16 October 2008 - Iraq Special Weapons News |
Operations
Deployments
US Policy
United Nations
Reconstruction Issues
Foreign Reactions
News Reports
Current Operations
- OIF/OEF Casualty Update 16 Oct 2008 [PDF]
- MNC-I Soldier dies of non-battle related causes
- CF Soldier killed in IDF attack (Diyala)
- DoD Press Briefing with Geoff Morrell from the Pentagon Briefing Room, Pentagon, VA US Dept. of Defense 16 Oct 2008 -- Presenter: Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell
- Coalition Forces Detain Six Suspects in Iraq AFPS 16 Oct 2008 -- Coalition forces continued to drive al-Qaida in Iraq out of the country, targeting terrorists during operations in Mosul and Baghdad.
Deployments
- EODMU-1 Deploys in Support of Joint, Combined Operations Navy Newstand 16 Oct 2008 -- Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 1 deployed to Middle East to provide control of efforts to counter IEDs.
US Policy
- Gates Works with Congress on Iraq Status of Forces Agreement AFPS 16 Oct 2008 -- SecDef Gates is consulting with congressional leaders on the US-Iraq status of forces agreement.
United Nations
Reconstruction Issues
- Iraq Government Set to Pay More Reconstruction Costs AFPS 16 Oct 2008 -- Increased oil price fueling Iraq's ability to pay more for its reconstruction costs.
Foreign Reactions
- 10 Killed in Turkey - Kurd Clashes VOA 16 Oct 2008 -- Turkey's military says 5 Turkish soldiers and 5 Kurdish rebels have been killed in clashes near the country's southeastern borders with Iraq and Iran.
