06 August 2008 - Iraq Special Weapons News |
Operations
Deployments
US Policy
United Nations
Reconstruction Issues
Foreign Reactions
News Reports
Current Operations
- OIF/OEF Casualty Update 6 Aug 2008 [PDF]
- DoD Identifies Army Casualties
- DoD Identifies Army Casualty
- DoD Identifies Army Casualty
- Aug. 5 airpower summary: C-130s deliver troop supplies AFPN 6 Aug 2008
- INTERVIEW: Security Operations: Iraqi Maj. Gen. Atta, U.S. Brig. Gen. Perkins, Aug. 6, 2008 MNF-I 06 Aug 2008 -- Maj. Gen. Qassim Atta, Military Spokesman for Operation Fardh al-Qanoon, and Brig. Gen. David Perkins, Spokesman for Multi-National Force – Iraq, discuss security operations in Iraq
- Troops in Iraq Detain 17 Suspects, Seize Weapons AFPS 6 Aug 2008 -- Coalition and Iraqi forces caught 17 suspects and seized scores of weapons during operations in Iraq.
- Various Factors Reduce Roadside Bomb Attacks, General Says AFPS 06 Aug 2008 -- A combination of factors has brought improvised explosive device attacks in Iraq to record-low levels, a senior U.S. military officer said here today.
Deployments
US Policy
- Violence Drop-off in Iraq Inspires ‘Cautious Optimism’ AFPS 06 Aug 2008 -- For the eleventh straight week, violence in Iraq continues at the lowest levels in four years, despite ongoing threats from al-Qaida in Iraq and Iranian-backed militants, a coalition general said today.
United Nations
- Time for Iraqis to make political progress, UN political chief says UN Newws Centre 06 Aug 2008 -- Iraqis must focus on political dialogue, reconciliation and bread-and-butter economic issues now that they are seeing improved security, the top United Nations political official told the Security Council today.
Reconstruction Issues
- Analysis: Trouble on the Ballot in Iraq cfr.org 06 Aug 2008 -- When Iraq's parliament passed a power-sharing law back in February, paving the way for provincial elections this fall, American politicians bubbled with optimism
