April 2007 - Iraq Special Weapons News

09 April 2007 - Iraq Special Weapons News

April 9 airpower: Predator strikes insurgents AFPN 09 Apr 2007 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials released the following airpower summary April 9
Troops Detain 14 Suspects in Iraq; Car Bomb Kills 17, Injures 26 AFPS 09 Apr 2007 -- Coalition forces captured 14 suspected terrorists during operations across Iraq today, and terrorists killed 17 Iraqis and wounded 26 in a car bomb yesterday.
Iraq PRTs to Double in Number by Year’s End, Official Says AFPS 09 Apr 2007 -- Plans are under way to double the number of provincial reconstruction teams now operating in Iraq by the end of the year, a senior U.S. official said during a news conference in Iraq today.
At Least 20 Killed In Iraqi Attacks RFE/RL 09 Apr 2007 -- A series of attacks in and around Baghdad have killed at least 20 people and injured many more.

DoD Announces Force Adjustments 09 Apr 2007 -- The Department of Defense announced today the alert of additional replacement units for deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom
Four Guard Brigades Alerted for Iraq Duty AFPS 09 Apr 2007 -- Four National Guard brigade combat teams have been notified for possible deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, DoD officials said today.
Four Army National Guard Brigade Combat Teams Notified for Iraq Rotations Army News Release 09 Apr 2007 -- The Department of the Army confirmed today the Department of Defense announcement alerting four Army National Guard Brigade Combat Teams for rotations in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom
Guard Units Alerted for Iraq Rotations Army News 09 Apr 2007 -- Army officials confirmed today that four National Guard brigade combat teams - totaling more than 12,000 Soldiers - have been alerted for deployment to Iraq.

US Rebukes Iraqi Kurd Leader for Threat to Turkey VOA 09 Apr 2007 -- The U.S. State Department has criticized Iraqi Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani for implicitly threatening to fuel Kurdish unrest in Turkey

Iraqi Official Says US Both Source and Solution to Iraq's Woes VOA 09 Apr 2007 -- A senior advisor to Iraq's government says U.S. efforts to forge democracy in his country have been disastrous, but that the United States remains the only power capable of rectifying the situation
Iraqis in Shi'ite Cities Hold Anti-American Protests on Anniversary of Baghdad's Fall VOA 09 Apr 2007 -- Tens of thousands of supporters of radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr responded to his call for mass demonstrations in the Shiite holy city of Najaf Monday

IRAQ: Renewed calls for media protection IRIN 09 Apr 2007 -- The arrests, abductions and murders of journalists in Iraq are severely limiting the ability of media outlets to effectively report the escalating humanitarian crises in the war-torn country, specialists say.