July 2007 - Iraq Special Weapons News

18 July 2007 - Iraq Special Weapons News

Press briefing with Brig. Gen. Kevin Bergner, spokesman, Multi-National Force - Iraq, July 18, 2007 MNF-I 18 Jul 2007 -- TOPIC: OPERATIONAL UPDATE
July 17 airpower summary: Maintainers keep fleet flying AFPN 18 Jul 2007 -- Coalition airpower supported coalition ground forces in Iraq and International Security Assistance Force troops in Afghanistan during operations July 17, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here.
Officials Identify Captured Militia Leader; Car Bombs Kill 14 in Baghdad AFPS 18 Jul 2007 -- Officials in Iraq today identified a detainee alleged to be a key leader of a rogue militia element who has been in coalition custody since June 28, and a pair of car bombs killed 14 Iraqis in Baghdad yesterday.
Al Qaeda in Iraq Duped Into Following Foreigners, Captured Operative Says AFPS 18 Jul 2007 -- A captured al Qaeda in Iraq leader has admitted the network's followers have been duped into following the direction of foreign leaders, not Iraqis, a military spokesman in Baghdad said today.
Coalition Forces in Iraq Taking Down Enemy 'Cell by Cell' AFPS 18 Jul 2007 -- Coalition forces in Iraq are taking down the insurgency cell by cell, killing key foreign leaders in the recent surge of operations, a senior spokesman in the region said today.
US Military Captures Top Iraqi Member of al-Qaida in Iraq VOA 18 Jul 2007 -- The U.S. military says it has captured the top Iraqi member of al-Qaida in Iraq

Iraq Study Group Says Political Solutions in Iraq Crucial VOA 18 Jul 2007 -- A former U.S. defense secretary and member of the bipartisan Iraq Study Group was among witnesses testifying Wednesday before Congress about the situation in Iraq
Plan to Withdraw US Troops From Iraq Fails Senate Test Vote VOA 18 Jul 2007 -- A Democratic-sponsored plan to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq by next April has failed a test vote in the U.S. Senate