March 2006 - Iraq Special Weapons News

10 March 2006 - Iraq Special Weapons News

CENTAF releases daily airpower summary AFPN 10 Mar 2006 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials released today's airpower summary.
Engineers support the fight AFPN 10 Mar 2006 -- Air Force engineers from the 557th Expeditionary Red Horse Squadron are supporting Bastogne Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry near Hawijah, Iraq, by increasing the quality of living on forward operating base McHenry.
U.S., Iraqi Troops Score Successes AFPS 10 Mar 2006 -- Iraqi and U.S. soldiers found and destroy 26 roadside bombs and 17 weapons caches and killed and captured suspected insurgents in several operations in Iraq in recent days.
Iraqi Army takes over FOB Hope, Sadr City Army News 10 Mar 2006 -- The Iraqi Army assumed control Thursday of Forward Operating Base Hope, located in the northwest corner of the Al Thawra district of Baghdad, also known as Sadr City.
Eastern Baghdad gets surprise visit Army News 10 Mar 2006 -- Residents of eastern Baghdad were given a first-hand opportunity to share their viewpoints with the commanding general and command sergeant major of Multinational Division – Baghdad March 1.
Suicide Car Bombing in Fallujah Kills at Least 7 VOA 10 Mar 2006 -- Iraqi police say at least seven people were killed in a suicide truck bombing in Fallujah, a former insurgent stronghold west of Baghdad.

U.S., Iraqis Working to Prevent Civil War AFPS 10 Mar 2006 -- The United States is doing all it can to prevent civil war from breaking out in Iraq, but it's ultimately up to Iraqis to maintain political and security progress, President Bush said here today.
Bush: Iraqis Have Taken a 'Step Back' From Sectarian Violence VOA 10 Mar 2006 -- President Bush says Iraq has taken a step back from deeper sectarian violence that followed the bombing of a sacred Shi'ite shrine
U.S. Ambassador Urges Conclave To End Stalemate In Iraq RFE/RL 10 Mar 2006 -- U.S. ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad has suggested that top Iraqi politicians hold a special conference -- possibly abroad -- to break the current stalemate in forming a coalition government.

Iraq Humanitarian and Reconstruction Assistance Updates USAID 10 Mar 2006 [PDF]
Opening Of Iraq Parliament Postponed RFE/RL 10 Mar 2006 -- Iraqi President Jalal Talabani has delayed the first session of the country's new parliament by a week.