October 2006 - Iraq Special Weapons News

05 October 2006 - Iraq Special Weapons News

CENTAF releases airpower summary, space support requests AFPN 05 Oct 2006 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials have released the airpower summary for Oct. 5 and the space support requests for September.
Operations in Iraq Yield Weapons, Suspected Terrorists AFPS 05 Oct 2006 -- U.S. soldiers confiscated illegal munitions in Baghdad Oct. 3, and Iraqi police and coalition forces apprehended three suspected insurgents and seized a sizable cache the same day in a combined operation south of Baqubah, military officials in Iraq reported.
US Military says Al-Qaida in Iraq Leader Not Killed in Raid VOA 05 Oct 2006 -- The U.S. military says it is "highly unlikely" that the leader of al-Qaida in Iraq was among several militants killed in a recent raid in Al Anbar province.

Key US Senators Offer Sober Assessment of Iraq VOA 05 Oct 2006 -- Two U.S. senators who just returned from a brief trip to Iraq are calling on Iraqi leaders to do more to settle political differences and curb sectarian violence.
Rice Makes Unannounced Visit to Baghdad Washington File 05 Oct 2006 -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made an unannounced visit to Baghdad, Iraq, October 5 to consult with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki about his efforts to achieve national reconciliation between the country’s various ethnic and sectarian groups.
Rice Urges Greater Effort to Stem Violence in Surprise Baghdad Visit VOA 05 Oct 2006 -- U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made a surprise visit to Baghdad to meet with Iraqi and U.S. officials on ways to quell violence in Iraq.
Pace Discusses U.S., Iraqi Troops Levels in Albuquerque Speech AFPS 05 Oct 2006 -- The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff got his audience’s attention here yesterday at the Kirtland Partnership Committee luncheon.
Rice Ends Middle East Trip With Surprise Visit to Baghdad VOA 05 Oct 2006 -- U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice wound up her tour of the Middle East with an unannounced visit to Baghdad for talks with Iraqi officials

IRAQ: Tribal leaders support for reconciliation plan IRIN 05 Oct 2006 -- The Iraqi government’s reconciliation plan to end violence between minority Sunni and majority Shi’ite Muslims gained some momentum in late August when nearly 500 Iraqi tribal leaders signed a pledge to support it.
Iraq: Sectarian Violence Increasing Internally Displaced RFE/RL 05 Oct 2006 -- The huge increase in sectarian violence in Iraq, following the attack on the Al-Askari Mosque in Samarra on February 22, has forced thousands of Iraqis flee their homes, with many moving to the relatively secure Kurdish regions in the north to escape the bloodshed, according to Iraqi government sources and international humanitarian organizations.

Iraqi Officials Use DNA to Check Terorrist Identity VOA 05 Oct 2006 -- Iraqi and U.S. officials are expressing doubts that they have managed to kill the new leader of al-Qaida in Iraq.