Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

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

Current Operations

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• Coalition Kills 11 in Shootout With Terrorists AFPS 31 Dec 2008 -- Coalition forces killed 11 terrorists after coming under fire yesterday during an operation in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province, military officials reported.
• Iraqi Civilians Lead Coalition to Dismantle Bombs, Seize Weapons AFPS 31 Dec 2008 -- The “Sons of Iraq” civilian security group led coalition troops to their biggest operations in recent days – disarming a bomb at a security checkpoint and finding one of their largest weapons caches to date, military officials reported.

Deployments

US Policy

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• Iraq Announces 2nd Oil Licensing Round VOA 31 Dec 2008 -- Iraq is opening up some of its most prized oil and gas fields to international developers in its second round of licensing since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003.

Foreign Reactions

News Reports

• Iraq to close MKO camp in Iraq IRNA 31 Dec 2008 -- Iraq has decided to shut down the terrorist Mojahedin Khalq Organization (MKO) Ashraf Camp as soon as possible, expel the MKO members from Iraq and close their file forever, said a senior Iraqi official