Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

Operations
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US Policy
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Reconstruction Issues
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Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 19 Oct 2009 [PDF]
• MND-N Soldier killed in vehicle accident Multi-National Division
• Oct.18 airpower summary: F-15s destroy enemy position AFNS 19 Oct 2009 -- Coalition airpower integrated with ground forces in Iraq and ISAF in Afghanistan during operations.
• U-2 exceeds 25,000th hour of flight AFNS 19 Oct 2009 -- U-2 aircraft No. 068-0337 was accepted by Air Force officials in 1968, and exceeded the 25,000th hour of flight Oct. 18, 2009, in a mission out of Southwest Asia.
• Forces in Iraq Arrest Terrorism Suspects AFPS 19 Oct 2009 -- Iraqi forces, with U.S. advisors, arrested suspected terrorist cell leaders, detained other suspected terrorists and seized weapons in Iraq.
• In a Symbolic move, 34 PKK Rebels Surrender in Turkey VOA 19 Oct 2009 -- Surrender heralded in Turkey as a major breakthrough in the 26-year conflict between the Turkish state and Kurdish rebel group the PKK.

Deployments

• Army Cancels Brigade's Iraq Deployment AFPS 19 Oct 2009 -- An Army brigade slated to deploy to Iraq in January was relieved of its deployment orders this weekend without current plans for a new mission.

US Policy

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• Building progress north of Baghdad Army News 19 Oct 2009 -- The shift of U.S. forces out of Iraqi cities has created a new set of tasks for troops in the Iraqi countryside.

Foreign Reactions

News Reports