October 2004 - Iraq Special Weapons News

28 October 2004 - Iraq Special Weapons News

OIF/OEF Casualty Update 28 Oct 2004 [PDF]
SUSPECTED CAR BOMB KILLS ONE SOLDIER, WOUNDS TWO IN SOUTHERN BAGHDAD
FIRST INFANTRY DIVISION SOLDIER KILLED IN RPG ATTACK
WEAPONS BUYBACK ENDS IN SADR CITY CENTCOM 28 Oct 2004 -- Soldiers of the 306th Iraqi National Guard Battalion, local Iraqi Police, and the 1st Cavalry Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team worked with local city leadership to facilitate a weapons buyback program as a part of continuing efforts to make life safer for the residents of Sadr City.
IRAQI SWAT TEAM ROLLS UP 18 INSURGENTS IN NORTHERN BABIL CENTCOM 28 Oct 2004 -- The Iraqi SWAT team, backed by elements of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, captured 18 insurgents during a sweep through the south-central Iraqi town of Haswah Oct. 27.
ZARQAWI SAFE HOUSE STRUCK CENTCOM 28 Oct 2004 -- Multi-National Force-Iraq continued to attack the Abu Musab al Zarqawi network by conducting yet another precision strike against a Zarqawi terrorist meeting site in the Jolan district of Fallujah at 2:05 a.m Oct. 28.
MNF Check Point Hit With Mortars MNF-I/MNC-I 28 Oct 2004 -- A Multi-National Force check point near As Suwayrah on the road from Al Kut to Baghdad, was attacked by anti-Iraqi force militants Oct. 27 with mortars.

RUMSFELD/MISSING WEAPONS VOA 28 Oct 2004 -- Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is acknowledging questions remain about what happened to nearly 400 tons of explosives in Iraq which may have disappeared after last year's U.S-led invasion, but is cautioning against a race to judgement about who is responsible. For several days the issue has dominated the U.S. presidential campaign, with Democrat John Kerry charging the Bush administration failed to adequately secure the weapons, while the President responds that all of the facts are not yet known.

Joint Coordination Centers Throughout Salah Ad Din Province Tested MNF-I/MNC-I 28 Oct 2004 -- Soldiers with the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division and Iraqi officials met Oct. 27 at the Provincial Joint Coordination Center here to assess a recent three-day exercise that tested the emergency response capabilities of local services.

NATO/IRAQ/AFGHAN VOA 28 Oct 2004 -- NATO'S top military commander says the alliance is planning to train about one-thousand Iraqi officers a year once an Iraqi military academy is set up in a Baghdad suburb. NATO's training mission in Iraq is likely to be smaller than what was originally anticipated.
BRITAIN / IRAQ VOA 28 Oct 2004 -- Britain has revealed the first details of how Iraq will prepare for elections planned before the end of January.
Iraqi Armed Forces to Receive Transport Battalions AFPS 28 Oct 2004 -- In an effort to move closer to self-sustainment, the Iraqi army -- with Multinational Force assistance -- has begun to stand up three transportation battalions.

Iraqi Media Monitoring UNAMI 28 Oct 2004
IRAQ-CASUALTIES VOA 28 Oct 2004 -- A new scientific study estimates that as many as 100-thousand Iraqi civilians died in the US-led invasion and its aftermath. The study, reported in a respected international medical journal, says most of the casualties came from aerial bombardment
Iraqi Extremist Group Says It Executed 11 Iraqi Guardsmen RFE/RL 28 Oct 2004 -- An Iraqi extremist group says its members have executed 11 Iraqi national guardsmen.