February 2006 - Iraq Special Weapons News

20 February 2006 - Iraq Special Weapons News

Iraq Attacks Kill At Least 19 RFE/RL 20 Feb 2006 -- At least 19 people were killed in Iraq this morning in three separate attacks.
Bombings Kill at Least 17 in Iraq VOA 20 Feb 2006 -- At least 17 Iraqis and a U.S. soldier were killed Monday in bombing attacks across Iraq.
Soldier Killed in Attack; Troops Nab Suspects, Weapons AFPS 20 Feb 2006 -- A U.S. soldier was killed in Iraq today, and coalition and Iraqi forces detained 42 suspected terrorists and discovered weapons caches, officials in Iraq reported today.

Controversy Deepens Over Iraq Prewar Intelligence VOA 20 Feb 2006 -- One of the puzzling questions hanging over the Iraq war is: how did the intelligence turn out to be so wrong?
Top Pentagon Lawyer Reportedly Warned Of Detainee Abuse Before Abu Ghraib VOA 20 Feb 2006 -- A U.S. magazine says a former top Defense Department lawyer warned that the policy of circumventing international agreements on humane treatment of prisoners could lead to the kind of abuse that caused a scandal two years ago.
Khalilzad: US Will Not Accept Sectarian Iraqi Government VOA 20 Feb 2006 -- The American ambassador to Iraq has warned that Washington will not accept sectarianism or militias in a new Iraqi government or its security forces.

Iraq's Ja'fari Optimistic After Sistani Meeting RFE/RL 20 Feb 2006 -- Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim Al-Ja'fari said today that efforts to form a new government were running into difficulties.

IRAQ: Local NGO documents prisoner abuse IRIN 20 Feb 2006 -- An NGO established this year to assist former prison detainees who have suffered abuses in prison has received an overwhelming initial response.