December 2004 - Iraq Special Weapons News

12 December 2004 - Iraq Special Weapons News

One Marine Killed in Action in Al Anbar Province
One Task Force Baghdad Soldier Killed in Attack
Marine killed in action in Al Anbar Province
DoD Identifies Army Casualties
1st Infantry Division Soldiers Conduct Deliberate Operations Near Baqubah MNF-I/MNC-I 12 Dec 2004 -- 1st Infantry Division Soldiers from 3rd Brigade Combat Team conducted several deliberate operations against anti-Iraqi forces in the Baqubah area on Dec. 11.
Iraqi National Guardsmen Attacked in Central Baghdad; Weapons cache Uncovered After Fight MNF-I/MNC-I 12 Dec 2004 -- Iraqi National Guard troops came under attack by an unknown number of insurgents in central Baghdad at approximately 7:30 a.m. on Dec. 12. No casualties resulted.
Iraqi Security Forces and Multi-National Forces Foil Separate Insurgent Attacks, Detain six MNF-I/MNC-I 12 Dec 2004 -- Iraqi Security Forces and Multi-National Forces repelled separate attacks by anti-Iraqi insurgents as they attempted to seize a police station and attack an MNF convoy on Dec. 11 in Mosul. MNF Soldiers also detained six people wanted for anti-Iraqi activities and destroyed a large cache of weapons and munitions in western Mosul.
Repeated Insurgent Attacks Kill Three U.S. Troops AFPS 12 Dec 2004 -- Three U.S. servicemembers were killed over the weekend as Iraqi and coalition forces battled against continued attacks in Iraq.

COSCOMs Transfer Authority MNF-I/MNC-I 12 Dec 2004 -- The 13th Corps Support Command said farewell and LSA Anaconda welcomed the 1st Corps Support Command in a transfer of authority at the Morale Welfare and Recreation Complex here Dec. 12.

US Denies Saddam on Hunger Strike VOA News 12 Dec 2004 -- The U.S. military is denying a report that Saddam Hussein has begun a jailhouse hunger strike, and says the ousted Iraqi leader had eaten on Sunday.
US MILITARY / IRAQ / ARMOR VOA 12 Dec 2004 -- Some U.S. lawmakers are criticizing Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld over recent comments concerning the military's ability to provide armored vehicles to soldiers serving in Iraq.

Saddam's Capture: One Year Later AFPS 12 Dec 2004 -- One year after U.S. forces found him hiding in a spider hole near his hometown of Tikrit, former dictator Saddam Hussein remains imprisoned at an undisclosed location awaiting his trial on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Analysis: To Delay Or Not To Delay Iraq's Elections RFE/RL 12 Dec 2004 -- Interim government officials this week rejected calls by Sunni-led oppositionists to delay national elections in January by up to six months (see "RFE/RL Iraq Report," 7 December 2004). Several political parties, including the Iraqi Islamic Party, met in Baghdad on 5 December and demanded that the elections be postponed for six months. "All those who want elections to be held are Shi'ites. However, not all Shi'ites are for holding the elections on 30 January. No Arabs or Sunnis demand that the elections be held on 30 January because the security situation is not suitable in the Arab Sunni cities and communities," Al-Jazeera quoted Iraqi Homeland Party head Mish'an al-Juburi as saying.