October 2006 - Iraq Special Weapons News

15 October 2006 - Iraq Special Weapons News

CENTAF airpower Summary for Oct. 15 AFPN 15 Oct 2006 -- In Afghanistan Oct. 14, Navy F/A-18Cs provided close-air support for International Security Assistance Force, or ISAF, troops in contact with Taliban extremists near Band-e Kajaki.
GIs, Iraqi Troops Nab Terrorists, Weapons in Multiple Raids AFPS 15 Oct 2006 -- Special Iraqi security forces and U.S. soldiers captured several terrorists involved in murders and bomb attacks, as well as contraband weapons, during recent raids in Baghdad and Taji.
'Operation Commando Hunter' Team Finds 75 Weapons Caches AFPS 15 Oct 2006 -- U.S. soldiers continue to find multiple weapons caches, some with improvised explosive devices, for a seventh day as part of Operation Commando Hunter.
Iraqis, GIs Find Bombs, Big Weapons Cache in Western Ramadi AFPS 15 Oct 2006 -- U.S. soldiers detained 15 suspected insurgents, discovered two vehicles being fitted as suicide bombs, and found a big weapons cache Oct. 12 as part of "Operation Dealer" conducted in the Tameen area in western Ramadi, Iraq.
U.S., Iraqi Troops Kill, Detain Terrorists, Nab Weapons AFPS 15 Oct 2006 -- Iraqi security forces and Multinational Division Baghdad soldiers worked together to kill three terrorists and detain 14 suspected terrorists over two days this week.
U.S., Iraqi Forces Thwart Terrorist Attacks In Mosul AFPS 15 Oct 2006 -- Iraqi security forces teamed up with American GIs to defeat two nearly simultaneously launched enemy attacks in the Mosul area Oct. 12.

IRAQ-SYRIA: Threats force Iraqi Christians to flee to Syria IRIN 16 Oct 2006 -- Some 35,000 Iraqi Christians have fled to Syria as a result of death threats by religious zealots since the ousting of former President Saddam Hussein in 2003, Iraqi sources in Damascus said.
IRAQ: Violence forcing increasing numbers to flee homes, UN agency says IRIN 16 Oct 2006 -- In a report released on Friday, the United Nation's refugee agency (UNHCR) said it was concerned over the increase in the number of displaced Iraqis and the deteriorating humanitarian conditions they live in.