March 2006 - Iraq Special Weapons News

05 March 2006 - Iraq Special Weapons News

10th Mountain Soldiers In Iraq Nab Killers, Find Weapons AFPS 05 Mar 2006 -- Soldiers with the U.S. Army's 10th Mountain Division nabbed terrorists and confiscated weapons during an operation in Baghdad Feb. 26.

U.S. Denies Planning 2007 Withdrawal From Iraq RFE/RL 05 Mar 2006 -- The United States has denied reports saying Washington and London are planning to pull all of their troops out of Iraq by the spring of 2007.

Iraqi People Pulled Back From Civil War Abyss, Pace Says AFPS 05 Mar 2006 -- The Iraqi people responded to terrorist outrages by pulling back from the abyss of a civil war, Marine Gen. Peter Pace said on NBC's Meet the Press today.
Top US General Upbeat on Iraq VOA 05 Mar 2006 -- A gun battle at a Sunni Mosque in Baghdad has left three people dead and several others wounded, while two relatives of a prominent Sunni leader were gunned down in another part of the Iraqi capital
Iraq's Government, Military Developing Very Well, General Says Washington File 06 Mar 2006 -- Iraq's government and security forces are developing very well, General Peter Pace, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, said in talk show appearances on NBC's Meet the Press with Tim Russert and Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace March 5.

Iraq's Jaafari Facing More Pressure to Step Down VOA 05 Mar 2006 -- Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari is facing growing pressure to abandon his bid for a new term as sectarian violence continues in the country.

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