July 2006 - Iraq Special Weapons News

18 July 2006 - Iraq Special Weapons News

CENTAF releases airpower summary AFPN 18 Jul 2006 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials have released the airpower summary for July 18.
Iraqi Security Forces Catch Insurgent Killers, Kidnappers AFPS 18 Jul 2006 -- Iraqi security forces captured an insurgent-run kidnapping ring and an assassination squad during two separate operations in Baghdad yesterday.
Bomb Near Iraqi Shrine Kills Scores RFE/RL 18 Jul 2006 -- Over 50 people were today killed in the southern Iraqi city of Al-Kufah when a suicide bomber exploded a bomb in a crowded marketplace.
More than 50 Iraqis Killed in Suicide Car Bomb Blast in Kufa VOA 18 Jul 2006 -- Iraqi authorities say a suicide car bomber has killed more than 50 people in the predominantly Shi'ite southern city of Kufa.

IRAQ: Disarmament of militias - precondition for peace, say analysts IRIN 18 Jul 2006 -- A delay by the defence ministry in implementing a national disarmament campaign could lead to increasing sectarian violence and allow illegal militias to justify their violent roles, warned one Baghdad-based political analyst.

Baghdad "astonished" by Putin's comments on Iraqi democracy IRNA 18 Jul 2006 -- The Iraqi government on Tuesday criticized recent remarks of Russian President Vladimir Putin regarding the state of democracy in Iraq and said it was astonished by those remarks.

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