03 February 2008 - Iraq Special Weapons News |
Operations
Deployments
US Policy
United Nations
Reconstruction Issues
Foreign Reactions
News Reports
Current Operations
- Coalition, Iraqi Forces Kill 1, Detain 16 Suspected Terrorists AFPS 03 Feb 2008 -- Coalition and Iraqi forces killed one suspected terrorist, detained 16 others and seized weapons caches in Iraq over the past three days, military officials said.
Deployments
US Policy
- PRESS CONFERENCE: Rear Adm. Smith, MNF-I; Maj. Gen. Askari, MOD: Feb. 6, 2008 MNF-I 03 Feb 2008 -- Rear Adm. Greg Smith, MNF-I spokesman, makes a statement regarding the recent market attacks in Baghdad; Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Dorko, commander of the Gulf Region Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and Dr. Tahseen Sheikhly, civilian spokesman for Operation Fardh al-Qanoon, discuss progress on reconstruction and services, Feb. 3, 2008
United Nations
Reconstruction Issues
- Iraq Issues Law Allowing Former Baathists to Return to Government VOA 03 Feb 2008 -- The Iraqi government's top executive body, called the president's council, has issued a controversial law that allows some former members of Saddam Hussein's Baath Party to return to government service.
Foreign Reactions
- Final consultations being made for Iran-US talks on Iraq IRNA 03 Feb 2008 -- Foreign Ministry spokesman, Mohammad-Ali Hosseini said on Sunday that final discussions were being made to determine the time and level of next round of Iran-US talks on Iraq.
News Reports
- IRAQ: Desperate militants using women for attacks, analyst says IRIN 03 Feb 2008 -- With joint US-Iraqi military operations pushing extremists out of their strongholds and limiting their activities, Iraqi militants are growing desperate and have increasingly resorted to training women to become suicide bombers, an analyst said on 2 February.
