March 2007 - Iraq Special Weapons News

14 March 2007 - Iraq Special Weapons News

Press Briefing, March 14, 2007 MNF-I 14 Mar 2007 -- Operational Update with MNF-I Spokesman Maj. Gen. William B. Caldwell IV and Daniel Speckhard, Charge d'Affaires, U.S. Embassy Baghdad, March 14, 2007
March 14 airpower: B-1 Lancers provide show of force AFPN 14 Mar 2007 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials have released the airpower summary for March 14.
Aerial port hub keeps passengers, cargo rolling AFPN 14 Mar 2007 -- The 8th EAMS, a 379th AEW tenant unit, links air mobility operations together, directly supporting the warfighters up range.

Pentagon Calls End of 2006 Most Violent Period in Iraq Since 2003 VOA 14 Mar 2007 -- A quarterly report by the Pentagon says the last three months of last year were the most violent in Iraq since 2003, the year of the U.S.-led invasion.
General Notes Downturn in Violence, Increased Confidence in Iraq AFPS 14 Mar 2007 -- Violence is down in Iraq and Iraqis "are starting to see this growth and gaining new confidence," a coalition spokesman in Baghdad said today.

U.S. Diplomat Feels Renewed Sense of Hope in Iraq AFPS 14 Mar 2007 -- The Iraqi people have a "renewed sense of hope," a senior U.S. diplomat said in Baghdad today.
US Senate Agrees to Debate Iraq Resolution VOA 14 Mar 2007 -- The U.S. Senate has voted to consider a Democratic Party-sponsored resolution to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq
Gates: Foreign Fighters Passing Through Syria to Target Iraqis VOA 14 Mar 2007 -- U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says dozens of foreign fighters are moving into Iraq from Syria every month, mostly to conduct suicide attacks against Iraqi civilians

Meeting of UN-backed International Compact for Iraq to convene in New York on Friday UN News Centre 14 Mar 2007 -- The United Nations-sponsored International Compact for Iraq (ICI), which seeks to consolidate peace in the war-torn country and pursue political, economic and social development over the next five years, will hold a meeting in New York this Friday, a spokesperson for the world body announced today.