20 June 2008 - Iraq Special Weapons News |
Operations
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US Policy
United Nations
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Current Operations
- OIF/OEF Casualty Update 20 Jun 2008 [PDF]
- DoD Identifies Army Casualty
- Coalition Forces Kill Four, Detain Dozens in Iraq AFPS 20 Jun 2008 -- Coalition and Iraq security forces killed four enemy fighters and detained dozens more during several operations over the past few days, military officials said.
Deployments
US Policy
- US House of Representatives Approves Iraq, Afghanistan Funding Measure VOA 20 Jun 2008 -- After months of negotiations, a $162-billion measure to pay for U.S. military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan is headed for congressional approval
- Bush Praises US Congress for Cooperation on FISA, War Funding VOA 20 Jun 2008 -- U.S. President George Bush has praised Congress for its bipartisan cooperation on domestic surveillance and new war funding.
- Bush Lauds House Passage of War Funding, More GI Bill Benefits AFPS 20 Jun 2008 -- President Bush today praised the House of Representatives for passing a supplemental war spending bill that includes expanded Montgomery GI Bill benefits, and he urged the Senate to quickly do the same.
United Nations
Reconstruction Issues
- IRAQ: Refugees could fuel regional instability, experts say IRIN 20 Jun 2008 -- As World Refugee Day is marked on 20 June, Iraqi experts have been urging the government and international community to do more to help the large number of Iraqi refugees in the Middle East.
- Iraq to exclude Russia from oil deals RIA Novosti 20 Jun 2008 -- The Iraqi government is to sign over 30 contracts for lucrative oil deals with major Western oil companies before the end of June, leaving Russian companies out in the cold, a U.S. daily has cited a spokesman for the Iraqi Oil Ministry as saying.
Foreign Reactions
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