Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
March 2014 - Iraq Special Weapons News
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- Obama defends US invasion of Iraq IRNA 27 Mar 2014 -- In an effort to muster Washington's European allies in an "isolation" and sanctions campaign against Russia, US President Barack Obama has defended the US invasion of Iraq in 2003.
- Recent crisis in Anbar most serious challenge to state-building in Iraq - UN envoy UN News Centre 27 Mar 2014 -- The crisis in Iraq's Anbar province, where three months of fighting has displaced over 66,000 families, poses the most serious challenge to the Government's efforts to maintain the stability and security needed to build a democratic State, a United Nations envoy told the Security Council today.
- Displacement, violence likely cause of Iraq's first polio case in 14 years IRIN 24 Mar 2014 -- Health officials in Iraq are stepping up polio immunization and surveillance following the first confirmed case of the virus in the country in more than a decade.
- Militants capture village in northern Iraq Iran Press TV 21 Mar 2014 -- Al-Qaeda-linked militants have captured a village near the northern Iraqi city of Tikrit.
- Readout of the Vice President's Call with President of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region Masoud Barzani The White House 20 Mar 2014
- Readout of the Vice President's Call with Iraqi Prime Minister of Nouri al-Maliki The White House 20 Mar 2014
- US gives Iraq Hellfire missiles, ammunition Iran Press TV 16 Mar 2014 -- The US has delivered Hellfire missiles along with M4 rifles and hundreds of thousands of rounds of ammunition to Iraq as the Arab country faces its worst violence in years.
- Iraq: UN refugee agency concerned over worsening crisis in Anbar Province UN News Centre 07 Mar 2014 -- The United Nations refugee agency reports today that the security situation in Iraq's Anbar province continues to deteriorate, with the number of people displaced in the area of Heet increasing by some 25,000 in just this past week, as the crisis enters its third month.
- US$103 million appeal to help Anbar IDPs IRIN 05 Mar 2014 -- The UN has launched an emergency appeal for US$103 million to fund the response effort in Iraq's Anbar Province, where fighting between government forces and Islamic insurgents and other militant groups has displaced more than 400,000 people and reportedly killed hundreds in the last two months.
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