January 2006 - Iraq Special Weapons News

18 January 2006 - Iraq Special Weapons News

OIF/OEF Casualty Update 18 Jan 2006 [PDF]
DoD Identifies Army Casualty
MND-B SOLDIER DIES FROM NON-COMBAT INJURY
CENTAF releases daily airpower summary AFPN 18 Jan 2006 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials released its daily airpower summary.
More Kidnappings, Car Bombs Hit Iraqi Capital VOA 18 Jan 2006 -- Gunmen killed 10 guards and kidnapped an African engineer in an attack on a private security convoy in Baghdad, Wednesday.
Gunmen Ambush Convoy, Kill At Least Nine RFE/RL 18 Jan 2006 -- Gunmen in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, have ambushed a convey of cars carrying employees of a cell-phone company, killing at least nine people.

DoD Leader Details U.S. Iraq Strategy AFPS 18 Jan 2006 -- U.S. strategy in Iraq is working, and success in the country could mean a transformed Middle East, Peter W. Rodman, assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs, said at the American Enterprise Institute here today.
Bush Meets with Iraqi Victims of Saddam Hussein Washington File 18 Jan 2006 -- President Bush met with a group of victims of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein's regime who had witnessed brutal actions against human rights.

Women, children, clergy and detainees suffer abuses in strife-torn Iraq: UN UN News Centre 18 Jan 2006 -- Terrorism and bombing campaigns, lawlessness, kidnapping and targeted killings continue to wreak havoc on civilians in Iraq, with the rights of women, children, detainees and religious leaders grievously violated, according to a new United Nations report.

Iran Probes Possible Detention Of Iraqi Sailors RFE/RL 18 Jan 2006 -- Iran's envoy in Baghdad says Tehran is investigating Iraqi claims that Iranian forces over the weekend seized a coast guard patrol.

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