June 2007 - Iraq Special Weapons News

18 June 2007 - Iraq Special Weapons News

June 17 airpower summary: Fighting Falcon provides show of force AFPN 18 Jun 2007 -- Coalition airpower supported coalition ground forces in Iraq and International Security Assistance Force troops in Afghanistan during operations June 17, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here.
Troops in Iraq Kill, Detain Scores of Insurgents, Find Iranian Rockets AFPS 18 Jun 2007 -- Coalition forces killed 21 insurgents, detained 31 and wounded six others in Iraq during the past three days, military officials said
Portable armories make munitions conveniently available AFPN 18 Jun 2007 -- Two newly acquired portable armories on base are streamlining the weapons processes for Airmen in theater here.
Seabees Play Key Role in Euphrates Bridge Recovery Operation Navy NewsStand 18 Jun 2007 -- Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 28, based at Al Asad, completed joint operations with Marines and Soldiers on June 9, to remove a pontoon bridge from the Euphrates River that posed a threat to infrastructure downstream.
Marne Torch air assault yields five detainees MNF-I 18 Jun 2007 -- Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, detained five individuals while conducting a company-sized operation in the city of Dura’iya June 17.
Marne Torch commences in areas south of Baghdad MNF-I 18 Jun 2007 -- Fixed-wing aircraft dropped four precision-guided bombs on targeted sites preventing insurgents from entering southern Baghdad June 16.

White House: Bush 'Reassured' on Progress by Iraqi Leaders VOA 18 Jun 2007 -- The White House says President Bush was "impressed and reassured" by what Iraqi leaders told him in a video teleconference on political, economic and security reforms in the country.
Success in Iraq Determined at ‘Macro Level,’ Enlisted Leader Says AFPS 18 Jun 2007 -- Individual roles, actions and operations are essential components of the Iraq war effort, but it is the sum of those parts that defines success in the war, the top enlisted leader in theater said last week.
Rice Raises Kurdish Guerrilla Issue With Iraq's Foreign Minister VOA 18 Jun 2007 -- The Bush administration has reaffirmed its determination to clamp down on Kurdish rebels who utilize Iraq's northern regions as a base for launching attacks against neighboring Turkey

IRAQ: Threats, violence in Baghdad threaten new wave of displaced IRIN 18 Jun 2007 -- Sunni families remaining in Shia neighbourhoods of Baghdad are being forced to flee their homes: A 72-hour deadline announced by militants for them to leave these areas or face death expires on 18 June.