09 October 2005 - Iraq Special Weapons News |
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Current Operations
- Marine killed by improvised bomb strike in Ar Ramadi
- Foreign fighter facilitator killed MNF-I 09 Oct 2005 -- Coalition forces killed a known al Qaeda in Iraq member near Fallujah before he could activate a suicide bomb strapped to his body Oct. 8.
- Coalition Forces capture 8 terror suspects, weapons MNF-I 09 Oct 2005 -- Coalition Forces conducting combat operations in Baghdad captured eight terror suspects, and seized bomb-making materials, two weapons caches and terrorist propaganda Oct. 7.
- Suicide Bomber Targets Iraqi Shi'ite Militia in Basra VOA 09 Oct 2005 -- A suicide car bomb exploded in southern Iraq Sunday outside an apartment building used by a Shi'ite militia, killing at least one person and wounding several others.
Deployments
US Policy
United Nations
Reconstruction Issues
- Iraqi Government Urges Voters to Approve New Constitution VOA 09 Oct 2005 -- The Iraqi government is urging voters to approve a new constitution Saturday, and says Iraqis should stand firm against insurgents trying to stop the referendum.
- Iraqi Sunnis Urge 'No' Vote In Referendum RFE/RL 09 Oct 2005 -- Iraq's Sunni Arab leaders today failed to agree on whether to call for a boycott of next week's referendum on the draft constitution, but a statement released after a key meeting in Baghdad urged those who decide to vote to reject the document.
