Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
March 2013 - Iraq Special Weapons News
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- Iraq to Tighten Searches of Iran-Syria Flights - Media RIA Novosti 31 Mar 2013 -- Iraq has announced it would search more Iranian aircraft flying via its airspace to Syria, soon after US State Secretary John Kerry slammed Baghdad for taking no action in that regard, media reported Saturday.
- Iraq: UN envoy strongly condemns coordinated attacks in Baghdad and Kirkuk UN News Centre 29 Mar 2013 -- The top United Nations official in Iraq today condemned in the strongest terms the coordinated attacks on several Husseiniyas in the capital Baghdad and the northern city of Kirkuk that killed and injured dozens, including Cleric Muhsin Al-Battat, Grand Ayatollah Al-Sistani's representative in Kirkuk.
- Bomb Kills Two Officials In Northern Iraqi Town RFE/RL 26 Mar 2013 -- Iraqi police say powerful explosives attached to a car has killed two local officials and wounded another in northern Iraq.
- Kerry Presses Maliki to Block Iranian Shipments to Syria VOA 24 Mar 2013 -- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry made a surprise visit to Baghdad, where he pressed Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to block Iran from using Iraq to resupply embattled Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
- Iraqi Government must listen to protesters' demands on human rights – UN envoy UN News Centre 21 Mar 2013 -- The demands from tens of thousands of Iraqi demonstrators on human rights issues and access to basic services must be urgently addressed by the Government, the top United Nations envoy in the country said today, warning that not doing so would increase volatility in the streets.
- UN envoy voices deep concern at postponement of elections in two Iraqi provinces UN News Centre 20 Mar 2013 -- The top United Nations official in Iraq today said he was deeply concerned about the postponement of governorate council elections in the western province of Anbar and the northern province of Ninewa.
- Al-Qaida in Iraq Claims Deadly Bombing Wave VOA 20 Mar 2013 -- Al-Qaida's Iraqi affiliate says it carried out the wave of attacks Tuesday that killed around 60 people, mainly in Shi'ite areas in and around the capital, Baghdad.
- Statement by Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel on the Ten Year Anniversary of the Iraq War DoD 19 Mar 2013 -- "This week marks the ten year anniversary of the beginning of the Iraq War. "
- Ten Years After - NHB Staff Remembers the War in Iraq NNS 19 Mar 2013 -- Ten years after, there are no Naval Hospital Bremerton personnel deployed to Iraq, but from the onset of Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003 to the final days of Operation New Dawn in 2011, Naval Hospital Bremerton staff members continually deployed for medical support inside and out of Iraq.
- 50 killed in violence in Baghdad Iran Press TV 19 Mar 2013 -- Violence in the Iraqi capital city of Baghdad has killed at least 50 people and injured 160 others.
- UN envoy strongly condemns wave of deadly attacks in Baghdad UN News Centre 19 Mar 2013 -- The United Nations envoy to Iraq today strongly condemned the wave of coordinated car bomb attacks and shooting that killed and injured dozens of civilians in several areas of Baghdad, the capital.
- At Least 50 Killed in Iraq Attacks VOA 19 Mar 2013 -- A series of car bombings in the Iraqi capital has killed more than 50 people and wounded at least 200. The attacks come on the tenth anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion that toppled the regime of Saddam Hussein.
- Iraq making progress on maternal health but still short of development goals, says UN UN News Centre 18 Mar 2013 -- Despite sustained progress in reducing maternal deaths in Iraq, concerted efforts are still required to push the country closer to achieving the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) on maternal health, says the United Nations health agency.
- Iraq: Ban urges dialogue amid increased tensions, welcomes offer to Iranian group UN News Centre 18 Mar 2013 -- Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, in a new report, voices concern about political tensions and security incidents in Iraq, which have increased in recent months, and calls on all parties to resolve outstanding issues through dialogue.
- British, U.S. spies ignored intelligence before Iraq invasion Iran Press TV 18 Mar 2013 -- Britain and U.S. spying agencies had ignored intelligence before invasion of Iraq that the country had no active weapons of mass destruction (WMDs), it has been revealed.
- Icons Of The Iraq War: Ahmed Chalabi And The Case For War RFE/RL 17 Mar 2013 -- the reason given by President George W. Bush's administration for the invasion -- never materialized. And it was Chalabi, and his Iraqi National Congress (INC), that U.S. officials blamed as the source of false information on Iraq's alleged weapons programs.
- Iraq: Study Says 120,000 Died During War RFE/RL 15 Mar 2013 -- A new report in “The Lancet” says at least 116,000 Iraqi civilians and more than 4,800 foreign troops died in Iraq between March 2003, and the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 2011.
- Coordinated Bombings Kill at Least 9 in Iraq VOA 14 Mar 2013 -- A series of coordinated blasts rocked the heart of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, killing at least 9 people and wounding dozens.
- Coordinated Bombings and Assault Leave Several Dead In Baghdad RFE/RL 14 Mar 2013 -- A string of coordinated bombings and an assault on a government building in central Baghdad have left at least 18 people dead and around 30 injured.
- Iran, Iraq navies sign cooperation agreement PressTV 12 Mar 2013 -- The navies of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps and Iraq have signed an agreement to expand cooperation between the naval forces of the two countries.
- Shots Fired During Iraq-Kuwait Border Protest VOA 12 Mar 2013 -- Kuwait has expressed dismay to the United Nations over a protest by stone-throwing Iraqis against the demarcation of the border.
- Gunfire Reported Along Iraq-Kuwait Border RFE/RL 12 Mar 2013 -- Kuwaiti media are reporting that shooting broke out along the country’s border with Iraq.
- Ukrainian Journalist Escapes Syrian Kidnappers RFE/RL 11 Mar 2013 -- Ukraine's Foreign Ministry has confirmed media reports that a Ukrainian journalist abducted in Syria has managed to escape her captors.
- Amnesty Details Rights Abuses in Iraq 10 Years After Saddam Toppled VOA 11 Mar 2013 -- Human rights abuses are rife in Iraq ten years after the U.S.-led invasion toppled Saddam Hussein.
- Senior militant leader arrested in Iraq’s al-Anbar PressTV 11 Mar 2013 -- Iraqi security forces have arrested a senior militant leader with links to the al-Qaeda-inspired network of Islamic State of Iraq in the western province of al-Anbar.
- Nine killed, 165 injured in Iraq attacks: Officials PressTV 11 Mar 2013 -- Iraqi security officials say at least nine people have been killed and over 160 others injured in bomb and shooting attacks carried out across the country.
- Iraqi Spokesman For Sunni Protests Shot Dead RFE/RL 10 Mar 2013 -- Officials in Iraq say the organizer of antigovernment protests in Kirkuk has been shot dead in a drive-by shooting.
- Syria Spillover Worries Iraqi Officials VOA 07 Mar 2013 -- The deepening sectarian conflict in Syria is aggravating an already tense sectarian divide in neighboring Iraq.
- US squandered USD8 billion in Iraq: Report PressTV 07 Mar 2013 -- A recent report by the Office of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Construction has revealed that Washington has wasted at least USD8 billion in rebuilding Iraq.
- US military funded, oversaw detention and torture sites during Iraq invasion PressTV 07 Mar 2013 -- The US military used veterans of its “dirty wars” in Latin America to set up secret detention and torture centers in Iraq and overseeing ‘some of the worst acts of torture’ during the US-led invasion of the country.
- Iraq DU clean-up to cost USD 30mn: Report PressTV 07 Mar 2013 -- A report says the clean-up of depleted uranium contamination across Iraq, which has been spread by the US military during the invasion and occupation of the country, will cost at least USD 30 million.
- Report: U.S. Received Little For What It Spent In Iraq RFE/RL 06 Mar 2013 -- Stuart Bowen, the U.S. special inspector-general for Iraq reconstruction, says that after 10 years and $60 billion in U.S. taxpayer funds, Iraq is still so unstable and broken that even its leaders question whether Washington’s efforts to rebuild the country were worth the cost.
- Chilcot inquiry to access secret Blair-Bush conversations on Iraq war PressTV 06 Mar 2013 -- Chilcot report into British involvement in the Iraq war and its aftermath will draw on unprecedented access to secret conversations between former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and former US president George W Bush.
- Deputy Secretary of State William J. Burns' Meeting With Iraqi National Security Advisor Faleh al-Fayyad US Dept. of State 05 Mar 2013
- Syria Spillover, al-Qaida Strain Iraq Security VOA 05 Mar 2013 -- Iraq's Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has long warned that Syria's increasingly sectarian war might spill over the border and reignite his own country's combustible Shi'ite-Sunni mix.
- Russia Regrets Conflict Spreading Beyond Syria's Borders RIA Novosti 05 Mar 2013 -- The recent murder of Syrian nationals in Iraq means that the Syrian conflict is spreading beyond the country’s borders.
- Inquiry opens into UK troops atrocities in Iraq PressTV 04 Mar 2013 -- A long-awaited public inquiry into the murder of 20 Iraqi civilians by British troops nine years ago opens in London.
- Al-Sweady abuse inquiry opens in UK PressTV 04 Mar 2013 -- A public inquiry will be launched into allegations that British soldiers killed 20 unarmed Iraqi civilians and abused nine others detained in north of the Iraqi city of Basra in 2004.
- Britain Begins Iraq Abuse Inquiry RFE/RL 04 Mar 2013 -- Britain has opened an inquiry into allegations that British soldiers murdered and abused Iraqi civilians in 2004.
- Iraq dismisses claims of meddling in Syria’s affairs PressTV 04 Mar 2013 -- Iraq has strongly dismissed claims by a Syrian opposition group that Baghdad is interfering in the internal affairs of Syria.
- Assad Forces Defeated in Syria's Raqqa, Ambushed in Iraq VOA 04 Mar 2013 -- Syrian rebels appear to have captured the northern city of Raqqa, in one of the biggest gains of their two-year revolt against President Bashar al-Assad.
- Iraq Says Rebels Cross Border To Kill Syrian Troops RFE/RL 04 Mar 2013 -- Iraqi officials say Syrian rebels have crossed into Iraqi territory to kill 48 Syrian soldiers.
- Iraqi gunmen kill 42 Syrian soldiers, 7 Iraqis: officials PressTV 04 Mar 2013 -- At least 42 Syrian soldiers and seven Iraqis have been killed in an ambush attack by Iraqi gunmen near the two countries sharing border.
- Iraq to Get Russian Weapons by June - Minister RIA Novosti 04 Mar 2013 -- Russia will deliver attack helicopters and air-defense systems to Iraq before the summer.
- Russia to deliver Iraq weapons by June: Zebari PressTV 04 Mar 2013 -- Iraq’s Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari says that Baghdad will receive its shipment of Russian attack helicopters and air-defense systems before the summer.
- Baghdad says ship seized in Yemen belongs to Iraq Iran Press TV 03 Mar 2013 -- Iraq says a ship loaded with weapons and missiles, which has been seized by Yemen, belongs to Baghdad, despite Yemeni claims that it belongs to Iran.
- UN officials urge protection, durable solution for residents of Iranian exile camp in Iraq UN News Centre 01 Mar 2013 -- Senior United Nations officials today stressed the need to redouble efforts to resettle residents of an Iranian exile camp near the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, which was the scene of recent attacks, and to find durable solutions for them outside of Iraq.
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