October 2006 - Iraq Special Weapons News

13 October 2006 - Iraq Special Weapons News

CENTAF releases airpower summary for Oct. 13 AFPN 13 Oct 2006 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials have released the airpower summary for Oct. 13.
Explosion Kills Police Chief, Deputy in Hillah, Iraq AFPS 13 Oct 2006 -- The Hillah, Iraq, special weapons and tactics police chief and his deputy were killed today in an explosion at the Hillah Iraqi police headquarters in southern Babil province around 10:00 a.m.
Bomb Blast Kills Iraqi Special Police Commander VOA 13 Oct 2006 -- Iraqi authorities say a bomb blast at a police station south of Baghdad has killed a commander of a special police force and his aide.

U.S. Questions High Estimate of Iraq Civilian Casualties Washington File 13 Oct 2006 -- U.S. authorities and some outside observers have voiced strong doubts about the accuracy of a new independent study that suggests the Iraqi death toll is roughly half a million, although they admit that tens of thousands of people have been killed in Iraq since U.S.-led forces overthrew the government of Saddam Hussein in 2003.

New Iraqi Government Takes Steps to Move Country Forward AFPS 13 Oct 2006 -- The new Iraqi government has taken several steps in recent days and weeks to move the country toward peace and prosperity, a senior U.S. military officer said yesterday.

IRAQ: Violence mars civilian participation in political process IRIN 13 Oct 2006 -- The ninth in a series of IRIN stories examining the obstacles Iraq faces in implementing its government's plan to reconcile different sections of Iraqi society.

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