January 2007 - Iraq Special Weapons News

25 January 2007 - Iraq Special Weapons News

CENTAF releases airpower summary for Jan. 25 AFPN 25 Jan 2007 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials have released the airpower summary for Jan. 25.
43 Insurgents Detained, Weapons Found, Captives Freed AFPS 25 Jan 2007 -- In a string of operations across Iraq over the past four days, Iraqi and coalition forces detained 43 suspected terrorists, found several weapons caches, stopped an illegal checkpoint, and freed three captives, military officials reported.
Polish Military Contingent Changes Command MNF-I 25 Jan 2007 -- The Multi-National Division Central South transferred authority in a ceremony Jan. 24 at Camp Echo, Iraq.
Regimental Combat Team 6 assumes responsibility for area of operation MNF-I 25 Jan 2007 -- Regimental Combat Team 6 successfully conducted a relief-in-place with Regimental Combat Team 5 and assumed responsibility for an area of operations in eastern Al Anbar province Wednesday.

State's Satterfield Outlines Plans To Rebuild Iraq Washington File 25 Jan 2007 -- The United States plans to improve the distribution of economic reconstruction funds in Iraq as part of a strategy to support military operations aimed at securing neighborhoods from insurgents and sectarian violence, officials tell a Senate Committee.
US Official Outlines New Iraq Reconstruction Strategy to Congress VOA 25 Jan 2007 -- Members of Congress are vowing to hold the Bush administration accountable for U.S. funds used in reconstruction projects in Iraq.
Iraq: New U.S. Commander Lays Out His Plan RFE/RL 25 Jan 2007 -- Army Lieutenant General David Petraeus, U.S. President George W. Bush's nominee to become the top commander in Iraq, has outlined his strategy to crush the insurgency.

STATEMENT BY U.S. AMBASSADOR TO IRAQ ZALMAY KHALILZAD ON BLACKWATER HELICOPTER INCIDENT MNF-I 25 Jan 2007

IRAQ: UN concerned for persecuted Palestinians IRIN 25 Jan 2007 -- There is increased international concern about the plight of Palestinians living in Baghdad following the arrest on 16 January of 30 Palestinians by Iraqi security forces in two neighbourhoods of the capital, Baghdad.

Iraqi Prime Minister Vows to Stop Insurgency VOA 25 Jan 2007 -- Iraq's prime minister says his new security plan for Baghdad will leave no sanctuaries for militants to hide, not mosques, schools, or offices of political parties
Maliki: Security Plan Leaves Militants Nowhere to Hide VOA 25 Jan 2007 -- Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki says his plan for security in Baghdad will leave no place for militants to hide, even as a series of bombings struck the city.

IRAQ: Karbala authorities on alert for Shi'ite pilgrimage IRIN 25 Jan 2007 -- Health and security authorities in Karbala, some 100km south-west of the capital, Baghdad, have been put on high alert in case of any major attacks during the upcoming most important religious event in the Shi'ite Muslim calendar.

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