01 July 2008 - Iraq Special Weapons News |
Operations
Deployments
US Policy
United Nations
Reconstruction Issues
Foreign Reactions
News Reports
Current Operations
- OIF/OEF Casualty Update 01 Jul 2008 [PDF]
- June 30 airpower summary: B-1Bs deter enemy combatants AFPN 01 Jul 2008
- U.S. Troops in Iraq Confiscate Munitions in Baghdad Raids AFPS 01 Jul 2008 -- U.S. soldiers seized a quantity of munitions during four security operations conducted in Baghdad on June 29, military officials said.
Deployments
- Four brigades tapped for Iraq rotation Army News 01 Jul 2008 -- The Department of Defense announced Monday that four brigade combat teams will rotate to Iraq early next year.
US Policy
- Army Releases Account of First 18 Months After Saddam's Fall AFPS 01 Jul 2008 -- A new book released by the Army examines the challenging period of transition from conventional combined-arms operations to full-spectrum and counterinsurgency operations in Iraq after the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime in April 2003.
United Nations
Reconstruction Issues
- Iraqi FM Says US Agrees to End Immunity for Security Guards VOA 01 Jul 2008 -- Iraq's foreign minister says the United States has agreed to end the legal immunity of foreign security guards operating in Iraq.
- Iraqi Sunni Bloc Says it Plans to Rejoin Cabinet VOA 01 Jul 2008 -- Iraq's largest Sunni Arab parliamentary bloc says it is close to rejoining the Shi'ite-led government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.
- U.S. Analyst Says Western Oil Giants Likely To Get To Work Soon In Iraq RFE/RL 01 Jul 2008 -- Iraq's government has opened six oil fields to bids from foreign oil companies in an effort to increase production and boost revenues.
- Defense Analyst Sees 'Enormous Progress' In Iraq Security Situation RFE/RL 01 Jul 2008 -- The number of Iraqis killed in political violence fell nearly 10 percent in June, according to security officials
Foreign Reactions
- Larijani: Iraq's security pact has harmful impacts IRNA 01 Jul 2008 -- Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani said on Tuesday that the US is now experiencing a very tough time in Iraq and the pressure brought upon by the country on Iraq to sign the security pact will have harmful impacts for the entire region.
News Reports
- CACI Rejects Copycat Lawsuits and False Allegations CACI 01 Jul 2008 -- CACI International Inc (NYSE:CAI), announced today that it is responding vigorously to the malicious and unfounded lawsuits filed by the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR).
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