11 March 2005 - Iraq Special Weapons News |
Operations
Deployments
US Policy
United Nations
Reconstruction Issues
Foreign Reactions
News Reports
Current Operations
- OIF/OEF Casualty Update 11 Mar 2005 [PDF]
- Death Toll from Iraq Suicide Bombing Rises to 50 VOA News 11 Mar 2005 -- The U.S. military says the death toll from Thursday's suicide bomb attack on a Shi'ite funeral in the northern city of Mosul has risen to 50.
- MWCS-28 maintains smooth communications in Al Asad USMC News 11 Mar 2005 -- The Merriam-Webster Online dictionary defines the word Spartan as "a person of great courage and self-discipline." The Marines of Marine Wing Communications Squadron 28 couldn't have picked a better nickname.
Deployments
- 5th Civil Affairs Group begins tour of duty MNF-I/MNC-I 11 Mar 2005 -- The 5th Civil Affairs Group officially started its tour of duty in Iraq when the commanding officer and sergeant major unfurled the unit's colors at a transfer of authority ceremony with the 4th CAG March 10.
US Policy
- Bush to Nominate Khalilzad as New US Ambassador to Iraq VOA News 11 Mar 2005 -- President Bush plans to nominate Zalmay Khalilzad as the new U.S. ambassador to Iraq.
- Elections Boosted Iraqi Security Forces, Myers Says AFPS 11 Mar 2005 -- Iraq's Jan. 30 elections gave a huge boost to the confidence and reputation of the country's new security forces, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff told Congress March 10.
United Nations
- Annan Warns Iraq Violence Appears On Rise Again RFE/RL 11 Mar 2005 -- United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan says that after a brief lull, violence in Iraq appears to be increasing again to levels seen before the country's 30 January elections.
Reconstruction Issues
Foreign Reactions
- Rice Expresses Understanding for Ukrainian Troop Withdrawal from Iraq VOA News 11 Mar 2005 -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice held talks Friday with her Ukrainian counterpart Boris Tarasiuk on, among other things, the Washington visit next month by Ukraine's new President Viktor Yushchenko.
- Poland to withdraw "several hundred soldiers" from Iraq by summer IRNA 11 Mar 2005 -- Poland will pull out "several hundred soldiers" from Iraq by summer, Polish Defense Minister Jerzy Szmajdzinski has said.
