April 2006 - Iraq Special Weapons News

21 April 2006 - Iraq Special Weapons News

Transcript: DoD News Briefing with Col. Gray from Iraq 21 Apr 2006 -- Presenter: Commander, 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, Col. David R. Gray
CENTAF releases airpower summary AFPN 21 Apr 2006 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials released today's airpower summary.
Band of Brothers Soldiers Detain Suspects, Unearth Major Cache AFPS 21 Apr 2006 -- U.S. soldiers from Task Force Band of Brothers scored successes in two operations this week.

U.S. Commander Highlights Progress in Northern Iraq Washington File 21 Apr 2006 -- Keeping the peace in ethnically diverse, energy-rich northern Iraq can be compared to a three-dimensional chess game, says Colonel David Gray, of the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division.
US Commander in Iraq Hopes Political Progress Will Affect Insurgency VOA 21 Apr 2006 -- A U.S. military commander north of Baghdad has expressed the hope that the apparent progress toward forming a new Iraqi government will have an impact on the fight against the insurgency in his area.

UN: Thousands Detained Illegally in Iraq VOA 21 Apr 2006 -- A senior United Nations official says thousands of people are being detained illegally in Iraqi prisons

Iraq Humanitarian and Reconstruction Assistance Updates USAID 21 Apr 2006 [PDF]
Iraq: Shi'ite Bloc Goes Back To The Drawing Board RFE/RL 21 Apr 2006 -- Iraq's Shi'ite leaders were scheduled to meet on April 21 to select a new nominee for the post of prime minister a day after Prime Minister-designate Ibrahim al-Ja'fari withdrew his highly contested nomination to the post.
Sunnis, Shi'ites Agree On Jawad al-Maliki As Prime Minister Nominee RFE/RL 21 Apr 2006 -- The predominantly Shi'ite United Iraqi Alliance says it will nominate Jawad al-Maliki for candidate of prime minister of Iraq, Radio Free Iraq reports.
Iraq: Displacement Crisis Worsened By Violence RFE/RL 21 Apr 2006 -- Ten thousand Iraqi families have been internally displaced as a result of the ongoing civil conflict, and the number continues to rise
Iraq: Red Crescent Society Aiding Internally Displaced Iraqis RFE/RL 21 Apr 2006 -- Iraqi Red Crescent President Sa'id Isma'il Haqqi told RFE/RL's Radio Free Iraq (RFI) in an exclusive interview in Baghdad on April 17 that there are now some 10,000 families displaced in camps inside Iraq due to the ongoing civil conflict
Iraqi Shi'ite Politicians Consider Two Candidates for Prime Minister VOA 21 Apr 2006 -- Iraqi Shi'ite politicians are considering two candidates for prime minister, after current Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari stepped aside from the stalled process of forming a government.