July 2007 - Iraq Special Weapons News

02 July 2007 - Iraq Special Weapons News

Press briefing with Brig. Gen. Kevin Bergner, spokesman, Multi-National Force - Iraq, July 2, 2007 MNF-I 02 Jul 2007 -- TOPIC: SECURITY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ
July 1 airpower summary: C-130 airlift keeps mission going AFPN 02 Jul 2007 -- Coalition airpower supported coalition ground forces in Iraq and International Security Assistance Force troops in Afghanistan during operations July 1, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here.
Troops Kill Five Insurgents, Capture 36; Weapons Caches Found, Destroyed AFPS 02 Jul 2007 -- Iraqi security forces and coalition troops killed five insurgents, nabbed some three dozen suspects and discovered scores of weapons caches and booby traps in Iraq over the past three days, military officials said.
Marines Working to Deny Insurgents Safe Haven in Iraq AFPS 02 Jul 2007 -- The 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit will continue to deny insurgents the use of the less populated Lake Tharthar region as part of Operation Fard al Amin, which means safety and security, the unit’s commander told reporters during a Baghdad news briefing yesterday.
IED ring broken by Operation Bastogne MNF-I 02 Jul 2007 -- Paratroopers and Soldiers from Task Force Steel, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division detained 10 suspected insurgents during a raid July 1 near the town of Mahawil.

U.S. Alleges Iran Using Hizballah As 'Proxy' In Iraq RFE/RL 02 Jul 2007 -- The U.S. military is accusing Iran of using the Lebanese militia Hizballah as a "proxy" to arm Shi'ite militants in Iraq.
US Says Iran Using Hezbollah as Proxy in Iraq VOA 02 Jul 2007 -- The American military says it has evidence Iran is using the Lebanese Shiite militia group Hezbollah as a proxy to arm Shiite militants in Iraq.

IRAQ: UNHCR calls for evacuation of seriously ill Palestinian children IRIN 02 Jul 2007 -- The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has called for an immediate evacuation of at least a dozen seriously ill Palestinians, mostly children who are stuck in Baghdad and in a makeshift camp on the Iraq-Syria border

Iran worried about bloodshed in Iraq, Mottaki IRNA 02 Jul 2007 -- Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki has said that Iran is worried about humanitarian disaster in Iraq and it is a religious obligation to stop bloodshed in the war-torn country.

President Bush Commutes Libby Sentence VOA 02 Jul 2007 -- President Bush has commuted the prison sentence of a top administration aide, Lewis "Scooter" Libby, who had been sentenced to 30 months in prison for perjury.
Grant of Executive Clemency The White House 02 Jul 2007
Statement by the President on Executive Clemency for Lewis Libby The White House 02 Jul 2007

Afghanistan/Iraq: Expert Questions Election Validity In Conflict Areas RFE/RL 02 Jul 2007