February 2006 - Iraq Special Weapons News

16 February 2006 - Iraq Special Weapons News

OPERATIONAL UPDATE BY ARMY MAJOR GENERAL RICK LYNCH, DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF, MULTINATIONAL FORCE IRAQ MNF-I 16 Feb 2006
CENTAF releases daily airpower summary AFPN 16 Feb 2006 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials released today's airpower summary.
Iraqi Army, U.S. Forces Detain 106, Discover Weapons Caches AFPS 16 Feb 2006 -- Iraqi and U.S. forces conducted raids on two targets in Iraq's Diyala province and a raid west of Baghdad that netted a total of 106 individuals and a weapons cache, Multinational Force Iraq officials said.
Iraqi Army, U.S. Special Forces detain 102 in raid Army News 16 Feb 2006 -- Assaults on two targets Feb. 12 in Diyala Province resulted in the discovery of a large weapons cache after two insurgents were killed and 102 suspects detained.
At Least 9 Iraqis Killed in Attacks in Baghdad, Kirkuk VOA 16 Feb 2006 -- Authorities in Iraq say at least nine people were killed in insurgent attacks in Baghdad and northern Iraq Thursday.

Iraq Needs Immediate Aid To Prosecute Saddam Hussein's Regime Washington File 16 Feb 2006 -- Iraqi officials need the world's help to document the abuses of Saddam Hussein's regime and bring its deposed leader to justice, says State Department legal adviser John Bellinger.
U.S. Has Prosecuted Abuses Shown in Newly Published Photos Washington File 16 Feb 2006 -- Americans have already been convicted and sentenced for up to 10 years in prison for abuses shown in newly published photographs of the Abu Ghraib detention facility in Iraq, says a U.S. diplomat who called the acts in the photos "sickening."
Rumsfeld Says More Money Needed To Fund Afghan, Iraq Missions Washington File 16 Feb 2006 -- Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld told members of Congress February 16 that the administration would submit a same-day request for $65.3 billion dollars in supplemental funding to support the ongoing war against terrorism.

Iraqi Forces Conducting More Independent Operations AFPS 16 Feb 2006 -- Iraqi security forces continue to grow in capability and are planning and conducting more operations without coalition support, a U.S. military spokesman in Baghdad said today.
Iraqi Prime Minister Condemns New Abuse Images RFE/RL 16 Feb 2006 -- The Iraqi government today condemned the latest images of detainees being abused U.S. soldiers in Abu Ghurayb Prison, but said those responsible had already been punished.
Iraq to Probe Alleged Death Squads in Police Force VOA 16 Feb 2006 -- Iraq's interior ministry has launched a probe into allegations that death squads are operating within the police force and targeting Sunni Arabs.

IRAQ: Insurgency little understood by coalition forces, says think-tank IRIN 16 Feb 2006 -- The Iraqi insurgency, which is increasingly organised and coordinated, is little understood by those trying to fight it, according to the Brussels-based think-tank, International Crisis Group (ICG).

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