October 2006 - Iraq Special Weapons News

23 October 2006 - Iraq Special Weapons News

CENTAF releases airpower summary for Oct. 23 AFPN 23 Oct 2006 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials have released the airpower summary for Oct. 23.
Coalition Soldiers Kill Six Insurgents, Seize Weapons AFPS 23 Oct 2006 -- Coalition forces killed six insurgents, wounded four and netted five sniper rifles yesterday in the Euphrates River city of Hit, Iraq, military officials reported.
Dining facility boosts Soldier morale in Iraq Army News 23 Oct 2006 -- Napoleon Bonaparte is credited with having first uttered the famous words: "An Army travels on its stomach."

Coalition, Iraqis Working on Goals for Country's National Government AFPS 23 Oct 2006 -- Coalition officials are working with the Iraqi government to set economic and political goals, a Pentagon spokesman said today.
U.S. Not Putting Timetable on Iraq, Rumsfeld Says AFPS 23 Oct 2006 -- The United States is not looking to place any timetable on the Iraqi government's process of assuming responsibility for the country's security, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said here today.
White House Says No Ultimatums For Iraq VOA 23 Oct 2006 -- The Bush administration says it is working with Iraqi officials to draft a series of benchmarks for meeting specific security, economic and political goals.
U.S.: Official's Iraq Comments Highlight Pre-Election Policy Debate RFE/RL 23 Oct 2006 -- A senior U.S. diplomat has retracted comments he made to the Al-Jazeera television channel, in which he said the United States had shown "arrogance" and "stupidity" in Iraq.

Iraqi Official Says Government is Stepping Up Security Efforts VOA 23 Oct 2006 -- Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Barham Saleh says his government is working to take greater control of security in the country, and is urging coalition forces not to leave too early
Iraqi Deputy Sees Half of Provinces Under Government Control by Year's End VOA 23 Oct 2006 -- Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Barham Saleh says about half of his country's provinces will be under direct Iraqi government control by the end of the year.

President: Iraqi nation should decide their fate IRNA 23 Oct 2006 -- President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said here Monday that all should let the Iraqi people run their country themselves.

Interview: Oberdorfer: Tet and Iraq: Parallels and Differences cfr.org 23 Oct 2006 --
Analysis: In Iraq, Sadr Looms Over Maliki cfr.org 23 Oct 2006 -- Members of the Mahdi Army, the 10,000-strong militia formed by Muqtada al-Sadr shortly after the April 2003 invasion of Iraq, are now deemed responsible for many of the sectarian killings in recent months

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