February 2006 - Iraq Special Weapons News

07 February 2006 - Iraq Special Weapons News

BRIEFING WITH BRIGADIER GENERAL DONALD ALSTON (USAF), DIRECTOR, STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS, MULTINATIONAL FORCE IRAQ MNF-I 07 Feb 2006
CENTAF releases daily airpower summary AFPN 07 Feb 2006 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials released today's airpower summary.
Blasts Rock Baghdad Market; Roadside Bombs Kill 4 US Marines VOA 07 Feb 2006 -- Reports from Baghdad say two bombs have exploded near a market in central Baghdad, killing at least 10 people.
Rakkasan Cavalry trains Iraqi Army to disrupt terrorists Army News 07 Feb 2006 -- Iraqi soldiers just finished a seven-day training cycle with the 2-9 Cavalry's Military Transition Team.
Operations in Iraq Net 26 Suspects, Weapons Caches AFPS 07 Feb 2006 -- Raids near Salman Pak, Iraq, yesterday resulted in the detention of suspected terrorists, and U.S. forces discovered a significant weapons cache Feb. 3, Multinational Force Iraq officials said today.

Rumsfeld Says U.S. Must See Iraq Mission Through to Completion Washington File 07 Feb 2006 -- The global War on Terror is not a conflict between Islam and the West, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld says, but rather an intra-Muslim clash between moderates and extremists.
Army helping Iraqi businesswomen win contracts Army News 07 Feb 2006 -- About 250 reconstruction contracts worth more than $250 million have been awarded to women-owned businesses in Iraq over the past eight months.

Iraq: Oil Sector Faces Tough Times REF/RL 07 Feb 2006 -- A new scandal foregrounds the problem of corruption in the Iraqi industry -- but corruption is but one of the industry's many problems.

British Religious Leaders Appeal for Hostages' Release in Iraq VOA 07 Feb 2006 -- A fresh appeal has been launched for the release of four Christian peace activists held hostage by an obscure Muslim group in Iraq.

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