December 2006 - Iraq Special Weapons News

09 December 2006 - Iraq Special Weapons News

Five Killed, 44 Wounded In Iraq Car Bomb Attack VOA 09 Dec 2006 -- Iraqi police say a car bomb has killed at least five people and wounded 44 others near a revered shrine in the Shi'ite holy city of Karbala.

Rumsfeld Thanks Troops for Service, Calls for U.S. Patience AFPS 09 Dec 2006 -- Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld paid a surprise visit to Iraq today to thank servicemembers for their dedication, sacrifices and patriotism.
U.S. Troop Morale in Iraq High, Marine Commander Says AFPS 09 Dec 2006 -- Even with all the debate in the U.S. over Iraq strategy, morale on the ground here is good, the commander of Multinational Force West said today.
Bush Says Success in Iraq Primarily Depends Upon Iraqis Washington File 09 Dec 2006 -- President Bush said he agrees with the Iraq Study Group’s (ISG) assessment that the goal of a unified democratic and peaceful Iraq primarily depends upon “the actions of the Iraqi people” due to “the current situation” there.
Bush Studying Options on Iraq Policy VOA 09 Dec 2006 -- President Bush says he will seriously consider all recommendations made by the Iraq Study Group in the report it issued this week.

Iraqi Kurdish PM Discusses ISG Report, Iraqi Oil Law VOA 09 Dec 2006 -- The report published this week by a bipartisan U.S. panel urging policy changes in Iraq has not been warmly received in northern Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan region, particularly its recommendation on how Iraq's oil wealth should be distributed.