06 March 2007 - Iraq Special Weapons News |
Operations
Deployments
US Policy
United Nations
Reconstruction Issues
Foreign Reactions
News Reports
Current Operations
- OIF/OEF Casualty Update 06 Mar 2007 [PDF]
- Task Force Lightning Soldiers attacked
- DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
- Attacks Across Iraq Kill at Least 110 Shi'ite Pilgrims, 9 US, 4 Iraqi Troops VOA 06 Mar 2007 -- Iraqi security officials say insurgent attacks on Shi'ite pilgrims Tuesday have killed at least 110 people and wounded many more
- March 6 airpower: Operation Achilles underway AFPN 06 Mar 2007 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials have released the airpower summary for March 6.
Deployments
- Michigan Air Guard returns from Iraq deployment AFPN 06 Mar 2007 -- Approximately 250 members of the Michigan Air National Guard returned home in March after supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom at Balad Air Base, Iraq.
US Policy
- Bush Cites Progress in Iraq Washington File 06 Mar 2007 -- Iraqis and coalition allies are making “gradual but important progress” in securing the country and building democracy, President Bush said March 6.
- Iraqis Being Processed for Refugee Status Washington File 06 Mar 2007 -- Processing of Iraqi refugees for resettlement already has begun, the State Department's top refugee policy official says.
United Nations
Reconstruction Issues
- IRAQ: Another million people could flee homes this year IRIN 06 Mar 2007 -- The United Nations and international agencies have warned that if sectarian violence in Iraq does not abate, up to a million new people could become displaced in 2007, putting an increasing burden on the country’s infrastructure and resources.
Foreign Reactions
News Reports
- Almost 120 Killed in Attacks on Shi'ite Pilgrims in Iraq VOA 06 Mar 2007 -- Iraqi officials say more than 120 Shi'ite pilgrims were killed in Karbala Tuesday.
