18 August 2007 - Iraq Special Weapons News |
Operations
Deployments
US Policy
United Nations
Reconstruction Issues
Foreign Reactions
News Reports
Current Operations
- Aug. 17 airpower summary: JSTARS provide ground surveillance AFPN 18 Aug 2007 -- Coalition airpower supported coalition ground forces in Iraq and the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan in operations Aug. 17, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here.
Deployments
- NY Times: White House to Gradually Withdraw Troops from Iraq VOA 18 Aug 2007 -- The New York Times is reporting that the Bush administration will present a plan to gradually reduce the U.S. troop presence in Iraq beginning next year.
US Policy
- Bush Hails Local-Level Political Progress in Iraq AFPS 18 Aug 2007 -- Iraqi government development at the community level is progressing even as American and Iraqi forces launch a new offensive targeting terrorists fleeing the major cities for refuge, President Bush said today in his weekly radio address.
- Bush Encouraged by Progress in Iraq VOA 18 Aug 2007 -- President Bush says Americans should be encouraged by what he says is political and military progress in Iraq
United Nations
Reconstruction Issues
Foreign Reactions
News Reports
- Deadly Suicide Attack in Iraq Shines Light on Little Known Minority VOA 18 Aug 2007 -- On Tuesday, suicide truck bombers killed at least 400 northern Iraqi villagers who belong to the Yazidi religious minority
