Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

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

Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 27 Oct 2009 [PDF]
• Oct. 26 airpower summary AFNS 27 Oct 2009 -- Coalition airpower integrated with ground forces in Iraq and the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan during operations Oct. 26, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here.
• Transcript: DoD News Briefing with Maj. Gen. Nash and Maj. Gen. Aziz From Iraq DoD 27 Oct 2009 -- Presenter: Commander, Multinational Division-South Maj. Gen. Richard Nash and Commander, Iraqi Army 14th Division Maj. Gen. Abdul Aziz
• Iraqi Forces Detain 7 Terrorism Suspects AFPS 27 Oct 2009 -- Iraqi forces, aided by U.S. advisors, arrested seven suspected terrorists today while searching for terrorist network leaders, military officials reported.
• Airmen patrol outside to protect inside AFNS 27 Oct 2009 -- For some Airmen, its keep your friends close and your enemies as far away from your base as possible.

Deployments

US Policy

United Nations

• UN launches phone-based food voucher scheme for Iraqi refugees in Syria UN News Centre 27 Oct 2009 -- Food vouchers can now be sent to Iraqi refugee families living in Syria via text message, thanks to a new pilot project by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP).

Reconstruction Issues

• Iraq's Election Law Goes To Parliament For Approval RFE/RL 27 Oct 2009 -- Iraq's political leaders have sent what they say is a compromise version of the country's controversial election law to parliament.
• Iraqi army conducts combat skills exercise USMC News 27 Oct 2009 -- Members of the 27th Iraqi Army Brigade, 7th Iraqi Army Division, held a demonstration of their combat skills for spectators just outside of Baghdadi, Iraq, Oct. 20, 2009

Foreign Reactions

News Reports

• Al-Qaida Group Claims Responsibility for Baghdad Bombings VOA 27 Oct 2009 -- An Iraqi branch of al Qaida, which goes by the name of the Islamic State of Iraq, is claiming responsibility for Sunday's back-to-back suicide bombings in Baghdad that killed more than 150 people. Iraqi officials, meanwhile, are accusing groups outside the country of instigating the explosions.