February 2006 - Iraq Special Weapons News

02 February 2006 - Iraq Special Weapons News

OIF/OEF Casualty Update 02 Feb 2006 [PDF]
ROADSIDE BOMB KILLS 3 U.S. SOLDIERS
U.S. SOLDIER DIES FROM WOUNDS FOLLOWING SMALL-ARMS ATTACK
II MEF MARINE DIES FROM WOUNDS
BRIEFING BY ARMY MAJOR GENERAL RICK LYNCH, DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF, MULTINATIONAL FORCE IRAQ MNF-I 02 Feb 2006
US Forces, Shi'ite Gunmen Clash in Baghdad VOA 02 Feb 2006 -- A U.S. helicopter fired rockets into a Shi'ite neighborhood of Baghdad during a clash with gunmen early Thursday, and Iraqi officials say the airstrike killed a woman who was not involved in the fighting.
CENTAF releases daily airpower summary AFPN 02 Feb 2006 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials released its daily airpower summary.
January Casualties in Iraq Show Decrease AFPS 02 Feb 2006 -- For most of January, the casualty rate in Iraq was at the lowest rate since the spring of 2004, a Multinational Force Iraq spokesman said in a briefing from Baghdad today.
Rumsfeld Is Cautious on Iraq Force Reduction Predictions AFPS 02 Feb 2006 -- Some Beltway pundits have opined that U.S. force levels in Iraq could fall to 100,000 by the end of this year, but the Defense Department's top official said he won't play the speculation game.

Bush Asks for $70 Billion More for Iraq, Afghanistan VOA 02 Feb 2006 -- The White House will ask Congress for an additional $70 billion in emergency funds to help pay for the operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Former Department of Defense Contractor Pleads Guilty to Participating in Bribery, Fraud and Money Laundering Scheme in Al-Hillah, Iraq US Department of Justice 02 Feb 2006 -- Robert J. Stein, a former U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) contractor, pleaded guilty today to charges of conspiracy, bribery, money laundering, unlawful possession of machine guns, and being a felon in possession of a firearm in connection with a scheme to defraud the Coalition Provisional Authority - South Central Region (CPA-SC) in Al-Hillah, Iraq, Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher of the Criminal Division announced today.
US Iraq Contractor Pleads Guilty to Fraud VOA 02 Feb 2006 -- A former U.S. contractor in Iraq has pleaded guilty to bribery, conspiracy and money laundering involving millions of dollars meant for reconstruction.

Iraq: Hussein Trial Goes Forward Without Him RFE/RL 02 Feb 2006 -- Former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein refused to show up at his ongoing trial in Baghdad for the second consecutive day today.
Iraqi SWAT team training at FOB Kalsu Army News 02 Feb 2006 -- The Hilla Iraqi Special Weapons and Tactics, or SWAT, team is taking control of the neighborhoods around Forward Operating Base Kalsu, about 100 kilometers south of Baghdad.

Syria to Restore Full Diplomatic Ties with Iraq VOA 02 Feb 2006 -- Syria's foreign minister, Farouk al-Shara, says his government will exchange ambassadors with Baghdad when a new Iraqi government is formed.