August - Iraq Special Weapons News

09 August Iraq Special Weapons News

IRAQ/ATTACKS VOA 09 Aug 2003 -- U-S military forces report that another official of Saddam Hussein's Cabinet has surrendered to coalition forces. Meanwhile, there have been reports of gun battles in various parts of Iraq.
MISSILES, WEAPONS CONFISCATED CENTCOM 09 Aug 2003 -- Weapons were confiscated and improvised explosive devices were found and detonated by Coalition forces over the last 24 hours in support of the effort to create a safer and more secure environment in Iraq.
ANOTHER MEMBER OF "IRAQI TOP 55" IN COALITION CUSTODY CENTCOM 09 Aug 2003 -- Mahmud Dhiyab al-Ahmad, #29 on the coalition's list of most wanted government officials, is now under custody of coalition forces.

Bush Hails Progress in Iraq in Restoring Order, Rebuilding Economy Washington File 09 Aug 2003 -- President Bush, in his August 9 radio address to the nation, highlighted progress being made in the first 100 days since the end of major combat operations in Iraq in restoring order, rebuilding the economy, establishing a functioning society and moving toward democratic government.
BUSH/IRAQ VOA 09 Aug 2003 -- President Bush says U-S troops in Iraq have made "remarkable progress" since the end of most of the fighting there.
Iraq: U.S. to Take Over Probe Of Jordanian Embassy Bombing RFE/RL 09 Aug 2003 -- The United States says it will send federal investigators to Iraq to probe the car bombing of the Jordanian Embassy in Baghdad.

In Egypt, UN envoy to Baghdad finds support for reconstruction of Iraq UN News Centre 09 Aug 2003 -- The top United Nations envoy to Baghdad today held talks in Cairo with senior Egyptian officials who expressed support for the world body's role in the reconstruction of Iraq.

BAGHDAD/BLAST VOA 09 Aug 2003 -- Agents with the U-S Federal Bureau of Investigation are joining the probe of Thursday's deadly bomb blast outside the Jordanian Embassy in Baghdad. The bombing killed 17 people and wounded dozens more.