24 July 2009 - Iraq Special Weapons News |
Operations
Deployments
US Policy
United Nations
Reconstruction Issues
Foreign Reactions
News Reports
Current Operations
- OIF/OEF Casualty Update 24 Jul 2009 [PDF]
- MND-B Soldier death
- National Guard Company Trains Iraqi Police to Self-sufficiency AFPS 24 Jul 2009 -- National police in Iraq’s Wasit province now are capable of sustaining their own training needs after coalition forces leave here, military officials said, thanks to the efforts of a Massachusetts National Guard police company.
Deployments
US Policy
- US Defense Chief, Iraqi PM Discuss Military Sales VOA 24 Jul 2009 -- U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates has offered to try to speed U.S. approval of military equipment sales to Iraq.
United Nations
Reconstruction Issues
- Kurdish Candidates in Iraq Campaign in Final Hours before Election VOA 24 Jul 2009 -- Kurdish candidates are trying to rally support in the final hours before Saturday's election in Iraq's three northern provinces which constitute Kurdistan. Campaign posters dotted Kurdish cities and candidates spoke on television in a frenetic crescendo to the electoral campaign.
Foreign Reactions
- Iraqi PM Hints He is Open to Longer US Stay VOA 24 Jul 2009 -- Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has hinted that he is open to the presence of U.S. troops beyond December 31, 2011, a firm deadline set by both countries for the withdrawal of all American soldiers from Iraq.
- Iraq Questions Reports of US Talks With Insurgents VOA 24 Jul 2009 -- Iraqi officials say they are looking into reports that U.S. officials met with representatives of Iraqi insurgent groups in Turkey earlier this year.
News Reports
- Iraqi Kurds do not aim to establish a separate state RIA Novosti 24 Jul 2009
