April 2006 - Iraq Special Weapons News

05 April 2006 - Iraq Special Weapons News

CENTAF releases airpower summary AFPS 05 Apr 2006 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials released today's airpower summary.
Iraqi, Coalition Forces Rescue Kidnap Victims, Nab Terrorists AFPS 05 Apr 2006 -- Iraqi soldiers and police rescued three kidnap victims, and coalition troops captured nine terrorists in operations in Iraq today, U.S. officials reported.
Iraqi Unit Assumes Security Responsibilities in Salah Ad Din Province AFPS 05 Apr 2006 -- An Iraqi army brigade has begun the first phase of assuming responsibility for security operations in Iraq's Salah Ad Din province.
Operation Money Worth improves Baghdad area checkpoints Army News 05 Apr 2006 -- Soldiers of the 4th Infantry Division improved the security and safety of 21 Iraqi-manned traffic control points during Operation Money Worth last week.
Two Car Bombs in Baghdad Kill One, Injure Almost 30 VOA 05 Apr 2006 -- Two car bombs exploded in separate incidents in Baghdad Wednesday, killing at least one person and wounding about 30 others.

Pace Discusses Positive, Negative News From Iraq AFPN 05 Apr 2006 -- There is both good news and bad news coming out of Iraq, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said yesterday.

Iraq Weekly Status Report State Dept. 05 Apr 2006 [PDF]
Iraqi PM Refuses to Quit, Despite US, British Pressure VOA 05 Apr 2006 -- Iraq's embattled Prime Minister Ibarhim al-Jaafari is refusing to give up his candidacy to lead the country's next government, despite strong appeals from the United States and Britain.

Iraq Court Expels Hussein Lawyer After Outburst RFE/RL 05 Apr 2006 -- The chief judge in Saddam Hussein's trial has thrown one of the deposed Iraqi leader's lawyers out of court for disrupting the session.
Saddam Returns to Court in Baghdad VOA 05 Apr 2006 -- The trial of Saddam Hussein has resumed in Baghdad. The former Iraqi dictator is answering questions about the killing of more than 140 Shi'ite Muslims in 1982.

Rice: Russia Denies in Writing Giving Saddam Info on US Military VOA 05 Apr 2006 -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says she has a letter from Russia assuring her it did not give Saddam Hussein information on U.S. military plans before the war.
Crisis in Iraq due to lack of national consensus - Lavrov RIA Novosti 05 Apr 2006 -- Russia's foreign minister said Wednesday the situation in Iraq has deteriorated because there is no national consensus on the way the country should be run.

IRAQ: In deteriorating security environment, Palestinian refugees flee capital IRIN 05 Apr 2006 -- The Ministry of Displacement and Migration is preparing an emergency plan to assist Palestinians living in Iraq, many of whom have been the victims of violence or have received recent death threats, according to ministry official Farhan Obaid.

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