April 2005 - Iraq Special Weapons News

23 April 2005 - Iraq Special Weapons News

SOLDIER KILLED BY IED NEAR AL HASWAH
DoD Identifies Army Casualty
U.S. Cavalry trains Iraq's 'Defenders of the Green Zone' MNF-I/MNC-I 23 Apr 2005 -- Members of the 6th Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, took the first steps toward the success of their new mission in Iraq April 18 -- training the "Defenders of the Green Zone."
Iraqi tip takes down terrorists suspected of helo attack MNF-I/MNC-I 23 Apr 2005 -- An Iraqi civilian helped Task Force Baghdad Soldiers find and apprehend six terrorists suspected of shooting down a civilian MI-8 helicopter April 21.

Silver Eagles, Stingers return home USMC News 23 Apr 2005 -- Marines and Sailors from Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 115 and Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 31 returned from a six-month deployment aboard the USS Harry S. Truman, Sunday and Monday.
MEU transits Suez poised for combat USMC News 23 Apr 2005 -- The Marines and Sailors of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) passed through the Suez Canal April 22, marking a significant milestone in MEU's deployment in support of the Global War on Terrorism.

US Army Clears 4 Top Officers in Abu Ghraib Investigation VOA News 23 Apr 2005 -- The U.S. Army has cleared four top officers, including a former top U.S. commander in Iraq, of any wrongdoing in the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal.
Bush Says Iraqi Forces Taking Greater Control VOA 23 Apr 2005 -- President Bush says Iraqi security forces now outnumber U.S. troops in the country for the first time since the start of the war two years ago.

Iraq Insurgents Threaten to Kill Romanian Hostages VOA News 23 Apr 2005 -- Insurgents in Iraq have threatened to kill three kidnapped Romanian journalists and their Iraqi-American translator unless Romania withdraws its troops from Iraq.