March 2004 - Iraq Special Weapons News

06 March 2004 - Iraq Special Weapons News

Cavalry captures weapons dealer CENTCOM Release 06 Mar 2004-- Task Force 1st Armored Division soldiers captured a suspected weapons dealer and his stash of weapons during a raid Friday.

Democracy 'Messy' but Progress Being Made in Iraq AFPS 06 Mar 2004 -- Coalition officials realize that democracy "is messy" and are not discouraged that the Iraqi Governing Council did not sign the Transitional Administrative Law March 5, said officials in Baghdad today.
Iraq Standing Up to Terrorist Attacks, President Says AFPS 06 Mar 2004 -- The Iraqi people are making "excellent progress" toward democracy in spite of the terrorist attacks that attempt to derail the process, President Bush said in his weekly radio address today.
BUSH/IRAQ VOA 06 Mar 2004 -- President Bush says Iraqis are making excellent progress toward a new government, despite this week's failure to sign a new interim constitution. The president's presumptive Democratic opponent in this year's election says Mr. Bush is not adequately protecting U-S troops in Iraq.

Panel wrestles with religious-violence issues CENTCOM Release 06 Mar 2004-- Drawing upon their common belief in God, an informal panel discussed whether it is possible for Jews, Christians and Muslims to promote reconciliation in a war-weary land where religion is often times blamed for the violence.
Iraqi Shi'ite Leaders Consult Over Interim Constitution RFE/RL 06 Mar 2004 -- Leading Shi'ite members of the U.S.-appointed Iraqi Governing Council today met with aides to the country's top Shi'ite cleric in an attempt to reach a deal on an interim constitution.

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