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13 March 2008 - Iraq Special Weapons News

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US Policy

  • Pentagon Report Finds No Direct Saddam-al-Qaida Connection VOA 13 Mar 2008 -- The U.S. Defense Department has released a study of 600,000 documents from Saddam Hussein's archives concluding that while he supported many terrorist groups he did not have a "direct connection" with al-Qaida. But the department's spokesman says that is not a new conclusion
  • Mullen Cites Brittle Nature of Iraq Security Progress AFPS 13 Mar 2008 -- Security in Iraq has dramatically improved, but it remains brittle, and it will take time to lead to political and economic progress, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said yesterday.
  • Commander Cites Ramadi's Recovery as Example of Iraq Success AFPS 13 Mar 2008 -- More than a year ago, the Iraqi city of Ramadi was a ruin of blasted buildings amid a population ravaged by al Qaeda terrorists and the effects of war, but the capital of Anbar province is bouncing back, a senior U.S. military commander in Iraq said today.

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

Foreign Reactions

News Reports

  • Abducted Catholic archbishop found dead in Iraq RIA Novosti 13 Mar 2008 -- The body of an Iraqi Catholic archbishop who was kidnapped in late February was found near Mosul in north Iraq on Thursday, the bishop of Baghdad told journalists.



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