17 October 2004 - Iraq Special Weapons News |
Operations
Deployments
US Policy
United Nations
Reconstruction Issues
Foreign Reactions
News Reports
Current Operations
- DoD Identifies Army Casualties
- DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
- DoD Identifies Army Casualties
- MNF-I Strikes Terrorist Checkpoint MNF-I/MNC-I 17 Oct 2004 -- Multi-National Force-Iraq conducted strikes the night of October 16 against an armed Al Zarqawi terrorist checkpoint in the Jolan district of the city of Fallujah.
- Three Detained Near Tikrit MNF-I/MNC-I 17 Oct 2004 -- First Infantry Division Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment detained three individuals near Tikrit around 12:25 a.m., Oct. 17.
- Joint Operation Is Huge Success MNF-I/MNC-I 17 Oct 2004 -- Iraqi Security Force's 30th Brigade Combat Team conducted a joint firepower demonstration with Multi-National Forces at the Kirkush Military Training Base on Oct. 14.
- Weapon Turn-In Continues in Al-Thawra MNF-I/MNC-I 17 Oct 2004 -- The Al-Thawra weapons turn-in initiative is beginning to show a glimmer of success as more medium and heavy weapons are beginning to come in.
- U.S. Warplanes Bomb Insurgent Positions In Al-Fallujah RFE/RL 17 Oct 2004 -- U.S. warplanes hammered Al-Fallujah with a new round of air strikes today as U.S. ground troops reinforced their positions around the rebel-held city.
- U.S. Troops Battle Rebels In Iraq's Al-Fallujah RFE/RL 17 Oct 2004 -- Reports say that U.S. ground and air forces today battled insurgents in Iraq's western city of Al-Fallujah.
- Nine Iraqi Police Killed in Ambush VOA News 17 Oct 2004 -- Nine Iraqi policemen returning from a training course in Jordan have been ambushed and killed south of Baghdad.
Deployments
US Policy
United Nations
- Annan: World Not Safer from War in Iraq VOA News 17 Oct 2004 -- United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan says the war in Iraq has not made the world any safer.
Reconstruction Issues
- UNICEF/IRAQ/SCHOOLS VOA 17 Oct 2004 -- The first comprehensive study on the condition of schools in Iraq shows thousands of them are seriously damaged and unfit for students. The study, carried out by the Iraqi Ministry of Education and partially funded by UNICEF, says the schools' problems date to the Saddam era.
Foreign Reactions
News Reports
- Iraqi Media Monitoring UNAMI 17 Oct 2004
- Church Bells Ring in Baghdad After Bombings VOA News 17 Oct 2004 -- The strength and character of Iraqi Christians was evident Sunday when they answered the call of bells and prayed in churches that had been bombed just the day before.
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