July 2006 - Iraq Special Weapons News

13 July 2006 - Iraq Special Weapons News

CENTAF releases airpower summary AFPN 13 Jul 2006 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials have released the airpower summary for July 13.
Coalition Helicopter Crashes in Iraq; Terrorists Killed, Captured AFPS 13 Jul 2006 -- A Multinational Division Baghdad AH-64D Apache Longbow helicopter crashed southwest of Baghdad today, U.S. military officials reported.
UK troops to relocate after Mutthana handover IRNA 13 Jul 2006 -- British troops in Iraq Thursday proceeded with the handover of the southern province of Mutthana to Iraqi authority as the first test case of the eventual withdrawal plans by the UK.

U.S. Envoy Sees New Iraqi Identity Emerging Washington File 13 Jul 2006 -- Iraq is undergoing a difficult period of simultaneous state building and nation building, according to U.S. Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad, who remains optimistic about the country's future given recent developments in the political sphere.
US Ambassador to Iraq Emphasizes Positive on Capitol Hill VOA 13 Jul 2006 -- U.S. Ambassador to Iraq, Zalmay Khalilzad, sought to emphasize the positive when he offered an assessment of the situation in Iraq before a congressional committee Thursday

Iraqi Forces Assume Full Security Control over Muthanna Province Washington File 13 Jul 2006 -- The relatively peaceful southern Iraqi province of Muthanna is now in Iraqi hands, after control was handed over by coalition forces July 13
Iraqi Security Forces Assume Control for Southern Province VOA 13 Jul 2006 -- For the first time, coalition troops have handed over security of one of Iraq's 18 provinces to Iraqi forces.
Iraqi Forces Take Security Control of Southern Province VOA 13 Jul 2006 -- Iraqi forces have formally taken over security responsibilities of southern Muthanna province from British and Australian forces.

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