May 2006 - Iraq Special Weapons News

03 May 2006 - Iraq Special Weapons News

CENTAF releases air power summary AFPN 03 May 2006 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials released today's air power summary.
Airmen help Iraqi pilots fly again AFPN 03 May 2006 -- Pilots from the Iraqi Air Force are waiting patiently for a team of Airmen to arrive from Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. It's this team that can get them up in the air and flying again.
Iraqi soldiers assume responsibility of critical area Army News 03 May 2006 -- Bastogne Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment ("No Slack"), 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, turned over responsibility for much of Kirkuk's battle space to the 2nd Bn., 2nd Bde., 4th Iraqi Army Div., Nisser Bn., May 2.
Suicide Bomber Kills 15 in Iraq VOA 03 May 2006 -- A suicide bomber in Iraq has killed at least 15 people at a police recruitment center in Fallujah.

Rumsfeld Expects Iraq Troop Reduction After Government Takes Office VOA 03 May 2006 -- U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld says he expects the United States to be able to reduce its troop strength in Iraq once the new government takes office
Rumsfeld, Rice Brief Congress on Iraq Visit AFPS 03 May 2006 -- Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said today it's highly unlikely his senior officers at U.S. Central Command and Multinational Force Iraq will recommend any U.S. troop reductions until the Iraqi government is fully up and running.
Key US Senate Democrat Defends Proposal on Iraq VOA 03 May 2006 -- A key Senate Democrat is defending his proposal to divide Iraq into three autonomous regions with a central government in Baghdad
Terrorists Desperate To Derail Iraqi Democracy, U.S. General Says Washington File 03 May 2006 -- Terrorist bombings and propaganda videos signify a "desperate attack by a desperate enemy," a coalition forces spokesman says, but adds that Iraq will not be diverted from a stable, unified, and democratic future.

Iraq Weekly Status Report State Dept. 03 May 2006 [PDF]
Iraqi Parliament Convenes For First Working Session VOA 03 May 2006 -- Iraq's parliament is meeting in Baghdad Wednesday, for its first working session since it was elected in December last year.

Turkey: Ankara Eyes Iraq Incursion Against PKK RFE/RL 03 May 2006 -- Turkish press reports say that Ankara is amassing troops on its border with Iraq in preparation for a possible operation into northern Iraq against Turkish-Kurdish fighters of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK

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