March 2007 - Iraq Special Weapons News

16 March 2007 - Iraq Special Weapons News

Transcript: DoD Special News Briefing with Colonel Burton from the Pentagon Briefing Studio, Arlington, Virginia 16 Mar 2007 -- Presenter: Colonel J.B. Burton, U.S. Army, Commander, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division
March 16 airpower: C-130s backbone of tactical airlift AFPN 16 Mar 2007 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials have released the airpower summary for March 16.
Security Plan Working as Violence Drops in Northwest Baghdad AFPS 16 Mar 2007 -- Moving coalition forces out of big forward operating bases and into smaller community-based combat outposts as part of the Baghdad Security Plan has reduced violence and helped to stabilize northwestern Baghdad, a senior Army officer serving there said today.
Support Troops Put Surge Total at 28,000 U.S. Servicemembers AFPS 16 Mar 2007 -- The total number of U.S. servicemembers who will be part of the surge in Iraq will be about 28,000 overall, a Defense Department official said today.

U.S. Envoy to United Nations Reports Progress in Iraq Washington File 16 Mar 2007 -- Acting U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Alejandro Wolff highlighted numerous areas of progress in Iraq over the past three months as he presented the Multinational Force-Iraq's (MNF-I) quarterly report to the U.N. Security Council March 15.
'Evolutionary' Developments Underlie Baghdad Gains AFPS 16 Mar 2007 -- Recent improvements in Baghdad's security situation are the result of compounding "evolutionary" developments, the U.S. official responsible for training the Iraqi army said today.

UN Conference Studies Assistance in Rebuilding Iraq VOA 16 Mar 2007 -- The United Nations is appealing to the international community to finance a five-year reconstruction plan for Iraq
U.N. Compact Could Help Transform Iraq Economy Washington File 16 Mar 2007 -- The following op-ed article by Deputy Secretary of Treasury Robert Kimmitt was published in the March 16 edition of The Washington Post.
UN refugee agency 'deeply disturbed' by new security raid on Palestinians in Iraq UN News Centre 16 Mar 2007 -- In the latest of a long series of expressions of alarm over the fate of Palestinian refugees in Iraq after the ouster of Saddam Hussein, the United Nations refugee agency today voiced deep concern over a raid by Iraqi security forces this week in Baghdad, which left at least one Palestinian dead and nine others reportedly still in detention.

Iraq: Former Premier Pushing New Plan For Reconciliation RFE/RL 16 Mar 2007 -- Former Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi is currently courting Iraqi political parties and blocs in an attempt to forge a new national-unity government.

Coroner Calls US Friendly Fire Death of British Soldier in Iraq 'Unlawful' VOA 16 Mar 2007 -- A British coroner has determined that the death of a British soldier in 2003 by fire from a U.S. plane in Iraq was unlawful and criminal.

Study: Iraqi Reporters Particularly Vulnerable to Violence VOA 16 Mar 2007 -- A report by the independent Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) says the war in Iraq has been a deadly one for journalists, and in recent years local reporters are bearing the brunt of the violence
Iraq War Continues Four Years After Invasion VOA 16 Mar 2007 -- It was four years ago that the United States and its coalition partners invaded Iraq - easily toppling the regime of Saddam Hussein
Iraqi Victims of Halabja Chemical Attack Still Suffer 19 Years Later VOA 16 Mar 2007 -- Friday March 16 marks the 19th anniversary of Saddam Hussein's chemical weapons attack on the Kurdish village of Halabja
Victim of CIA Leak Scandal Says White House 'Recklessly' Exposed Her Identity VOA 16 Mar 2007 -- The woman at the center of the CIA leak scandal has told a congressional panel that senior White House and State Department officials "carelessly and recklessly abused" her name and identity as a covert operative.

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