Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

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

Current Operations

• Dec. 7 airpower summary AFNS 08 Dec 2009 -- Coalition airpower integrated with ground forces in Iraq and the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan during operations Dec. 7 according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here.
• U.S., Iraqi Forces Capture 5 After Balad Attack AFPS 08 Dec 2009 -- U.S. forces today assisted Iraqi security forces in arresting five people after an indirect-fire attack on Joint Base Balad, Iraq.
• US, Coalition Sailors Practice Firefighting On Iraqi Oil Platform Navy NewsStand 08 Dec 2009 -- The Sailors of guided-missile destroyer USS Hopper (DDG 70) conducted a joint damage control drill with coalition Sailors assigned to Commander Task Force – Iraqi Maritime (CTF-IM) aboard Al Barsa Oil Terminal (ABOT) Dec. 3.
• DoD News: DoD Announces Replacement Unit for Iraq Rotation DoD 08 Dec 2009 -- The Department of Defense announced today the alert for mobilization of a replacement unit scheduled to deploy in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom

Deployments

US Policy

• Odierno Cites Iraq’s ‘Deliberate, Steady Progress’ AFPS 08 Dec 2009 -- On the eve of holding parliamentary elections early next year, Iraq continues to make steady progress as a sovereign country that is a valued U.S. ally in the Middle East, the commander of Multinational Force Iraq said in Killeen, Texas, yesterday.

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• Iraqi Elections Set for March 6 VOA 08 Dec 2009 -- Iraq has announced that general elections will be held on Saturday, March 6, seven weeks after the originally scheduled date.

Foreign Reactions

• FM spokesman strongly condemns bomb explosions in Baghdad IRNA 08 Dec 2009 -- Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mihman-Parast said on Tuesday that the devastating bomb explosions in Baghdad indicate the depth of hostilities of the terrorists towards the Iraqi nation.
• Blair had been warned about lack of planning before Iraq invasion IRNA 08 Dec 2009 -- A senior British officer revealed Monday how he urged former prime minister Tony Blair to delay the 2003 invasion of Iraq because preparations for dealing with the aftermath were not in place.

News Reports

• Security Council and Ban deplore series of deadly car bombings in Baghdad UN News Centre 08 Dec 2009 -- The Security Council and Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon strongly condemned today’s series of apparently coordinated car bombings across Baghdad that have killed or injured scores of residents of the Iraqi capital.
• Car Bombs Kill Over 100, Wound More than 400 in Baghdad VOA 08 Dec 2009 -- A wave of car bombings rocked the Iraqi capital Baghdad, Tuesday morning, killing at least 118 people and wounding more than 200 others. It was the worst violence to hit Baghdad, since October, when two massive car-bombs killed 155 people.
• Blasts kill more than 100, injure scores in Iraqi capital RIA Novosti 08 Dec 2009 -- At least 100 people were killed and more than 100 were injured as a result of coordinated bomb attacks in Iraq's capital of Baghdad on Tuesday, Euronews reported.
• Car Bombs Kill 100, Injure Nearly 200 In Iraqi Capital RFE/RL 08 Dec 2009 -- the lowest monthly death toll of Iraqi civilians in more than six years.