September 2008 - Iraq Special Weapons News

08 September 2008 - Iraq Special Weapons News

Coalition Captures 15 Terror Suspects in Baghdad, Mosul AFPS 08 Sep 2008 -- Coalition forces detained 15 suspected terrorists, including two wanted men, during operations targeting al-Qaida in Iraq in two of the country's largest cities today.
Sept. 7 airpower summary: F-15Es provide armed overwatch AFPN 08 Sep 2008 -- Coalition airpower integrated with coalition ground forces in Iraq and International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan during operations Sept. 6, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here.

Bush Decides to Withdraw 8,000 Troops From Iraq By February VOA 08 Sep 2008 -- The White House says President George Bush has decided to withdraw about 8.000 U.S. troops from Iraq by next February and that he will announce the plan in a speech Tuesday in Washington.
Iraq Has Less Ethno-Sectarian Strife, General Says AFPS 08 Sep 2008 -- Incidents of Iraqi-on-Iraqi attacks due to ethno-sectarian strife and other types of violence in Iraq have decreased markedly from a year ago, a senior U.S. officer posted in Iraq said yesterday.

IRAQ: Government cracks down on squatters IRIN 08 Sep 2008 -- The Iraqi government is cracking down on squatters occupying properties belonging to internally displaced persons (IDPs) and refugees as the one-month grace period expired at the end of August, a government spokesman said.

U.S. 'Winning' Unpopular War in Iraq, but 'Losing' Popular War in Afghanistan cfr.org 08 Sep 2008 -- Anthony H. Cordesman, Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy, the Center for International and Strategic Studies in Washington

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