30 March 2008 - Iraq Special Weapons News |
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Current Operations
- MND-B Solider attacked by IED
- Marine attacked by IED
- Forces Kill, Capture Terrorists, Seize Weapons Caches AFPS 30 Mar 2008 -- U.S. aircraft killed 14 terrorists during two anti-insurgent operations conducted in Baghdad today, and coalition forces killed or captured dozens of additional terrorists during other operations throughout Iraq over the past two days, military officials reported.
Deployments
US Policy
- Iraqi Offensive Meets With Skepticism in Congress VOA 30 Mar 2008 -- The debate among Americans about the state of the war in Iraq played out on this week's Sunday television interview programs. Democratic and Republican lawmakers and the head of the CIA offered their views on a radical Iraqi Shi'ite cleric's order for his militia to stop fighting against Iraqi government and coalition forces
United Nations
Reconstruction Issues
- Sadr orders fighters off the streets IRNA 30 Mar 2008 -- Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr has ordered militiamen off the streets of Basra, spokesman said in a statement on Sunday.
- Bloodshed continues in Iraq, Iran urges warring parties to sit at table IRNA 30 Mar 2008 -- Bloodshed continued in Iraq on Sunday and Iran urged the warring parties to sit at the table to settle their dispute.
- Al-Sadr Calls For Cease-Fire With Iraqi Forces After Fierce Fighting RFE/RL 30 Mar 2008 -- Radical Shi'ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has called on his followers to stop battling government forces in Iraq
- Iraq's Al-Sadr Orders Shi'ite Fighters to Stop Fighting Iraqi Govt. Forces VOA 30 Mar 2008 -- Iraq's radical Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr has ordered his Mahdi Army militia fighters to withdraw from street battles with Iraqi government and coalition forces.
- IRAQ: Curfews and clashes cripple Baghdad, Basra IRIN 30 Mar 2008 -- Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) appealed to the Iraqi authorities on 30 March to facilitate their distribution of relief materials in Baghdad and Basra, 545km southeast of the capital
Foreign Reactions
- Iraq criticizes Arab summit final declaration RIA Novosti 30 Mar 2008 -- Iraq criticized the final declaration of the Arab League summit that concluded its two-day work in the Syrian capital on Sunday.
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