October 2008 - Iraq Special Weapons News

06 October 2008 - Iraq Special Weapons News

Oct. 5 airpower summary: Predator fires missile AFPN 6 Oct 2008 -- Coalition airpower integrated with ground forces in Iraq and International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan during operations.

Transcript: DoD News Briefing with Gen. Hertling from Iraq 06 Oct 2008 -- Presenter: Commander, Multinational Division-North and the 1st Armored Division Gen. Mark Hertling
Coalition Captures 10, Disrupts Cells in Northern, Central Iraq AFPS 6 Oct 2008 -- Coalition forces captured 10 suspected terrorists in northern and central Iraq as they continued to disrupt al-Qaida in Iraq networks.
Insurgency Fractured in Northern Iraq, Commander Says AFPS 6 Oct 2008 -- Violent attacks in northern Iraq have dropped by 60 percent in the past year, and progress in the region has left the insurgency broken.
Turkey Launches Air Strikes on Kurdish Rebels in Northern Iraq VOA 6 Oct 2008 -- Turkey's military said that it had carried out an air strike inside northern Iraq overnight against Kurdish separatist rebels.

IRAQ: Move to allow doctors to carry guns provokes mixed reaction IRIN 06 Oct 2008 -- There has been a mixed reaction to a government decision to allow doctors to carry guns for their own protection

IRAQ: Over 400 confirmed cholera cases so far IRIN 06 Oct 2008 -- The number of confirmed cholera cases has risen to 418 in central and southern Iraq, with six dead since an outbreak began on 20 August, a government spokesman said on 5 October

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