March 2008 - Iraq Special Weapons News

16 March 2008 - Iraq Special Weapons News

March 15 airpower summary: C-17s support, move warfighters AFPN 16 Mar 2008
Forces Capture Terrorism Suspects, Seize Weapons Caches in Iraq AFPS 16 Mar 2008 -- Coalition forces captured suspected terrorists and seized weapons caches throughout Iraq over the past two days.
Captured Foreign Fighters Provide Insight into Enemy Facing Iraq AFPS 16 Mar 2008 -- Information gleaned from 48 foreign fighters detained in Iraq offers insight into al Qaeda’s methods, a Multinational Force Iraq spokesman told reporters during a briefing today in Baghdad.

Senator John McCain Visits Baghdad VOA 16 Mar 2008 -- U.S. Senator and presidential candidate John McCain is making a visit to Baghdad to meet with Iraqi and U.S. officials.

UNAMI Issues its 12th report on the situation of human rights in Iraq IRNA 16 Mar 2008 -- The UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) issued its twelfth report on the human rights situation in the country covering the period 1 July - 31 December 2007

IRAQ: Compounds for IDPs should not be a permanent solution, officials warn IRIN 16 Mar 2008 -- As Iraq’s displacement problem continues to grow, representatives of local non-governmental organisations (NGOs) on 15 March warned that government plans to build residential compounds for internally displaced persons (IDPs) should neither be sectarian nor permanent.

Iraqi Kurds Mark 20th Anniversary of Halabja Poison Gas Attack VOA 16 Mar 2008 -- Iraqi Kurds are marking the 20th anniversary of a chemical weapons attack by Saddam Hussein's forces that killed five-thousand Kurdish villagers.
Iraq Remembers Chemical Attacks on Kurds in Halabja VOA 16 Mar 2008 -- Iraq has marked the 20th anniversary of Saddam Hussein's chemical bombing and gassing of Iraqi Kurds in the northeast city of Halabja