September 2004 - Iraq Special Weapons News

02 September 2004 - Iraq Special Weapons News

OIF/OEF Casualty Update 02 Sep 2004 [PDF]
PRECISION STRIKE OPERATION AGAINST ZARQAWI NETWORK CENTCOM 02 Sep 2004 -- At 11:32 p.m. Wednesday evening local Baghdad time, Multi-National Force - Iraq conducted a precision attack on an Abu Musab Zarqawi operating location in Southwest Fallujah
11th MEU combat in Najaf: A fireteam's tale USMC News 02 Sep 2004 -- Early August, the world watched as Marines and sailors of the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) battled against Muqtada al-Sadr and his militia in the opening days of a tough fight in a huge cemetery sacred to the Shia Muslims.
CIVIL AFFAIRS EFFORTS IN NAJAF CONTINUED DURING FIGHTING CENTCOM 02 Sep 2004 -- During combat operations in Najaf, I Marine Expeditionary Force's 3rd Civil Affairs Group continued work on several projects that had been underway well before militia forces triggered three weeks of fighting there.
Terrorists attack Mosul city center killing one Iraqi police officer, injuring 18 MNF-I/MNC-I 02 Sep 2004 -- Terrorists attacked the Mosul city center Wednesday with four mortars killing one Iraqi police officer and wounding another. Also injured in the attack were 17 civilians.

SecArmy sees Abu Ghraib operations improve Army News 02 Sep 2004 -- Military police now serving at Abu Ghraib detention facility near Baghdad showed the Army's top official last week that they have improved detainee operations there, along with setting up better conditions for Soldiers.
U.S. Condemns Slaying of Nepalese Workers in Iraq Washington File 02 Sep 2004 -- The United States has condemned the murder of 12 Nepalese nationals by a militant group in Iraq and extended its condolences to the Nepalese government and people as well as the families of the victims.

Iraqis fortify Syrian border with help of Marines USMC News 31 Aug 2004 -- They patrol 890 kilometers of land in Iraq between Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Syria, looking for smuggled weapons and foreign fighters.
IRAQ: Election talks continue as national assembly meets IRIN 02 Sep 2004 -- The new 100-member Iraqi national assembly met for the first time in the capital Baghdad earlier in the week to nominate a speaker as part of preparations for the election scheduled for next January.

NATO: Alliance Prepares For Tough Decisions On Iraq Mission RFE/RL 02 Sep 2004 -- Governments of NATO countries are preparing for tough discussions in the coming weeks to determine the limits of the alliance's future role in Iraq. A training delegation currently in Baghdad has begun drawing up its recommendations. But, officials say, the final decision is likely to emerge only after yet another confrontation involving France on one side and the United States on the other.

Iraqi Media Monitoring UNAMI 02 Sep 2004
IRAQ WRAP VOA 02 Sep 2004 -- French officials say Iraqi militants have given up two French journalists they were holding hostage. The news comes after another militant group killed three Turkish hostages. Their bodies were found on a roadside north of Baghdad. Saboteurs have attacked oil pipelines in the north. And a U.S. airstrike on suspected guerrilla strongholds west of Baghdad killed at least 20 people.
Iraqi Militant Group Reportedly Kills Turkish Hostages RFE/RL 02 Sep 2004 -- Al-Jazeera television reported today that a militant group claimed it has killed three Turks it was holding hostage in Iraq.
IRAQ: Sadr city and other areas returning to normality following fighting IRIN 02 Sep 2004 -- Streets are clogged with rubbish, sewage, people and traffic, just as they always were in the poor slum suburb of Sadr city in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. But the US tanks sitting at main intersections, soldiers manning the turrets, are an ominous reminder that fighting could resume at any moment.

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