Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

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

Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 19 Jan 2010 [PDF]
• Iraqi Forces Target, Arrest Terrorists AFPS 19 Jan 2010 -- Iraqi security forces arrested more than 20 suspects during multiple combined security operations today targeting suspected al-Qaida in Iraq members around Baghdad and Mosul.
• Air Cav first to employ new unmanned aircraft system Army News 19 Jan 2010 -- Moving the containerized housing units from Camp Cedar II, Iraq, to Contingency Operating Location Adder, Iraq, began Jan. 8 in preparation for the responsible drawdown of U.S. forces and equipment from Iraq.
• U.S. passes training torch at Cashe South Army News 19 Jan 2010 -- Soldiers at Contingency Operation Station Cashe South have moved a step ahead of most with their training and transition programs
• U.S. Soldiers teach ISF advanced marksmanship skills at Cashe Army News 19 Jan 2010 -- Members of the Iraqi Army and Federal Police got hands-on rifle training from the best in the business at Contingency Operating Station Cashe South during a six-day advanced marksmanship training course.
• Mississippians mark six months securing Q-West entry control point Army News 19 Jan 2010 -- Members of a Mississippi Army National Guard unit marked their sixth month of entry control point operations and no security breaches for Contingency Operating Location Q-West, Jan. 10.

Deployments

• 1st Cavalry Division returns from Iraq Army News 19 Jan 2010 -- The last of the 1st Cavalry Division headquarters' Soldiers to arrive back home from their Iraq deployment touched down on Robert Gray Army Airfield hours before any thought of the fog ruining their homecoming ceremony Jan. 14, at Fort Hood.

US Policy

United Nations

• UN to focus more on social, economic development in Iraq IRNA 19 Jan 2010 -- United Nations efforts to help Iraq continue to evolve with the war-torn country’s progress as the government is now seeking increasing support for social and economic development in the years to come, Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro said Tuesday.

Reconstruction Issues

• MIDDLE EAST: Next steps for Iraqi refugees IRIN 19 Jan 2010 -- An 18 January meeting in Damascus of over 50 NGOs and host country government representatives has mapped out the next steps in providing vital assistance and protection for Iraqi refugees across the Middle East.

Foreign Reactions

News Reports