11 July 2005 - Iraq Special Weapons News |
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Current Operations
- OIF/OEF Casualty Update 11 Jul 2005 [PDF]
- TWO MARINES KILLED IN HIT
- DoD Identifies Marine Casualties
- ISF blunt embassy attack, capture terror suspects Army News 11 Jul 2005 -- Iraqi Special Police thwarted a possible terrorist attack against the Kuwaiti Embassy July 9.
- Force Liberty Soldiers detain 13 IED suspects MNF-I 11 Jul 2005 -- Task Force Liberty Soldiers detained 13 individuals suspected of making and emplacing improvised explosive devices during a pair of raids in north-central Iraq July 10 and 11.
- Two U.S. Soldiers Killed In Iraq Clashes RFE/RL 11 Jul 2005 -- The U.S. military says its soldiers have killed 14 insurgents in separate clashes over the past two days in northern Iraq.
- Iraqi Soldiers Killed In Checkpoint Attack RFE/RL 11 Jul 2005 -- At least seven Iraqi soldiers were reported killed today in a dawn attack on a road checkpoint at the town of Khales, northeast of the capital Baghdad.
- Defense Department Report, July 11: Afghan, Iraq Updates Washignton File 11 Jul 2005 -- WEAPONS BEING TURNED IN VOLUNTARILY IN AFGHANISTAN / IRAQI-.U.S. "OPERATION SCIMITAR" CONTINUES TO PRODUCE RESULTS
Deployments
US Policy
- U.S.: Bush Presses Iraq, Afghanistan As Fronts In Terror War RFE/RL 11 Jul 2005 -- U.S. President George W. Bush today updated the American people on the progress of the "war on terror" and thanked the country's armed forces for their efforts in the conflict.
- Pentagon: No Specific Plan for U.S. Withdrawal from Iraq VOA 11 Jul 2005 -- Responding to a British news report, the U.S. Defense Department says it has no specific plans to withdraw troops from Iraq. A spokesman says there are plans for various contingencies, but any withdrawal will depend on the security, political and economic situation.
United Nations
Reconstruction Issues
- Iraqi Minister Calls on Countries To Sent Envoys RFE/RL 11 Jul 2005 -- Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari today called on Arab, Islamic, and other countries not to delay sending representatives to Iraq despite the murder of Egypt's top envoy to Baghdad last week.
Foreign Reactions
- UK urged to spell out reported troop withdrawal plans from Iraq IRNA 11 Jul 2005 -- The opposition Conservative Party called on the UK government Monday to spell out the scale and timing of the UK's military commitment to Iraq following reports of plans to reduce its troops from 8.500 to 3,000 next year.
- Iraq: Kuwaiti Envoy Says War Compensation Should Continue RFE/RL 11 Jul 2005 -- Iraq is pressing for a reevaluation of its compensation payments for damages caused by Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait 15 years ago. But Kuwait insists the payments continue for tens of billions of dollars it was awarded by an international panel.
