October 2008 - Iraq Special Weapons News

15 October 2008 - Iraq Special Weapons News

Oct. 14 airpower summary: C-17s keep coalition supplied AFPN 15 Oct 2008 -- Coalition airpower integrated with coalition ground forces in Iraq and ISAF in Afghanistan during operations.

PRESS CONFERENCE: Operational Update: Rear Adm. Driscoll, MNF-I, Oct. 15, 2008 MNF-I 15 Oct 2008 -- Rear Adm. Patrick Driscoll, Spokesman, Multi-National Force - Iraq, provides an update from Iraq
DoD News Briefing with Maj. Gen. Salmon from Iraq US Dept. of Defense 15 Oct 2008 -- BPresenter: The United Kingdom, General Officer Commanding Multinational Division-Southeast Maj. Gen. Andy Salmon
Al-Qaeda in Iraq’s number two leader killed MNF-I 15 Oct 2008 -- A terrorist killed by Coalition forces during an operation in Mosul on Oct. 5 has been positively identified as Abu Qaswarah.
Operation Eagle North Point a success (Sa'id Abdullah Corridor) MNF-I 15 Oct 2008 -- Iraqi Army and Rakkasan soldiers carried out Operation Eagle North Point, a combined air assault in the Abu Osage Village of the Sa'id Abdullah Corridor, Oct. 8.
Coalition Forces Kill al-Qaida in Iraq's No. 2 Leader AFPS 15 Oct 2008 -- Coalition forces killed the second-ranking commander of al-Qaida in Iraq in a raid earlier this month.
US: Senior Al-Qaida in Iraq Militant Killed VOA 15 Oct 2008 -- The U.S. military in Baghdad says man killed by coalition forces earlier this month identified as the second in command of al-Qaida in Iraq.

USS Abraham Lincoln Returns Home After Deployment Navy Newsstand 15 Oct 2008 -- USS Abraham Lincoln returns to homeport after deployment supporting Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom.

Iraqi Officials Present Draft Compromise on Status of US Troops VOA 15 Oct 2008 -- Iraqis officials have come up with a draft agreement requiring US troops to leave by 2011, unless asked to stay longer.

Iraqi Christians Flee Campaign Of Violence In North RFE/RL 15 Oct 2008 -- A small house in the northern Iraqi town of Al-Hamdaniyah is crowded with more than a half-dozen families who recently fled their homes in fear for their lives

IRAQ: Cholera deaths rise to eight as disease spreads IRIN 15 Oct 2008 -- About 500 confirmed cholera cases have been registered in Iraq since the latest outbreak of the disease on 20 August

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