17 July 2005 - Iraq Special Weapons News |
Operations
Deployments
US Policy
United Nations
Reconstruction Issues
Foreign Reactions
News Reports
Current Operations
- One Task Force Liberty Soldier killed, two wounded by IED
- DoD Identifies Army Casualty
- DoD Identifies Army Casualty
- DoD Identifies Army Casualty
- DoD Identifies Army Casualty
- Terrorists Use Corpses as Bait in Baghdad Car-Bomb Attack AFPS 14 Jul 2005 -- In what military officials are calling "a new level of barbarity," terrorists tortured and killed two innocent Iraqi civilians and laid their bodies in the road as bait for curious Iraqi civilians and investigating Iraqi security forces before detonating a car bomb at 8 a.m. this morning.
- Iraqis Bury Civilians Killed By Terrorists VOA 17 Jul 2005 -- In Iraq, the grief-stricken town of Musayyib began burying some of the victims of Saturday's fiery suicide bombing, which killed more than 90 people and wounded more than 150 others.
- Coalition, Iraqi Army detain eight in northern Iraq MNF-I 17 Jul 2005 -- Multi-National Forces from Task Force Freedom and Iraqi Security Forces detained eight suspected terrorists during separate operations in northern Iraq on July 17.
Deployments
- USS Tarawa Departs for 13th Western Pacific Deployment LHA-1 Tarawa Public Affairs 17 Jul 2005 -- The 'Eagle of the Sea' USS Tarawa LHA 1, is heading towards the Arabian Gulf in support of the Global War on Terrorism.
US Policy
United Nations
Reconstruction Issues
- Iraqi Tribunal Announces First Case Against Saddam RFE/RL 17 Jul 2005 -- Iraq's special tribunal has announced its first criminal case against former leader Saddam Hussein.
Foreign Reactions
- Britain Could Start Scaling Back its Troops in Iraq Within 12 Months VOA 17 Jul 2005 -- British Defense Secretary John Reid is not setting a timetable for British troop withdrawal from Iraq, but he says a transitional handover process could start during the next 12 months.
News Reports
- Iraq: Prime Minister On Landmark Visit To Iran RFE/RL 17 Jul 2005 -- With a Shi'a-dominated government in place in Baghdad, a closer relationship now appears to be developing between Iraq and Iran. Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim Al-Ja'fari is in Tehran to discuss security issues and future relations between the two countries.
- JORDAN: NGOs call for emergency funds and transparency for Iraq IRIN 20 Jul 2005 -- NGOs working in Iraq have called on donors to establish emergency funds that can be disbursed quickly, to provide support for aid workers in dangerous conditions.
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