March 2006 - Iraq Special Weapons News

26 March 2006 - Iraq Special Weapons News

Operation Scorpion Concludes AFPS 26 Mar 2006 -- Iraqi soldiers, with assistance from U.S. troops, detained 52 suspected insurgents March 24 during Operation Scorpion, a sequential cordon and search of eight villages in and around Hawijah, Iraq, that military officials said yesterday had ended.
Soldiers Discover Weapons Caches in Iraq AFPS 26 Mar 2006 -- U.S. soldiers discovered four weapons caches in separate operations throughout Iraq March 24 through today, military officials in Iraq reported.
Iraqi Special Ops Forces Conduct Baghdad Raid AFPS 26 Mar 2006 -- Iraqi special operations forces conducted a twilight raid today in the Adhamiyah neighborhood in northeast Baghdad to disrupt a terrorist cell responsible for attacks on Iraqi security and coalition forces and kidnapping Iraqi civilians in the local area.
30 Decapitated Bodies Found North of Baghdad VOA 26 Mar 2006 -- Iraqi police say they found 30 decapitated bodies near the city of Baquba Sunday.

Political Impasse in Iraq Elicits Stiff Warning From US Leaders VOA 26 Mar 2006 -- Iraq's Shi'ite, Sunni Arab and Kurdish leaders are continuing efforts to break an impasse that has prevented them from forming a new government.
Rice: New Iraq Will Help Stabilize Middle East AFPS 26 Mar 2006 -- The Iraqis are going through a historic process to form a government of national unity, and success in that country will provide a basis for a more stable Middle East, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Sunday morning talk shows today.
Washington Concerned Russia Gave Pre-War Information to Iraq VOA 26 Mar 2006 -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says Washington is taking what she described as a "hard look" at documents that indicate Russia may have passed information about U.S. strategy to Iraq, prior to the war.