June 2006 - Iraq Special Weapons News

19 June 2006 - Iraq Special Weapons News

CENTAF releases combined airpower summary AFPN 19 Jun 2006 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials released the combined airpower summary for June 16 to 18.
Terror Suspects Detained, Iraqis Take Charge in Southwest Baghdad AFPS 19 Jun 2006 -- Recent operations in Iraq have netted more terrorism suspects and weapons, and the Iraqi military has assumed responsibility for an area in southwest Baghdad, military officials reported.

Coalition To Leave Southern Iraqi Province RFE/RL 19 Jun 2006 -- Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Kamil al-Maliki has announced that coalition troops will withdraw from the southern province of Al-Muthana next month and hand over security duties to local forces.
Coalition Said to Hand Over Security Duties Soon in Southern Iraq VOA 19 Jun 2006 -- Iraq's prime minister says Iraqi forces will take over security in the southern province of Muthanna next month.

Analysis: Iraq Timetable Debate Resurfaces cfr.org 19 Jun 2006 -- Congress is set to continue the partisan debate over the course of the Iraq war this week with Democrats in the Senate proposing a "phased redeployment" that sets a timetable for a U.S. troop drawdown
President: Iraq progress depends on sustainable security IRNA 19 Jun 2006 -- President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Sunday that establishment of a democratic government in Iraq which is outcome of national resolve and solidarity among different political parties is a great event in history of the nation.

Al-Qaeda-Linked Group Claims Russians' Abduction RFE/RL 19 Jun 2006 -- A group linked to Al-Qaeda in Iraq today said that it is holding four Russian Embassy staff hostage.
Al-Qaeda Group Claims It Abducted U.S. Soldiers In Iraq RFE/RL 19 Jun 2006 -- A key Iraqi militant body linked to Al-Qaeda says it has abducted two American soldiers near Al-Yusufiyah, in the same region where the U.S. military reported two of its men went missing on June 16.
Thousands of US, Iraqi Forces Search for Missing American Soldiers VOA 19 Jun 2006 -- Thousands of U.S. and Iraqi soldiers and police are involved in an intense search for two American soldiers that an insurgent group claims to have abducted.