September 2005 - Iraq Special Weapons News

16 September 2005 - Iraq Special Weapons News

OIF/OEF Casualty Update 16 Sep 2005 [PDF]
II MEF MARINE KILLED
DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
DoD Identifies Army Casualty
Commander Describes Routing Foreign Fighters From Tal Afar AFPS 16 Sep 2005 -- The commander of coalition troops in Iraq today described "an extremely successful tactical operation" in which U.S. and Iraqi troops all but cleared Tal Afar, Iraq, of foreign fighters.
Harrier jets strike safe house and weapons cache MNF-I 16 Sep 2005 -- Coalition Forces conducted an air strike Sept. 15 against a known terrorist safe house and weapons cache in the western Al Anbar Province border town of Karabilah .
Air strikes destroy terrorist complex MNF-I 16 Sep 2005 -- Coalition Air Forces raided an al-Qaida in Iraq terrorist complex south of Haditha that contained a vehicle borne improvised explosive device factory and weapons caches Sept.16 at 4:24 am.
Baghdad Drive-By Shooting Kills Three RFE/RL 16 Sep 2005 -- Three Iraqis were killed and a dozen others injured today when armed men in cars opened fire on a crowd of day-laborers in Baghdad.
Blast Outside Shi'ite Mosque In Iraq Kills At Least Eight RFE/RL 16 Sep 2005 -- A suicide car bomb exploded outside a Shi'ite mosque in central Iraq today, killing at least eight people.
8 Killed in Iraq Mosque Blast as Insurgents Step Up Attacks VOA 16 Sep 2005 -- Iraqi authorities say at least 10 people have been killed and 21 others wounded in a car bomb attack on a Shi'ite mosque in central Iraq.

Increased Insurgency Violence Not Supported by Iraqi Public VOA 16 Sep 2005 -- An audiotape message has surfaced in Iraq declaring "all-out war" against Iraqi Shiites.
Iraq: A Nation Finds Itself At A Crossroads RFE/RL 16 Sep 2005 -- Fugitive Jordanian terrorist Abu Mus'ab al-Zarqawi declared war on Iraq's Shi'a community in a 14 September statement posted to the Internet

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