Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

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

Current Operations

• Coalition, Iraqi Forces Capture Suspect, Seize Weapons AFPS 23 Dec 2008 -- Iraqi and coalition forces in Baghdad yesterday captured a man suspected in a grenade attack against a “Sons of Iraq” civilian security group, military officials said.
• Sather Airmen destroy weapons cache AFNS 23 Dec 2008 -- Sather Air Base Airmen destroyed one of the larger enemy weapons caches to be collected at one time in the Iraq theater of operations.

Deployments

• Arkansas welcomes 3,200 Soldiers home for holidays Army News 23 Dec 2008 -- A large and happy contingent of 39th Infantry Brigade Combat Team families are celebrating the return of more than 3,200 Soldiers from a yearlong deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom

US Policy

United Nations

• UN Security Council Extends Protection Of Iraqi Assets RFE/RL 23 Dec 2008 -- The UN Security Council has unanimously adopted a resolution that will maintain UN protection of Iraq's sovereign assets against legal claims for another year, until the end of 2009
• UN Security Council Extends Protection for Iraqi Assets VOA 23 Dec 2008 -- The United Nations Security Council has voted to extend U.N. protection for Iraq's assets, a measure that shields Iraq from international lawsuits.

Reconstruction Issues

• Iraqi aeromedical evacuation capability continues to develop AFNS 23 Dec 2008 -- Iraqi medical airmen took a step in the evolution of the air force as an effective fighting force Dec. 20 as they conducted an aeromedical evacuation mission from the Air Force Theater Hospital here to the 86th Combat Support Hospital in Baghdad.
• Iraqi Parliament Votes to Extend Presence of Non-US Forces VOA 23 Dec 2008 -- The speaker of Iraq's parliament has resigned, paving the way for lawmakers to authorize British and other non-U.S. foreign troops to remain in the country into 2009.
• Iraqi Parliament Speaker to Step Down VOA 23 Dec 2008 -- Iraq's parliament speaker has offered to resign, removing an obstacle to keeping non-U.S. foreign troops in the country after the end of the year.

Foreign Reactions

News Reports