03 April 2008 - Iraq Special Weapons News |
Operations
Deployments
US Policy
United Nations
Reconstruction Issues
Foreign Reactions
News Reports
Current Operations
- OIF/OEF Casualty Update 03 Apr 2008 [PDF]
- DoD Identifies Army Casualty
- MND-B Airman attacked by IED
- PRESS CONFERENCE: Operational Update: Maj. Gen. Lynch, April 3, 2008 MNF-I 03 Apr 2008 -- Maj. Gen. Rick Lynch, commander of Multi-National Division-Center, provides an operational update. His area of responsibility is south of Baghdad and stretches from Saudi Arabia to Iran. He will take questions and be able to describe his perspective on recent violence and the response of the public and Iraqi Security Forces
- April 2 airpower summary: C-130s carry load for coalition AFPN 03 Apr 2008
- VAQ-142 Returns to Whidbey Island from Iraq Deployment Navy NewsStand 03 Apr 2008 -- Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 142, the Gray Wolves, returned to Naval Air Station (NAS) Whidbey Island during a two day fly-in, March 29 and April 2.
- Troops Kill Suspected Terrorists, Capture Others in Iraq AFPS 03 Apr 2008 -- Coalition and Iraqi forces killed seven suspected terrorists, detained 10 others and seized weapons and explosives in Iraq the past three days, military officials said.
- Enemy Attacks Give Coalition Opportunities, General Says AFPS 03 Apr 2008 -- The recent increase in attacks by Shiia extremists in Iraq gave coalition forces in the center of the country opportunities to target extremist cells and degrade their capabilities, the U.S. general in charge of operations in the area said today.
- Iraqi Police Continue to Make Progress, General Says AFPS 03 Apr 2008 -- Building an Iraqi police force is an enormous challenge, but the coalition-and-Iraqi team working to do so is making progress, a senior U.S. Army officer working with Iraq’s Interior Ministry said today.
- Forces Cooperate to Stop Violence in Multinational Division Center AFPS 03 Apr 2008 -- Iraqi security forces, aided by coalition forces and local citizens, neutralized threats from an Iranian-backed “special group” in a Baghdad-area neighborhood last week, a U.S. Army brigade commander in the area said today.
Deployments
- Members of NAVELSG Tango, Golf Return Home Navy NewsStand 03 Apr 2008 -- About 100 Sailors mobilized by Navy Expeditionary Logistics Support Group (NAVELSG), Navy Customs Battalion Tango and Port Group Golf, returned home April 2 after serving in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
US Policy
- Congressional Democrats Warn Petraeus, Crocker Not to Minimize Seriousness of Situation in Iraq VOA 03 Apr 2008 -- Congressional Democrats are warning U.S. Iraq commander General David Petraeus, and the U.S. Ambassador to Iraq, not to attempt to minimize the seriousness of the situation in Iraq when they testify to Congress next week
United Nations
Reconstruction Issues
- IRAQ: New report highlights growing number of IDPs IRIN 03 Apr 2008 -- A new international report says that on 20 March there were some 2,778,305 internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Iraq. Hitherto the figure of 2.2 million IDPs in Iraq had been widely publicised.
- Iraqi Prime Minister Vows to Launch More Crackdowns on Militants VOA 03 Apr 2008 -- Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki says he plans to launch more crackdowns against militants like the recent one in Basra.
Foreign Reactions
- Sweden to host conference on Iraq IRNA 03 Apr 2008 -- Sweden is planning to arrange a UN conference on the future of Iraq at the end of May, prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt revealed Thursday.
