March 2006 - Iraq Special Weapons News

12 March 2006 - Iraq Special Weapons News

U.S. Troops Find Weapons Caches; Iraqi EOD Team Makes Road Safer AFPS 12 Mar 2006 -- U.S. soldiers discovered four weapons caches in a four-day period in areas outside of Baghdad, officials said.
Three Car Bombs In Baghdad Leave 35 Dead RFE/RL 12 Mar 2006 -- At least 35 people were killed and over 90 injured in three car bomb attacks in a Shi'ite district of the Iraqi capital Baghdad today.

Iraqi Leaders Make Progress Toward Unity, U.S. Ambassador Says AFPS 12 Mar 2006 -- Iraqi leaders took a "very positive step" today toward establishing a government of national unity, the U.S. ambassador to Iraq said moments after an emergency meeting with Iraqi leaders.
US envoy in Baghdad repeats call for dialogue with Iran IRNA 12 Mar 2006 -- The US ambassador to Iraq Zalmy Khalilzad repeated Saturday his requests for dialogue with Iranian officials, notably over the Iraqi developments.

Saddam Trial Resumes, Co-defendant Denies Role in Killings VOA 12 Mar 2006 -- Saddam Hussein's trial has resumed in the Iraqi capital, with the first of seven co-defendants denying under oath any involvement in the 1982 killings of 148 Shi'ites in a village north of Baghdad.
Iraq Plans to Open New Parliament Earlier Than Scheduled VOA 12 Mar 2006 -- Iraq's main political factions have agreed to open the first session of the country's new parliament earlier than scheduled, a move the U.S. ambassador to Iraq calls "a good sign."

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