20 August 2006 - Iraq Special Weapons News |
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- CENTAF releases airpower summary for Aug. 19 AFPN 20 Aug 2006 -- In Afghanistan Aug. 18, Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt IIs provided close-air support for coalition troops taking small arms fire from Taliban extremists in the vicinity of Musah Qal'eh.
- Iraqi Forces Capture Three Death Squad Leaders; Kidnap Victims Rescued AFPS 20 Aug 2006 -- Iraqi army forces captured three death squad leaders during raids in Baghdad Aug. 18. The captured leaders allegedly participated in a massacre of Iraqi families last month, U.S. military officials reported.
- More Sectarian Violence in Iraq VOA 20 Aug 2006 -- Gunmen have killed some 20 Iraqis at a large Shiite Muslim religious procession in Baghdad
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- 2nd Saddam Hussein Trial Set to Start VOA 20 Aug 2006 -- The second mass murder trial of Saddam Hussein is set to open this week in Baghdad
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