March 2007 - Iraq Special Weapons News

20 March 2007 - Iraq Special Weapons News

Transcript: DoD News Briefing with Maj. Gen. Barbero from the Pentagon 22 Mar 2007 -- Presenter: Deputy Director for Regional Operations, Joint Staff J-3 Maj. Gen. Michael Barbero
March 20 airpower: Versatile A-10s support ground forces AFPN 20 Mar 2007 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials have released the airpower summary for March 20.
Iraqi Officials: 39 Militants Killed in Battle VOA 20 Mar 2007 -- Iraqi officials say security forces have killed 39 militants in a battle in the Sunni insurgent stronghold of al-Anbar province.
U.S., Iraqis Continue Flow of Troops to Baghdad AFPS 20 Mar 2007 -- Order, while an American aviation unit’s deployment to the Iraqi capital city has been sped up, a senior U.S. military officer said here today.
U.S. General Cites Signs of Progress in Iraq Washington File 20 Mar 2007 -- U.S. troops continue surging into Baghdad, Iraq, where hundreds of Iraqi families are returning to their homes, a senior U.S. military official says, adding that coalition forces in Afghanistan are preparing for Taliban attacks against Central Asian New Year’s celebrations beginning March 21.

Iraq: U.S. General Backs Bush's Assessment Of Progress In Baghdad RFE/RL 20 Mar 2007 -- A top general in the U.S. Army today reinforced President George W. Bush's assertion of progress in pacifying Baghdad since a "surge" in troops began last month.
US: Iraqi Insurgents Intentionally Kill Children VOA 20 Mar 2007 -- A senior U.S. military officer says insurgents in Iraq used two children to help them pass a coalition checkpoint in Baghdad in recent days, and then detonated a car bomb, killing the children

Former Iraqi Vice President Hanged RFE/RL 20 Mar 2007 -- Former Iraqi Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan was hanged early today in Baghdad. Ramadan is the fourth senior official of Saddam Hussein's former regime to be executed.
Former Iraqi Vice President Hanged VOA 20 Mar 2007 -- Saddam Hussein's former Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan was hanged early Tuesday for crimes against humanity

Former Iraqi official's execution will not bring stability - FM RIA Novosti 20 Mar 2007 -- The execution of a Saddam aide, former Iraqi Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan, will not bring stability or normalize the situation in the country, a spokesman for the Russian foreign ministry said Tuesday.

IRAQ: Insurgents adopt new terror tactics IRIN 20 Mar 2007 -- Anti-US insurgents in Iraq are using new methods of attack four years after US forces invaded Iraq to oust the government of former president Saddam Hussein