November 2008 - Iraq Special Weapons News

12 November 2008 - Iraq Special Weapons News

Nov. 11 airpower summary: B-1B bombs enemy forces AFNS 12 Nov 2008 -- Coalition airpower integrated with coalition ground forces in Iraq and International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan during operations Nov. 11, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here.
Coalition Kills, Captures Multiple Suspects in Terrorist Sweep AFPS 12 Nov 2008 -- Coalition forces in Iraq have degraded terrorist networks in several days of operations that have killed at least four militants and led to the capture of more than two dozen suspects, military officials reported.
F-16 destroyed in fire in Southwest Asia AFNS 12 Nov 2008 -- An F-16 Fighting Falcon caught fire after the pilot aborted the takeoff at about 5:40 a.m. Baghdad time Nov. 12 at an air base in Southwest Asia.

Number of hungry people in Iraq has dropped steeply, says UN-backed report UN News Centre 12 Nov 2008 -- The number of people without adequate access to food in Iraq has been slashed by three-quarters between 2005 and 2007, according to a new assessment conducted jointly by the war-torn nation’s Government and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP).

PRESS CONFERENCE: Reconstruction: Dr. Jafar, Lt. Col. Purdue, Maj. Guinan, Nov. 12, 2008 MNF-I 12 Nov 2008 -- Dr. Jafar, Iraqi MoH, Lt. Col. Purdue & Maj. Guinan, USACE, discuss Corps of Engineers’ progress
Iraqi Shrine City Rises From The Rubble -- Slowly RFE/RL 12 Nov 2008-- In this ancient city along the Tigris River, a new Al-Askari Mosque -- a revered Shi'ite shrine and ground zero in the sectarian battles that roiled Iraq -- is slowly rising from the rubble of war

Gunmen Kill 2 Christian Sisters in Iraq VOA 12 Nov 2008 -- Iraqi police say gunmen they identify as Islamic extremists shot and killed two Christian sisters while storming their house and rigging it with explosives in the war-torn northern Iraqi city of Mosul.