April 2006 - Iraq Special Weapons News

10 April 2006 - Iraq Special Weapons News

CENTAF releases combined airpower summary report AFPN 10 Apr 2006 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials released the airpower summary report for April 8 to 10.
Soldiers Die in Anbar Action; Terror Suspects Detained, Killed AFPS 10 Apr 2006 -- Three U.S. soldiers died yesterday from wounds suffered by enemy action in Iraq's Anbar province, military officials in Baghdad announced today.
4th ID trains Iraqi soldiers on GPS, combat lifesaving Army News 10 Apr 2006 -- Soldiers of the 4th Infantry Division are helping train Iraqi soldiers on how to use the Global Positioning System and how to save the lives of wounded buddies.

ESG 8 Departs U.S. 5th Fleet AOR Navy NewsStand 10 Apr 2006 -- Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) 8 transited through the Suez Canal April 7, marking the end of more than four months of maritime security operations in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations.

President Bush Discusses Global War on Terror The White House 10 Apr 2006
Bush Repeats Call for Iraq Unity Government VOA 10 Apr 2006 -- President Bush says there has been progress in Iraq in the three years since the fall of Baghdad
Bush Says Iraq Building Democracy From Saddam's Rubble AFPS 10 Apr 2006 -- Iraqis are beginning to build a "democracy from the rubble" of Saddam Hussein's regime, but enemies still hope to stop the process, President Bush said here today.

Zarqawi, al Qaeda Threaten Iraq, Military Spokesman Says AFPS 10 Apr 2006 -- A senior military spokesman in Baghdad today dismissed as untrue a U.S. newspaper article claiming the U.S. military launched a propaganda campaign to exaggerate terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's significance in Iraq to turn Iraqis against him and sway American public opinion.

Bush Defends Iraq Intelligence Release VOA 10 Apr 2006 -- President Bush acknowledged Monday that he did declassify intelligence information on Iraq's weapons program, as part of an effort to rebut domestic critics of the Iraq war.
President Bush Allegedly Responsible For Disclosure Of Pre-War Intelligence On Iraq VOA 10 Apr 2006 -- Vice President Dick Cheney's former Chief of Staff, Lewis "Scooter" Libby, claims it was President Bush who authorized the leak of sensitive intelligence information on Iraq

Iraqi Sunni Arabs Maintain Opposition to al-Jaafari VOA 10 Apr 2006 -- Iraq's Sunni Arab and Kurdish politicians have again rejected the nomination of Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari to keep his post in the country's next government.
Iraq: Main Shi'ite Alliance To Decide Al-Ja'fari's Fate RFE/RL 10 Apr 2006 -- Iraq's main Shi'ite alliance is expected to announce today whether it will drop Ibrahim al-Ja'fari as its nominee for prime minister

Defense minister: Iran seeks restoration of Iraqi people's rights IRNA 10 Apr 2006 -- Defense Minister Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar on Monday described recently-conducted 'Prophet Mohammad (PBUH)' military exercise as 'successful' and voiced Iran's readiness to conduct joint war games with regional countries.
Australian PM to Submit Evidence to Iraqi Bribes Inquiry VOA 10 Apr 2006 -- Australian Prime Minister John Howard has been asked to give evidence to a commission investigating claims that the country's wheat exporter bribed Saddam Hussein

IRAQ: Professionals are new targets of kidnappers IRIN 10 Apr 2006 -- Six-month old Salua Ahmed was kidnapped recently when four gunmen forced her mother to give her up while shopping in a crowded neighbourhood in the capital.

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