IRAQ: IEDs target civilians, ISF in Kirkuk

                   
noticias.info     May 15, 2008            

TIKRIT, Iraq – Kirkuk’s Provincial Joint Communications Center reported a vehicleborne improvised explosive device, May 13. The motorcycle was parked outside an elementary school on a route that leads to an open market in the city of Kirkuk. Initial ... [read full story]                

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Commander: al-Qaida ‘virtually destroyed’ in Kirkuk

globalsecurity.org     May 13, 2008          

Violence in Iraq’s Kirkuk province has dropped by 70 percent, and coalition and Iraqi forces have “virtually destroyed” al-Qaida in Iraq in the region, the commander of the U.S. brigade combat team in the area said today. ... Army Col. David Paschal, commander of 1st...                

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Iraqis to secure Kirkuk

upi.com     May 13, 2008          

KIRKUK, Iraq, May 12 (UPI) -- U.S. officials look to turn over security operations to Iraqi forces in Kirkuk as reconstruction takes place of security details with al-Qaida on the run. Army Col. David Paschal, commander of 1st Brigade, 10th Mountain Division, said in a press briefing that...                

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DoD News Briefing with Col. Paschal from Iraq

defenselink.mil     May 13, 2008          

COL. GARY KECK (director, Department of Defense Press Office): Well, good morning, everyone. The first is the precision targeting that we've able to execute against insurgent leadership; the growing capabilities and capacity of the Iraqi security forces, both police and army; the establishment of...                

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05/12/08 1 Bde, 10th MTN Brief

globalsecurity.org     May 14, 2008          

COL. GARY KECK (director, Department of Defense Press Office): Well, good morning, everyone. The first is the precision targeting that we've able to execute against insurgent leadership; the growing capabilities and capacity of the Iraqi security forces, both police and army; the establishment of...                

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