March 2006 - Iraq Special Weapons News

31 March 2006 - Iraq Special Weapons News

Transcript: News Briefing with Maj. Gen. Thurman from Iraq 31 Mar 2006 -- Presenter: Maj. Gen. James Thurman, commander, Multinational Division Baghdad
CENTAF releases daily airpower summary AFPN 31 Mar 2006 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials released today's airpower summary.
Official Clarifies Details on Controversial Weekend Raid AFPS 31 Mar 2006 -- A controversial weekend raid in Baghdad was expertly executed several blocks from the nearest mosque, a U.S. general said yesterday.

Transcript: News Briefing with Maj. Gen. Sorenson 31 Mar 2006 -- Presenter: Maj. Gen. Jeffrey Sorenson, deputy, Acquisition and Systems Management, for the Assistant Secretary of the Army, Acquisition, Logistics and Technology
Soldiers Prohibited From Wearing Non-Standard Body Armor AFPS 31 Mar 2006 -- U.S. soldiers deployed in Afghanistan and Iraq are prohibited from wearing non-standard-issue body armor, a senior Army officer told reporters here today.

US General: Iraqi Sectarian Violence Not as Bad as Reported VOA 31 Mar 2006 -- The U.S. army general in charge of security in Baghdad and three nearby provinces says sectarian conflict is not as big a part of the violence as many people believe.
General: Baghdad Division Curbing Violence as Government Forms AFPS 31 Mar 2006 -- The beefed-up force in and around Baghdad is helping curb violence and likely will stay at current levels as Iraq's new unity government forms, the force's commander told Pentagon reporters today.

RFE/RL Iraq Report, Volume 9, Number 13 31 Mar 2006
Iraq: Kurdish Media Complain Of Harassment RFE/RL 31 Mar 2006 -- Freedoms of speech and of the press in Iraqi Kurdistan are being called into question following the arrests of several journalists and intellectuals in recent months.

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