq and International Security Assistance Force troops in Afghanistan during operations Dec. 1, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here.
• Coalition, Iraqis Capture 13 in Terrorist Network Busts AFPS 02 Dec 2008 -- Coalition and Iraqi forces have captured 13 people in three days of operations targeting terrorist networks in Iraq, military officials reported.
• Canal Refurbishment Highlights $50 Million Iraqi Project AFPS 02 Dec 2008 -- Iraqi civilian and military dignitaries broke ground on the Army Canal Rehabilitation Project in Baghdad’s Sadr City district yesterday.

Deployments

• Task Force Arrowhead assumes mission from Bowie Team MNF-I 02 Dec 2008 -- A transfer of authority ceremony marked the end of mission for the 39th Infantry Brigade Combat Team and the beginning for the 56th Brigade Dec. 1
• Guard’s Only Stryker Brigade Prepares for Iraq Deployment AFPS 02 Dec 2008 -- About 4,000 soldiers representing the National Guard’s only Stryker brigade will deploy to Iraq in early 2009.

US Policy

United Nations

• Human rights abuses continue in Iraq, despite security improvement, UN reports UN News Centre 02 Dec 2008 -- Grave rights abuses persisted in Iraq during the first half of this year, including targeted killings of professionals, assaults on minorities, alleged widespread torture of detainees and attacks against women, despite great improvements in general security, according to a new United Nations report released today.
• UN: Human Rights Abuses in Iraq Still Widespread VOA 02 Dec 2008 -- The United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq has released its 13th human-rights report, which covers the first six months of 2008 and shows a marked drop in violent attacks by militias or criminal gangs in the country.

Reconstruction Issues

• Iraq's 'Chemical Ali' Gets Second Death Sentence RFE/RL 02 Dec 2008 -- An Iraqi court has sentenced Saddam Hussein's cousin "Chemical Ali" to death for the killing of thousands of Shi'ites in a ruthless crackdown on their uprising after the 1991 Gulf War
• Iraqi Court Sentences Saddam Cousin 'Chemical Ali' to Death VOA 02 Dec 2008 -- Saddam Hussein's cousin, Ali Hassan al-Majid, known in the West as "Chemical Ali," for his role in gassing thousands of Kurds in the late 1980s, has been condemned to death by an Iraqi court for a second time.
• Internal training key to Iraqi air force independence AFNS 02 Dec 2008 -- As the Iraqi parliament works out the details of the new status of forces agreement that calls for American forces to withdraw from the country in 2011, Iraqi air force emergency responders from New al Muthana Air Base took the lead for the first time in a mass casualty response exercise Nov. 21 as they learn how to operate independent of their American counterparts

Foreign Reactions

• Mottaki: Iran has entailed heavy costs to maintain Iraq's security IRNA 02 Dec 2008 -- Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Tuesday that the Islamic Republic of Iran has entailed heavy costs over the past six years in helping maintain security and promoting development in the war-torn country

News Reports