March 2006 - Iraq Special Weapons News

01 March 2006 - Iraq Special Weapons News

At Least 26 Killed in Iraq Bombings VOA 01 Mar 2006 -- Bomb attacks in the Iraqi capital have killed at least 26 people and wounded nearly 60 others Wednesday.
CENTAF releases daily airpower summary AFPN 01 Mar 2006 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials released today's airpower summary.
Terrorists Kill 17 Iraqis, Wound 40 in Attacks AFPS 01 Mar 2006 -- In two days of terrorist attacks, 17 Iraqis were killed and more than 40 injured in two separate incidents in the Dora neighborhood in southern Baghdad Feb. 26 and 27, officials said today.
Ramstein Airmen train Iraqis to fly, fix C-130s AFPN 01 Mar 2006 -- Ramstein Airmen deployed to Iraq to train Iraqis on the C-130 Hercules aircraft -- standing up the first Iraqi airlift squadron under the country's new regime.
Special Ops school moves from Jordan to Iraq Army News 01 Mar 2006 -- The seventh and final group of soldiers graduated from an elite counterterrorism course in Jordan last week, bringing to an end a special operations training partnership among Iraq, Jordan and the U.S. that taught more than 500 Iraqi troops since 2003.
Gonzalez Sailors Assist Stranded Iranian Mariners Navy NewsStand 01 Mar 2006 -- The guided-missile destroyer USS Gonzalez (DDG 66), currently deployed to the Persian Gulf in support of maritime security operations (MSO), rescued six Iranian mariners Feb. 28 after they had been adrift for 10 days.

Reserve Seabee Regiment Readies to Relieve Active-Duty Counterpart in Iraq Navy NewsStand 01 Mar 2006 -- For the first time in the global war on terrorism, a reserve Seabee regiment is scheduled to relieve its active-duty counterpart in Iraq about mid-spring.
Study: One-Third of US Soldiers Returning From Iraq Use Mental Health Services VOA 01 Mar 2006 -- About one-third of U.S. military personnel returning from the war in Iraq use mental health services after their return home, according to a study published in the latest issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Pentagon Officials Not Panicked Over Recent Iraq Strife AFPS 01 Mar 2006 -- American military commanders in Iraq are calmly assessing the impact of a week's worth of violence and civil strife that has erupted across Iraq since terrorists bombed a Shiite mosque, a senior Pentagon official said here today.

Iraq Weekly Status Report State Dept. 01 Mar 2006 [PDF]
Iraq: Violence Keeps Sectarian Tensions High RFE/RL 01 Mar 2006 -- It's been a week since the bombing of a key Shi'ite shrine in Samarra set off a wave of violence that has taken nearly 400 lives
Iraqi Leaders Demand Inquiry Into Mosque Bombing RFE/RL 01 Mar 2006 -- Iraqi politicians are demanding an inquiry into allegations that the government did not act on a warning about a plan to bomb a major Shi'ite shrine.

Saddam Says He Ordered Some Reprisals After Assassination Attempt VOA 01 Mar 2006 -- Iraq's ousted president Saddam Hussein has acknowledged that he ordered the trial of Shi'ite villagers who eventually were executed after an attempt on his life.

Poll Indicates US Troops in Iraq Favor Withdrawal VOA 01 Mar 2006 -- A poll of U.S. troops in Iraq indicates that many of them believe the force should be withdrawn within a year, and some say
Iraq: Parliamentarian Discusses Al-Sadrist View Of Government RFE/RL 01 Mar 2006 -- RFE/RL interviewed Iraqi parliamentarian Qusay al-Suhail on February 27 to ask about rising political tensions in Iraq following the February 22 bombing of Samarra's Golden Mosque

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