08 August 2010 - Iraq Special Weapons News |
Operations
Deployments
US Policy
United Nations
Reconstruction Issues
Foreign Reactions
News Reports
Current Operations
- Bombers Strike Iraq as US Troops Prepare to Downsize VOA 08 Aug 2010 -- Several days before the start of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, bomb attacks in Iraq killed more than 50 people Saturday and Sunday.
Deployments
US Policy
- US Military Confident on Iraq Withdrawal VOA 08 Aug 2010 -- US military officials say they expect to meet a September 1 deadline for withdrawing combat forces from Iraq, despite continuing violence.
- Odierno: Iraqi Forces Ready for Security Challenges AFPS 08 Aug 2010 -- Commander of US forces in Iraq: Iraqi security forces are on track to assume full operations and prepared to deal with spates of violence.
United Nations
Reconstruction Issues
Foreign Reactions
News Reports
- Basra Blasts Kill At Least 20 RFE/RL 08 Aug 2010 -- At least 20 people, and possibly more, are reported to have been killed in a series of explosions at a marketplace in Basra, Iraq's second-largest city.
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