May 2008 - Iraq Special Weapons News

28 May 2008 - Iraq Special Weapons News

May 27 airpower summary: F-15Es destroy enemy combatants AFPN 28 May 2008
Forces in Iraq Capture Dozens, Discover Weapons Caches AFPS 28 May 2008 -- Forces in Iraq captured dozens of suspects and found multiple caches of weapons in recent days, military officials said.
Improved Iraqi Forces Contribute to Four-Year Violence Low AFPS 28 May 2008 -- Last week, Iraq experienced the lowest level of “security incidents” since March 2004, a reduction that military officials attribute in part to improvements in Iraqi security forces.
US Military: Suspected al-Qaida in Iraq Leader Captured VOA 28 May 2008 -- The U.S. military says it has captured a man believed to be an al-Qaida in Iraq leader involved in a deadly attack on U.S. troops last year.

‘Surge’ Brigade redeploys (Diyala) MNF-I 28 May 2008 -- Approximately, 4,000 Soldiers from the 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, are redeploying back to Fort Lewis, Wash., next month.

Former Bush Aide Says Iraq Invasion Was Blunder VOA 28 May 2008 -- A controversial new book by former White House Spokesman Scott McClellan says President Bush's decision to invade Iraq five years ago was a serious strategic blunder
Bush misled US on Iraq: McClellan IRNA 28 May 2008 -- Former White House press secretary Scott McClellan writes in a new memoir that a sophisticated 'political propaganda campaign' led by President Bush 'manipulated public opinion' and 'downplayed the major reason for going to war'.
Former Top White House Aide Says Bush Misled US on Iraq War VOA 28 May 2008 -- The former spokesman for U.S. President George Bush, Scott McClellan, says in a new book that the president led a "propaganda" campaign aimed at "manipulating sources of public opinion" to sell the Iraq war to the American people.

Rice to Push Sunni Arabs on Iraq Ties VOA 28 May 2008 -- U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice joins delegates from about 100 countries and organizations Thursday at a conference in Stockholm aimed at reinforcing Iraq's security and economy. She will push for greater support for Iraq's Shiite-led coalition government among its Sunni-Arab neighbors

Secretary-General departs for Sweden to attend Iraq Compact meeting UN News Centre 28 May 2008 -- Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is heading today to Sweden to attend the annual review conference of the Iraq Compact, the five-year plan to promote peace and development in the violence-wracked nation.

PRESS CONFERENCE: Iraqi Security Forces: May 28, 2008 MNF-I 28 May 2008 -- Mr. Adnan al-Asadi, Senior Deputy Minister of Interior; General Nasr Abadi, Vice Chief of Staff, Iraqi Armed Forces; Lt. Gen. James Dubik, Commanding General, Multi-National Security Transition Command – Iraq; and Maj. Gen. Kevin Bergner, spokesman for Multi-National Force – Iraq, discuss developments in preparedness of the Iraqi Security Forces
Violence Against Women Widespread in Northern Iraq VOA 28 May 2008 -- An Amnesty International report on worldwide human rights says violence against women is widespread in northern Iraq