17 March 2007 - Iraq Special Weapons News |
Operations
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United Nations
Reconstruction Issues
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Current Operations
- MNC-I Soldier a casualty
- DoD Identifies Army Casualties
- DoD Identifies Army Casualty
- DoD Identifies Army Casualty
- March 17 airpower: Strike Eagles return fire in Afghanistan AFPN 17 Mar 2007 -- In Afghanistan, Air Force F-15E Strike Eagles supporting coalition forces returned fire to an enemy location near Now Zad.
- Two dump trucks, one pick up truck containing chlorine explode in Al Anbar MNF-I 17 Mar 2007 -- Approximately 350 Iraqi civilians and six Coalition Force members were treated for chlorine gas exposure after two suicide bombers detonated their dump trucks in separate areas south of Fallujah, and one Coalition Forces member and one Iraqi civilian were injured in a smaller attack northeast of Ramadi on the evening of March 16.
- Chlorine Gas Attacks in Iraq Injure 350 VOA 17 Mar 2007 -- In the volatile Western Iraqi province of Al-Anbar, suicide bombers driving trucks filled with chemicals struck at three different locations late Friday afternoon
Deployments
US Policy
- Bush Cautions Democrats Against Setting Iraq Withdrawal Timeline VOA 17 Mar 2007 -- U.S. President George Bush says he will veto an emergency spending bill for the war in Iraq, if Democrats, who control Congress, include conditions setting a timeline for the withdrawal of U.S. troops
- Al Qaeda Stoking Sectarian Violence in Iraq, Gates Says AFPS 17 Mar 2007 -- Al Qaeda and other extremist groups have worked hard to provoke sectarian violence in Iraq, yet the situation there cannot be called a traditional civil war, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said yesterday.
- US Middle East Command Changes as Part of New Iraq Strategy VOA 17 Mar 2007 -- A U.S. Navy admiral took command Friday of the part of the U.S. military that is fighting the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and conducting other operations throughout the Middle East, Central Asia and East Africa
United Nations
Reconstruction Issues
Foreign Reactions
- French PM Calls For Withdrawal of All Foreign Troops from Iraq Within a Year VOA 17 Mar 2007 -- French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin has urged the United States and other nations with troops in Iraq to withdraw from the country within one year.
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