10 September 2007 - Iraq Special Weapons News |
Operations
Deployments
US Policy
United Nations
Reconstruction Issues
Foreign Reactions
News Reports
Current Operations
- OIF/OEF Casualty Update 10 Sep 2007 [PDF]
- Task Force Lightning Soldiers attacked
- U.S. Soldier dies of non-battle related injuries
- DoD Identifies Marine Casualties
- DoD Identifies Army Casualty
- DoD Identifies Army Casualty
- DoD Identifies Army Casualty
- Sept. 9 airpower summary: A-10s provide top cover AFPN 10 Sep 2007 -- Coalition airpower supported coalition ground forces in Iraq and the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan during operations Sept. 9, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here.
- Iraqi, U.S. Forces Kill 12 in Helicopter Raid Near Samarra AFPS 10 Sep 2007 -- Iraqi and U.S. forces killed 12 enemy extremists during a helicopter assault raid outside Samarra, Iraq, today.
Deployments
- Most Iraqi Security Force Battalions Can Lead Operations, Petraeus Says AFPS 10 Sep 2007 -- Roughly 95 of 140 battalions that make up Iraq’s army, national police and special operations forces are capable of leading operations, Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, commander of Multinational Force Iraq told the House Armed Services and Foreign Affairs committees today.
- U.S. Ambassador Presents Iraq Progress Report to Congress AFPS 10 Sep 2007 -- A secure, stable, democratic Iraq at peace with its neighbors is attainable with “substantial U.S. resolve and commitment,” U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan C. Crocker told the House Armed Services and Foreign Affairs committees today.
- Petraeus Says Troop-Reduction Plan Has Solid Military Backing AFPS 10 Sep 2007 -- Navy Adm. William J. Fallon, commander of U.S. Central Command, and the Joint Chiefs of Staff fully support Army Gen. David H. Petraeus’ proposal for reducing troops in Iraq to pre-surge levels by mid-July, Petraeus told Congress today.
- Petraeus: Surge in Iraq Works; Reductions Could Begin by Summer 2008 AFPS 10 Sep 2007 -- Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, commander of Multinational Force Iraq, told the House Armed Services and Foreign Affairs committees today that the surge in Iraq is showing progress, and that he believes troop reductions to pre-surge levels could begin by summer 2008 without jeopardizing gains made.
- Top General In Iraq Says Surge Is Working, Needs More Time RFE/RL 10 Sep 2007 -- In front of a packed hearing room on Capitol Hill, the top U.S. commander in Iraq told U.S. lawmakers that the surge in troops is beginning to have its intended effect.
- General Petraeus Says Some Troops May Leave Iraq, But Most Must Stay VOA 10 Sep 2007 -- The American commander in Iraq says the U.S. troop presence there will be reduced by about 2,000 this month, and another 3,500 by the end of the year
- US Iraq Commander: Early Withdrawal Would Help al-Qaida in Iraq VOA 10 Sep 2007 -- The U.S. commander in Iraq, General David Petraeus, has told a joint congressional hearing that he believes U.S. forces could be reduced by next year to pre-military surge levels
- Iraq: As Third-Largest Contingent, Georgia Hopes To Show Its Worth RFE/RL 10 Sep 2007 -- Georgia's decision to double its number of peacekeepers in Iraq has prompted concerns at home about deploying more forces at a time when many contingents are reducing their sizes or withdrawing from Iraq altogether.
US Policy
- U.S. Congress Set To Hear Key Report On Iraq RFE/RL 10 Sep 2007 -- The U.S. ambassador to Baghdad, Ryan Crocker, and Washington's top military commander in Iraq, General David Petraeus, are due today to start two days of key testimony to the U.S. Congress about the situation in Iraq.
- Report: US to Build Base Near Iran-Iraq Border VOA 10 Sep 2007 -- A leading U.S. newspaper reports the U.S. military is preparing to build its first base for American forces in Iraq near the border with Iran.
United Nations
Reconstruction Issues
- US 'surge' failed, say most Iraqis IRNA 10 Sep 2007 -- An overwhelming majority of Iraqis believe that security has deteriorated across the country, despite the US military surge, according to an opinion poll carried out in all 18 provinces.
- Millions at risk of exposure to cholera in northern Iraq, UN health agency warns UN News Centre 10 Sep 2007 -- More than 7,000 cases of acute diarrhoea have so far been reported in the cholera epidemic in northern Iraq, putting over 2.8 million people at risk from exposure to the infectious and sometimes fatal disease, according to the United Nations health agency.
- Iraqi PM Says More Time Needed to Take Over Security Responsibilities VOA 10 Sep 2007 -- Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki says security has improved across the country, but Iraqi forces need more time to take over full security responsibility from U.S.-led forces.
Foreign Reactions
- Iranian dy FM: Iran fully supports Iraq IRNA 10 Sep 2007 -- Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Mohammad Reza Baqeri conferred on Monday with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani on issues of mutual interests.
News Reports
- Analysis: An Appeal for Time in Iraq Amid Furious Timetable Debate cfr.org 10 Sep 2007 -- The U.S. commander in Iraq, General David Petraeus, said achieving success (PDF) in Iraq will be “neither quick nor easy.”
- Iraq: Analyst Says Debate Too Focused On Troop Reductions RFE/RL 10 Sep 2007
- Iraq: Analyst Expects Congress To Approve New War Funds RFE/RL 10 Sep 2007
