08 February 2009 - Iraq Special Weapons News |
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Current Operations
- MND-B Soldier dies in non-combat related incident (Baghdad)
- Feb. 7 Airpower Summary: A-10s deter enemy actions AFNS 08 Feb 2009 -- Coalition airpower integrated with coalition ground forces in Iraq and the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan in the following operations Feb. 7, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here.
- Feb. 6 Airpower Summary: F-15Es target enemy positions AFNS 08 Feb 2009 -- Coalition airpower integrated with coalition ground forces in Iraq and the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan in the following operations Feb. 6, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here.
Deployments
US Policy
United Nations
Reconstruction Issues
Foreign Reactions
- Iran, Iraq call for expansion of mutual relations IRNA 08 Feb 2009 -- Advisor to the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution on international affairs Ali-Akbar Velayati conferred on Sunday with leader of Iraq's National Congress party Ahmad Chalabi on expansion of ties between the two countries
News Reports
- Baghdad Bomb Kills 2 Shi'ite Pilgrims VOA 08 Feb 2009 -- Iraqi police say a roadside bomb has exploded in Baghdad near a group of Shi'ite pilgrims, killing two of them and wounding 11 others.
- IRAQ: Foot-and-mouth disease infects livestock in Basra IRIN 08 Feb 2009 -- A local official in Basra Province, 600km south of Baghdad, said on 7 February that there has been an outbreak in the province of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), a highly contagious disease affecting cloven-hoofed animals, in particular cattle, sheep, pigs, goats, camelids and deer.
