September 2006 - Iraq Special Weapons News

01 September 2006 - Iraq Special Weapons News

Transcript: DoD News Briefing with Col. Vail from Iraq 01 Sep 2006 -- Presenter: Commander, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, Col. Thomas Vail
CENTAF releases airpower summary for Sept. 1 AFPN 01 Sep 2006 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials have released the airpower summary for Sept. 1.
Civil-Military Teams Work To Restore Services in Baghdad Washington File 01 Sep 2006 -- U.S. military forces are working to deliver humanitarian assistance to designated Baghdad neighborhoods, even as counterinsurgency operations continue in and around Iraq's capital.

New Report Measures Iraq Stability, Security AFPS 01 Sep 2006 -- Violence in Iraqi is up, but there has been progress on the political and economic fronts, according to the Defense Department's quarterly report to Congress, released today.
Pentagon Says Iraq Violence Must Be Controlled to Avoid Civil War VOA 01 Sep 2006 -- A quarterly report by the U.S. Defense Department on the situation in Iraq says sectarian tension and attacks on civilians increased during the summer, in spite of progress toward building the new security forces

East Baghdad Commander 'Cautiously Optimistic' AFPS 01 Sep 2006 -- The commander of coalition forces in East Baghdad is "cautiously optimistic" for the future in his area of operations.

Iraqi army takes the lead in Kirkuk province Army News 01 Sep 2006 -- Soldiers of the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, transferred security responsibility for the majority of the Kirkuk province to two battalions of the Iraqi army during a ceremony at an Iraqi military compound just outside of Kirkuk yesterday.
Iraqi Command Assumes Control of 8th Iraqi Army Division AFPS 01 Sep 2006 -- The Iraqi Ground Forces Command assumed command and control here today of one of its Iraqi army divisions from the Multinational Corps Iraq, marking what officials here said is the first step toward Iraqi sovereignty over the country's armed forces.