Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

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

Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 11 Feb 2010 [PDF]
• Iraqi Forces Capture Terrorist Leader, Others AFPS 11 Feb 2010 -- Iraqi Security Forces captured an explosives and assassination-cell leader and four additional suspected terrorists today during three operations here and in northern Iraq to suppress al-Qaida in Iraq, military officials said.
• USACE, Iraqi army open 'Location Command' facility Army News 11 Feb 2010 -- A new Iraqi army post built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officially opened its doors Feb. 9, following a ribbon-cutting ceremony in Tikrit. Construction on the facility, aptly named "Location Command," began in an open field near Tikrit in June of 2008.
• Quartermaster company augments 402nd Army Field Support Brigade Army News 11 Feb 2010 -- More than 150 Soldiers of the 249th Quartermaster Company have deployed to support 402nd Army Field Support Brigade reset and retrograde missions, marking the first time an active-duty company has been assigned to an AFSB.

Deployments

• 5/7 Cav takes 'reins' of command at FOB Falcon Army News 11 Feb 2010 -- The leaders of 5th Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment, headquartered at Fort Stewart, took command of their area of responsibility in Iraq during a ceremony at Forward Operating Base Falcon, Jan. 22.
• 563rd Military Police Company returns from Iraq Army News 11 Feb 2010 -- Soldiers of 563rd Military Police Company, 91st Military Police Battalion, 10th Sustainment Brigade, returned Feb. 3 from a yearlong deployment in Iraq, much to the delight of their waiting Families and friends during a welcome home ceremony at Magrath Gym.

US Policy

United Nations

• Iraq: UN envoy calls on leaders to safeguard integrity of upcoming polls UN News Centre 11 Feb 2010 -- The top United Nations envoy to Iraq today called on the country’s political leaders to step up their efforts to ensure that next month’s Council of Representatives election is free and fair, with campaigning for the polls set to start tomorrow.

Reconstruction Issues

• IRAQ: Wasit Province initiative to get doctors to return IRIN 11 Feb 2010 -- The authorities in Wasit Province, central Iraq, are introducing financial and other incentives to attract specialist doctors to return to local health facilities, according to officials.

Foreign Reactions

News Reports

• Iraq expels U.S. security staff linked to civilian deaths RIA Novosti 11 Feb 2010 -- The Iraqi authorities have ordered several hundred former employees of the U.S. Blackwater security firm to leave the country in seven days, local television reported.