February 2005 - Iraq Special Weapons News

07 February 2005 - Iraq Special Weapons News

OIF/OEF Casualty Update 07 Feb 2005 [PDF]
SOLDIER KILLED BY ROADSIDE BLAST NORTH OF BAGHDAD
DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
IRAQ/SECURITY VOA 07 Feb 2005 -- Two suicide bombers killed at least 27 people in two Iraqi cities, on the deadliest day since Iraq's elections just more than a week ago. The number of attacks nationwide declined in the days following the poll, but the last two days have seen a resumption of the violence.
Iraqi Al-Qaeda Group Claims Bombings RFE/RL 07 Feb 2005 -- A group linked to Al-Qaeda has claimed responsibility for two suicide bombings that killed at least 24 people, mostly police officers, in the Iraqi cities of Mosul and Ba'qubah today.
U.S. Denies Attack On Iraqi Police Station RFE/RL 07 Feb 2005 -- The U.S. military has denied a report that 22 Iraqi police and soldiers were killed in a gun battle with insurgents who attacked a police station south of Baghdad.
Suicide Bombers Kill At Least 24 In Iraq RFE/RL 07 Feb 2005 -- Suicide bombers killed at least 24 people and wounded many others in two separate attacks in the Iraqi cities of Mosul and Ba'qubah today.

24th Marine Expeditionary Unit set to return home USMC News 07 Feb 2005 -- After seven months of triumph and heartache in one of the most dangerous regions in Iraq, the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit is headed home.
11th Marine Expeditionary Unit begins return home USMC News 07 Feb 2005 -- After a whirlwind deployment to Iraq, Marines and sailors of the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit will begin the first of several homecomings today at Camp Pendleton, Calif., after nearly nine months away from home.
MND-CS holds change-of-command ceremony MNF-I/MNC-I 07 Feb 2005 -- Command of the Multi-National Division-Central South changed hands in a change-of-command ceremony here 10:30 a.m., Feb. 7.

Rumsfeld to Seek Larger NATO Role in Iraq, Afghanistan AFPS 07 Feb 2005 -- Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld will ask NATO defense ministers at an informal meeting this week in Nice, France, to take on a larger role in Iraq and Afghanistan, a senior defense official said here today.

UN announces disciplinary measures against two staffers linked to Oil-for-Food UN News Centre 07 Feb 2005 -- The United Nations today announced the start of disciplinary procedures against two staff members named in a recent preliminary report by an independent panel probing allegations of corruption and mismanagement in the UN Oil-for-Food programme for Iraq.
United Nations Charges Two in Oil-for-Food Program Inquiry Washington File 07 Feb 2005 -- The United Nations has initiated internal administrative procedures against two staff members named by the high-level panel investigating the Oil-for-Food Program, a U.N. spokesman said February 7.
Annan Suspends Head Of UN Oil-For-Food Program RFE/RL 07 Feb 2005 -- The United Nations has suspended Benon Sevan, the man who headed the controversy-ridden oil-for-food program for Iraq.

Largest Recruit Program Class Graduates AFPS 07 Feb 2005 -- The Direct Recruit Replacement program graduated its largest class of Iraqi Army recruits to date Feb. 5 at Numaniyah, Iraq.
IRAQ/ELECTION VOA 07 Feb 2005 -- The first election results are in from Iraq's northern Kurdish-dominated regions, moving the main Kurdish alliance into second place, but still well behind the main Shiite religious coalition. Election officials caution that it is still too soon to say what the final results will look like. They also say there were some serious irregularities in the area around Iraq's third-largest city, Mosul.
Iraq: Shi'a Groups Flex Muscles As They Gain In Polls RFE/RL 07 Feb 2005 -- The vote counting is far from over in Iraq more than a week after the elections for the National Assembly. But with many results in from Shi'a-populated areas of southern Iraq, it increasingly appears that one of the strongest groupings to emerge from the vote will be the United Iraqi Alliance, endorsed by pre-eminent Shi'a cleric Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani. Some top Shi'a clerics are now making it clear they want to see the Shi'a religious parties that make up much of the alliance use their position to assure that Islamic law gets a prominent place in the new Iraqi constitution.
Iraqi Highway Patrol graduate 49 from training course MNF-I/MNC-I 07 Feb 2005 -- The Iraqi Highway Patrol graduated 49 recruits from the interim Highway Patrol Academy in Al Mehaweel Feb. 6.