27 March 2006 - Iraq Special Weapons News |
Operations
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US Policy
United Nations
Reconstruction Issues
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Current Operations
- OIF/OEF Casualty Update 27 Mar 2006 [PDF]
- SOLDIER DIES DUE TO CARDIAC ARREST
- DoD Identifies Army Casualty
- Officials Release More Details on Weekend Operation AFPS 27 Mar 2006 -- U.S. officials in Iraq have released further details on an operation in a Baghdad neighborhood yesterday.
- Controllers bring airpower directly to fight AFPN 27 Mar 2006 -- Airmen working side-by-side with the Army has become common place these days.
- Operation Swarmer goes full circle Army News 27 Mar 2006 -- Operation Swarmer wrapped up March 22 and accomplished the tactical objectives set out by combatant commanders on the ground without any casualties, Multinational Force Iraq officials said March 23.
- Jabouri Peninsula continues to yield weapons, IED materials Army News 27 Mar 2006 -- Task Force Band of Brothers continued to thwart Anti-Iraqi Forces efforts to attack coalition forces and Iraqi Security Forces by discovering a weapons cache in Salah al Din province on the Jabouri Peninsula March 26.
- Soldiers capture IED triggermen Army News 27 Mar 2006 -- Task Force Band of Brothers Soldiers captured two men near Balad Thursday night before they could detonate an IED they had buried alongside a road leading to the city.
- U.S. Accused Of Killing Iraqi Worshippers RFE/RL 27 Mar 2006 -- The United States has said Iraqi military special forces killed 16 insurgents and captured 15 other people in northeastern Baghdad on March 26.
- 16 Insurgents Killed in Joint US, Iraqi Raid in Baghdad VOA 27 Mar 2006 -- The U.S. military in Iraq says 16 insurgents have been killed during a raid by U.S. and Iraqi forces in northeast Baghdad.
- Suicide Bomb Attack Kills 40 at US-Iraqi Military Base VOA 27 Mar 2006 -- Iraqi officials say a suicide bomber killed 40 Iraqis Monday at a joint U.S.-Iraqi base north of Baghdad.
Deployments
US Policy
- Votes Show Iraqis Want Unity, Peace, National Security Official Says AFPS 27 Mar 2006 -- As evidenced by their votes, the Iraqi people want unity and peace, the president's national security adviser said yesterday.
- Official Reports Progress in Iraq's Reconstruction, Economic Development AFPS 27 Mar 2006 -- Over the past three years Iraq has witnessed a tremendous boom in reconstruction and economic development, the U.S. director of the Iraq Reconstruction Management Office said.
- Rumsfeld Says Patience Needed To Roll Back Violence in Iraq Washington File 27 Mar 2006 -- Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld counseled those anxious to see an end to the U.S. presence in Iraq to exercise patience while Iraqi security forces become more experienced in quelling violence and defending their new government.
United Nations
- Iraq: UN envoy calls for quick formation of government as violence worsens UN News Centre 27 Mar 2006 -- Deploring the continuingly worsening violence, the top United Nations envoy in Iraq has called on the Arab League to help the strife-torn country set up a government of national unity that looks beyond narrow sectarian interests.
Reconstruction Issues
- Baghdad Governor Suspends Cooperation With U.S. Forces RFE/RL 27 Mar 2006 -- Baghdad provincial Governor Husayn al-Tahan said he is suspending all cooperation with U.S. forces until an independent investigation is launched into the killing of 20 Shi'a, allegedly in or near a mosque.
Foreign Reactions
- Blair Urges Australia to 'Tough It Out' in Iraq VOA 27 Mar 2006 -- Visiting British Prime Minister Tony Blair called on Australia Monday to remain steadfast in its commitment in Iraq as Australian opposition leaders push for the soonest possible return of troops stationed in the country.
- Asefi rebuffs accusations of alleged Iranian interference in Iraqi affairs IRNA 27 Mar 2006 -- Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi here Monday rejected recent remarks by US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice of Iranian interference in domestic affairs in Iraq.
- Iraqi leader rules out US accusations against Iran: CNN IRNA 27 Mar 2006 -- Iran isn't interfering in internal Iraqi affairs as some US officials have contended, the head of Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI) Abd al-Aziz al-Hakim told CNN on Sunday.
News Reports
- Al-Sadr Followers Bury Dead In Baghdad RFE/RL 27 Mar 2006 -- Followers of radical Shi'ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr held funeral services in Baghdad today for 20 colleagues they say were killed by U.S. forces in clashes on March 26.
