Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

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

Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 13 Jan 2010 [PDF]
• Transcript: DOD News Briefing with Maj. Gen. Cucolo From Iraq DoD 13 Jan 2010 -- Presenter: Commander, U.S. Forces Division-North Maj. Gen. Anthony Cucolo
• Iraqi Forces Arrest 20 Terrorism Suspects AFPS 13 Jan 2010 -- Iraqi forces, with U.S. advisors, in recent days arrested 20 people suspected of terrorist activities in Iraq, military officials reported.
• Northern Iraq Remains Complex, General Says AFPS 13 Jan 2010 -- The complexity of the situation in northern Iraq means that more U.S. troops will remain in the region than elsewhere in the country after the March 7 elections, the commander of U.S. forces in the region said today.
• Engineers Bring Light to Fallujah AFPS 13 Jan 2010 -- More than 22 miles of roadway here and in surrounding communities are now fully lighted with 1,200 solar powered street lights, thanks to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Gulf Region District.

Deployments

US Policy

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• Iraqi air force graduates 247 cadets AFNS 13 Jan 2010 -- More than 240 cadets graduated from the Iraqi air force officer course basic military training course Jan. 10, here.
• Iraq Minister Sees No Improvement In Mosul Security Situation RFE/RL 13 Jan 2010 -- The situation in Mosul, Iraq's third largest city, is not getting any better in terms of security or basic services, and the whole surrounding province of Nineveh has been partitioned along ethnic lines, Iraq's Planning Minister has told RFE/RL's Radio Free Iraq.

Foreign Reactions

• Blair spokesman denies exaggerating Iraq threat IRNA 13 Jan 2010 -- Former prime minister Tony Blair's director of communications remained unrepentant Tuesday about unequivocal claims made about the threat posed by Saddam Hussein’s regime that was used to justify the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

News Reports