26 March 2008 - Iraq Special Weapons News |
Operations
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US Policy
United Nations
Reconstruction Issues
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Current Operations
- OIF/OEF Casualty Update 26 Mar 2008 [PDF]
- DoD Identifies Army Casualties
- MND-B Soldier attacked by small-arms fire (Baghdad)
- MND-B Soldier attacked by hostile fire
- March 25 airpower summary: KC-10s provide vital refueling support AFPN 26 Mar 2008
- PRESS CONFERENCE: Operational Update: Maj. Gen. Bergner, March 26, 2008 MNF-I 26 Mar 2008 -- Maj. Gen. Kevin Bergner, Multi-National Force-Iraq spokesman, provides an update on current operations
- Air Strike Targets Al Qaeda in Iraq Member in Tikrit AFPS 26 Mar 2008 -- A coalition air strike today targeted an al Qaeda in Iraq operative linked to local car bombings, U.S. military officials said.
- New Operations in Basra, Baghdad Take Aim at ‘Lawlessness’ AFPS 26 Mar 2008 -- Some 2,000 Iraqi security force members yesterday entered Basra, Iraq, on a mission to crack down on “lawlessness.” Meanwhile, Iraqi and coalition forces have renewed similar efforts in the Iraqi capital.
- Heavy fighting in Iraq IRNA 26 Mar 2008 -- Heavy fighting continued for a second day Wednesday in two of Iraq's largest cities, as Iraqi ground forces and helicopters mounted a huge operation to break what the Iraqi government said the grip of the militia controlling Basra.
- 44,000 wounded Iraq war GIs treated at US hospital in Germany IRNA 26 Mar 2008 -- Almost 44,000 American soldiers wounded during the Iraq war over the past five years have received medical treatment at the US Landstuhl military hospital in Germany, the largest medical facility outside the US, the European-edition of the US military daily Stars and Stripes reported Tuesday.
- Iraqi PM Gives Basra Militants 72 Hours to Surrender Arms VOA 26 Mar 2008 -- Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has ordered Shi'ite gunmen fighting government forces in the southern city of Basra to surrender their weapons within three days or face the consequences.
Deployments
US Policy
- Bush Gets 'Candid' Military Briefing on Iraq VOA 26 Mar 2008 -- President Bush has received the latest in a series of briefings designed to give him the information he needs to make a decision on future U.S. troop levels in Iraq
- Iraqi Prime Minister Deserves Credit, Pentagon Spokesman Says AFPS 26 Mar 2008 -- Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki should be commended for taking the initiative to go after extremists and criminals in Basra, Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell said today.
- Bush, Cheney Consult Senior Uniformed Leaders on Way Forward in Iraq AFPS 26 Mar 2008 -- President Bush, Vice President Richard B. Cheney and Stephen Hadley, the national security advisor, today met Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and the members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in the Pentagon to discuss the way ahead in Iraq.
United Nations
Reconstruction Issues
- Iraq: Reconciliation Conference Underscores Political, Sectarian Rifts RFE/RL 26 Mar 2008 -- On March 19, Iraq concluded a two-day national reconciliation conference in Baghdad.
- Iraq: Al-Basrah Clashes Could Prove Ominous RFE/RL 26 Mar 2008 -- Fierce clashes between radical Shi'ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's militia, the Imam Al-Mahdi Army, and government forces in the southern Iraqi city of Al-Basrah have sparked concern that the situation could quickly spiral out of control.
Foreign Reactions
News Reports
- IRAQ: “Pressing need” for drinking water in Basra as curfew bites IRIN 26 Mar 2008 -- Life in Basra, Iraq’s second-largest city, has been paralysed by a large-scale government military operation against militiamen of the Mahdi Army led by radical Shia leader Moqtada al-Sadr, Mahdi al-Tamimi, head of the city’s Human Rights Office said on 25 March.
