January 2007 - Iraq Special Weapons News

03 January 2007 - Iraq Special Weapons News

CENTAF releases airpower summary for Jan. 3 AFPN 03 Jan 2007 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials have released the airpower summary for Jan. 3.
Six Insurgents Captured, Weapons Cache Discovered AFPS 03 Jan 2007 -- Six terrorists, including two IED cell members, were captured in Iraq yesterday, and troops discovered a weapons cache.
'Cuppa Joes' brings home to Soldiers at Camp Striker Army News 03 Jan 2007 -- Soldiers at Camp Striker can get free coffee in a relaxed setting at the newly opened "Cuppa Joes."

U.S. Role in Saddam's Execution Limited to Transport, General Says AFPS 03 Jan 2007 -- U.S. involvement in the Dec. 29 execution of Saddam Hussein amounted to providing helicopter transport at the request of the Iraqi government, a U.S. military spokesman said in Baghdad today.
Caldwell: Iraqi Government Will Control Its Ground Forces by Year's End AFPS 03 Jan 2007 -- The Iraqi government will have command-and-control of all of its ground forces by the end of 2007, a senior U.S. military officer based in Baghdad predicted today.
US Military Says It Played No Role in Saddam's Execution VOA 03 Jan 2007 -- The U.S. military in Iraq says it had no role in the execution of Saddam Hussein and would have handled things differently if it had "physical custody" of the former Iraqi dictator.
US Questioned 'Procedures and Timing' of Saddam Execution VOA 03 Jan 2007 -- Bush administration officials said Wednesday the United States raised concerns about the procedures and timing of the Saddam Hussein execution last Saturday

UN human rights chief calls on Iraq not to hang co-defendents of Saddam UN News Centre 03 Jan 2007 -- The top United Nations human rights official appealed directly to Iraqi President Jalal Talabani today not to execute two high-ranking colleagues of former president Saddam Hussein, who was hanged on Saturday.

Analysis: Saddam's Lingering Impact cfr.org 03 Jan 2007 -- It was perhaps inevitable that Saddam Hussein would be mourned as a martyr by Iraq's Sunni Arabs.
Iraqi President Distances Himself From Hussein Execution RFE/RL 03 Jan 2007 -- Iraqi President Jalal Talabani has said that Saddam Hussein's December 30 execution did not need his approval and that he did not know when it was to take place.
Iraqi PM Says He Wishes He Could Quit VOA 03 Jan 2007 -- Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki says he wishes he could quit his job.

Arrest Made in Saddam Execution Probe VOA 03 Jan 2007 -- An Iraqi official says the person believed to have recorded an unofficial video of Saddam Hussein's execution on a camera phone has been arrested and is being questioned

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