March 2004 - Iraq Special Weapons News

03 March 2004 - Iraq Special Weapons News

OIF/OEF Casualty Update 03 Mar 2004 [PDF]
Officials Quash Rumors About Bombings in Iraq AFPS 03 Mar 2004 -- Coalition officials in Iraq today struck down rumors surrounding the capture of would-be, failed bombers connected to the March 2 attacks that killed scores and injured hundreds of Shiia pilgrims in Baghdad and Karbala.
IRAQ / BLAST AFTERMATH VOA 03 Mar 2004 -- U-S officials say border security will be tightened following Tuesday's terror attacks on Shi'ite worshipers in Baghdad and Karbala. Iraq's Governing Council says the signing of Iraq's interim constitution, postponed to the end of a three-day mourning period for the victims, will take place Friday. The Council puts the death toll of Tuesday's attacks at 271, sharply higher than U-S coalition estimates.
Iraq: Bomb Attacks Spark Debate Over U.S. Security Role RFE/RL 03 Mar 2004 -- The bomb attacks that killed more than 140 Shi'a in Iraq yesterday are sparking a fierce new debate over whether U.S.-led forces are able to provide adequate security in the country.

Bremer, Sanchez Pledge Terrorists Will Fail in Iraq AFPS 03 Mar 2004 -- The coalition's civilian administrator and top military officer today vowed to press on toward a free, democratic and sovereign Iraq despite recent attacks designed to create sectarian discord and derail the process.

Annan set to receive accountability report on UN security in Iraq UN News Centre 03 Mar 2004 -- Secretary-General Kofi Annan is set to receive today the report of an expert team investigating what went wrong with United Nations security procedures prior to the deadly terrorist attack last August against the UN office in Baghdad.

Iraq Weekly Update Joint Staff/Coalition Provisional Authority 03 Mar 2004 -- Power / Oil / Education / Health Care / Security / Governance / Economics [PDF 6.62 Mb]

BAGHDAD, KARBALA BOMBINGS AIM TO PROVOKE 'SECTARIAN CIVIL WAR' US Dept. of State IIP, Foreign Media Reaction 03 Mar 2004
Iran dispatches 1st batch of relief workers to Iraq IRNA 03 Mar 2004 -- Iran dispatched the first group of relief workers from its Red Cross Society and Kermanshah`s medical centers to Iraq through the Khosravi border.
IRAN / PILGRIMS VOA 03 Mar 2004 -- Iran has urged its citizens not to travel to Iraq, after deadly bombings, targeting Shi-ite pilgrims, Tuesday rocked Karbala and Baghdad. Dozens of Iranians were among those killed or injured in the blasts.
Iraqi Governing Council Postpones Signing Of Constitution RFE/RL 03 Mar 2004 -- Iraq's Governing Council today formally postponed signing of an interim constitution because of yesterday's attacks in Baghdad and the city of Karmala on Shi'a Muslims.
Thousands Demonstrate Against Attacks In Iraq RFE/RL 03 Mar 2004 -- Thousands of people demonstrated today in Baghdad, a day after a series of attacks killed more than 140 people in the Iraqi capital and the city of Karbala.

Admit mistake about Iraq`s WMD, Kay tells Bush IRNA 03 Mar 2004 -- Former head of the CIA-led Iraq Survey Group, David Kay, Wednesday called on US President George W Bush to "come clean with the American people" and admit it was wrong about the claim of Saddam Hussein`s weapons of mass destruction.
IRAQ/BLAST AFTERMATH VOA 03 Mar 2004 -- Iraqis are observing three days of national mourning after more than 170 people died in a series of explosions during one of the holiest days of the Shiite Muslim year. The Iraqi Governing Council postponed the signing of an interim constitution.