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June 2013 - Iraq Special Weapons News
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- Iran rejects former US commander’s claims over Iraq bombing PressTV 30 Jun 2013 -- The Iranian Embassy in Baghdad has dismissed allegations about Tehran’s involvement in the 2006 bombing of two Shia shrines in the Iraqi city of Samarra.
- Twin blasts kill eleven, injure 21 in Iraq’s central city of Ramadi PressTV 28 Jun 2013 -- At least 11 people have been killed and 21 others injured after two bomb blasts rocked the central Iraqi city of Ramadi.
- Iraqi Bombings Kill Anti-Al-Qaeda Fighters RFE/RL 28 Jun 2013 -- Two bomb blasts near a checkpoint run by government-allied anti-Al-Qaeda Sunni militiamen in western Iraq have killed at least nine people.
- Excess Defense Articles benefit U.S., foreign partners Army News 28 Jun 2013 -- Using 1,026 M113A2 armored personnel carriers provided the means for the Iraqi Army to begin standing-up its planned six-division armored capability.
- Russia to Deliver 10 Helicopter Gunships to Iraq RIA Novosti 28 Jun 2013 -- Russia will supply over 10 fully armed and equipped Mi-28NE Night Hunter attack helicopters to Iraq under a multi-billion dollar agreement.
- UN Security Council Decision to Transfer Chapter VII Mandate to the UN Assistance Mission in Iraq US Dept. of State 27 Jun 2013
- UN Security Council eases some sanctions on Iraq over 1990 invasion of Kuwait UN News Centre 27 Jun 2013 -- The United Nations Security Council eased some of its sanctions against Iraq.
- UN envoy condemns attacks in northern Iraq UN News Centre 25 Jun 2013 -- The United Nations envoy in Iraq strongly condemned the attacks that killed and injured dozens of protesters.
- Terrorist bomb attacks kill 14, injure 70 across Iraq PressTV 25 Jun 2013 -- At least 14 people have been killed and many more injured in several terrorist attacks in Iraq.
- 11 Dead in Separate Iraqi Bombings VOA 25 Jun 2013 -- Two suicide bombers have killed at least eight Iraqi Turkmen and wounded dozens more in an ethnically disputed northern city.
- 27 Camp Hurriya Residents Depart for Albania US Dept. of State 24 Jun 2013
- Iraq attacks kill 11, injure dozens PressTV 24 Jun 2013 -- At least 11 people have been killed and dozens others injured in several attacks across Iraq.
- Several Killed In Iraq Violence RFE/RL 23 Jun 2013 -- Iraqi police say at least 21 people have been killed across the country.
- At Least 14 Killed in Suicide Bombing in Iraq Mosque RIA Novosti 23 Jun 2013 -- A suicide bombing inside a Shia mosque north of the Iraqi capital Baghdad during evening prayers there left at least 14 people dead.
- Iraq relocation of Iranian exiles to Albania UN News Centre 22 Jun 2013 -- The top United Nations official in Iraq welcomed the relocation to Albania of 27 residents from an exile camp near western Baghdad.
- Fresh Violence Claims Lives In Northern Iraq RFE/RL 22 Jun 2013 -- Security officials say at least nine people have been killed in separate attacks that targeted police forces in northern Iraqi towns.
- Maliki calls for greater UN cooperation to oust MKO terrorists PressTV 21 Jun 2013 -- Baghdad has urged greater cooperation from the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq to remove Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization from the country.
- Bomb attack kills seven in western Iraq PressTV 21 Jun 2013 -- At least seven people have been killed in a bomb attack in Iraq’s western al-Anbar Province.
- Iraqi Militias Make Comeback Amid Surging Sectarian Violence RFE/RL 20 Jun 2013 -- With the rising wave of sectarian violence in Iraq, militias that were thought to have disbanded have reemerged and new armed groups have taken root.
- UN envoy commends Iraqis in Anbar and Ninewa for casting their ballots in local polls UN News Centre 20 Jun 2013 -- The United Nations envoy in Iraq congratulated the men and women of the Anbar and Ninewa governorates on casting their votes on local elections.
- Delayed Voting Under Way In Two Iraqi Provinces RFE/RL 20 Jun 2013 -- Iraqis in two Sunni-majority provinces are casting ballots in provincial elections two months after most of the country held the same polls.
- Iraqis Vote in 2 Sunni-Dominated Provinces VOA 20 Jun 2013 -- Iraqis in two Sunni-majority provinces are voting in provincial elections that officials had delayed by two months because of security concerns.
- Bomb hits social gathering, kills five in northern Iraq PressTV 19 Jun 2013 -- At least five people have been killed after a bomb blast hit a social gathering in northern Iraq.
- Coordinated twin blasts in Baghdad claim 31 lives PressTV 18 Jun 2013 -- At least 31 people have been killed in two coordinated bomb attacks inside and near a Shia Muslim mosque in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.
- Mukhtar Army claims attack on Camp Liberty in Iraq PressTV 18 Jun 2013 -- The Iraq-based militant group known as the Mukhtar Army has claimed responsibility for a recent rocket attack on Camp Liberty in the Iraqi capital.
- Iran questions IAEA’s political stance, says committed to NPT PressTV 18 Jun 2013 -- Iranian Foreign Ministry has called on the International Atomic Energy Agency chief to avoid politicizing Tehran’s nuclear issue.
- 10 die in another day of carnage in Iraq PressTV 17 Jun 2013 -- Ten people have been killed and several others wounded in two bomb attacks in Iraq.
- Car bomb attacks, shooting kill 32 people across Iraq Iran Press TV 16 Jun 2013 -- At least 32 people have been killed and many more injured in a wave of violence, including car bomb attacks and a shooting incident, in several southern and central cities and towns of Iraq.
- Following latest attacks, UN envoy urges Iraqi leaders to establish dialogue UN News Centre 16 Jun 2013 -- The United Nations envoy in Iraq today condemned the latest wave of car bombings across Iraq that injured dozens of civilians, and called on the country's leaders to sit together and address the nation's current challenges.
- UN officials strongly condemn attack on Iranian exile camp in Iraq UN News Centre 15 Jun 2013 -- Two United Nations officials today strongly condemned an attack on Camp Liberty, an Iranian exile camp in Iraq, and called on the Government to assist and protect camp residents in need.
- Following violent clashes in Iraq, Ban stresses need for dialogue, reconciliation UN News Centre 11 Jun 2013 -- Voicing concern over the upsurge of violence in Iraq, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called today on all parties to redouble their efforts to support reconciliation and end sectarian violence.
- Zawahri Intervenes in Dispute Between Syrian, Iraqi al-Qaida Wings VOA 10 Jun 2013 -- Al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri has intervened in a dispute between the Iraqi and Syrian branches of his network.
- Car bombings kill 22 in eastern Iraq PressTV 10 Jun 2013 -- More than a dozen people have been killed and nearly 40 others have been injured in three car bomb attacks at a marketplace in Iraq’s eastern province of Diyala.
- Deadly Bombings Target Markets North Of Baghdad RFE/RL 10 Jun 2013 -- Three car bombs and a suicide bomber have targeted food markets in towns north of Baghdad.
- UN envoy welcomes meeting in Kurdistan between senior Iraqi, Kurdish officials UN News Centre 09 Jun 2013 -- The top United Nations envoy in Iraq has welcomed today the first visit to Erbil of Iraq's Premier for a landmark meeting with officials from the country's Kurdish region as "a positive step in the right direction."
- Iraq's Maliki Visits Kurdistan to Ease Tensions VOA 09 Jun 2013 -- Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has made a rare visit to his country's autonomous Kurdish region to try to ease long-running disputes that have threatened national unity.
- Amid Syrian crisis, Iraqi refugees in Jordan forgotten IRIN 06 Jun 2013 -- Up to 10 years after fleeing violence in their country, many Iraqi refugees living in Jordan are poor, failing to integrate, and unable to return home or get resettled in a third country.
- UN envoy in Iraq strongly condemns ambush that leaves 14 dead at fake checkpoint UN News Centre 06 Jun 2013 -- The top United Nations official in Iraq today condemned "in the strongest terms" the killing of at least 14 border guards and civilians in a "heinous, cold-blooded murder" on a main highway connecting the central cities of Ramadi and Kerbala.
- Maliki Meets Leaders Amid Rising Sectarian Violence In Iraq RFE/RL 02 Jun 2013 -- Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has met with community leaders from across Iraq's sectarian divide in a bid to stop a rise in sectarian killings.
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