21 February 2009 - Iraq Special Weapons News |
Operations
Deployments
US Policy
United Nations
Reconstruction Issues
Foreign Reactions
News Reports
Current Operations
- DoD News: DoD Identifies Army Casualty
- MND-B Soldier death
- Feb. 20 Airpower Summary: A-10s destroy anti-Afghan positions AFNS 21 Feb 2009 -- Coalition airpower integrated with coalition ground forces in Iraq and the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan in the following operations Feb. 20, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here.
Deployments
US Policy
- US Soldier Gets Life for Iraqi Slayings VOA 21 Feb 2009 -- A U.S. soldier has been sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole for his role in the execution-style slayings of four Iraqi prisoners.
United Nations
Reconstruction Issues
- Notorious Iraqi Prison Hoping for Fresh Start VOA 21 Feb 2009 -- Iraqi officials have reopened Abu Ghraib, one of Iraq's most notorious prisons, after renovating the facility just west of Baghdad and promising more humane treatment of prisoners.
