January 2007 - Iraq Special Weapons News

27 January 2007 - Iraq Special Weapons News

CENTAF releases airpower summary for Jan. 27 AFPN 27 Jan 2007 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials have released the airpower summary for Jan. 27.
Baghdad Car Bombs Kill 15 And Wound Dozens; Eight Abducted RFE/RL 27 Jan 2007 -- At least 15 people were reported killed and more than 30 others injured in two car bomb attacks in Baghdad today.
USS Hawes Deploys in Support of Maritime Security Operations Navy NewsStand 26 Jan 2007 -- More than 200 Sailors aboard the guided missile frigate USS Hawes (FFG 53) departed their homeport in Norfolk Jan. 27, for a six-month deployment to the U.S. European Command and Central Command areas of operation.

Camp Lejeune-based Regimental Combat Team 2 relieves Twentynine Palms unit in western Al Anbar MNF-I 27 Jan 2007 -- Regimental Combat Team 2, based at Camp Lejeune, N.C., officially assumed responsibility for western Al Anbar Province, Iraq, Saturday.
Slovak Premier Says Iraq Troop Withdrawal Complete RFE/RL 27 Jan 2007 -- Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico says nearly all of the roughly 100 soldiers his country had in Iraq as part of the U.S.-led coalition have left as part of a planned withdrawal.

Bush Rebuffs Congressional Criticism On Iraq Troops RFE/RL 27 Jan 2007 -- President George W. Bush has rejected criticism from members of Congress about his plan to send more than 20,000 extra U.S. troops to Iraq.

Iranian MP Decries Bush Order As 'Terrorist Act' RFE/RL 27 Jan 2007 -- The head of the Iranian parliament's foreign policy and security commission, Alaeddin Borujerdi, has condemned as a "terrorist act" the order by U.S. President George W. Bush to target Iranian agents in Iraq.

Militants Wore US-Style Uniforms in Karbala, Iraq Attack and Abduction VOA 27 Jan 2007 -- The U.S. military now says some American soldiers were abducted and killed in a recent raid by insurgents wearing U.S.-style uniforms

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