April 2007 - Iraq Special Weapons News

06 April 2007 - Iraq Special Weapons News

Transcript: DoD News Briefing with Col. Funk from Iraq 06 Apr 2007 -- Presenter: Commander,1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Col. Paul Funk
April 6 airpower summary: B-1Bs aid ground forces AFPN 06 Apr 2007 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials have released the following airpower summary
Truck Bomber Releases Chlorine Gas in Western Iraqi Town VOA 06 Apr 2007 -- Iraqi officials say a suicide bomber has detonated a truck filled with explosives and chlorine gas near the western Iraqi city of Ramadi
Coalition Forces and Elements of Iraq Army's 7th Division launch Operation Harris Ba'sil MNF-I 06 Apr 2007 -- Marines, Soldiers and Sailors from Regimental Combat Team 2, including elements of the Iraqi Army's 2nd and 3rd Brigades of the 7th Division, launched Operation Harris Ba'sil (Valiant Guardian) on March 26, to interdict and disrupt enemy routes and safe havens outside of the Euphrates River Valley.
Operation Black Eagle begins in Ad Diwaniyah MNF-I 06 Apr 2007 -- Iraqi Army troops swept into the city in the early morning hours April 6 to disrupt militia activity and return security and stability here back to the government of Iraq.

Guard Brigades to Receive Alert for Iraq Deployment AFPS 06 Apr 2007 -- About 13,000 National Guardsmen will be alerted for possible deployment to Iraq in fiscal 2008, a senior defense official said on background today.

U.S.-Iraqi Partnership Proves Potent For Combating Insurgents AFPS 06 Apr 2007 -- The partnership between Iraqi and U.S. soldiers is helping to tamp down insurgent violence northwest of Baghdad, a senior U.S. military officer assigned in Iraq said today.

British Service Personnel Describe Ordeal RFE/RL 06 Apr 2007 -- The British navy personnel recently released by Iran have said categorically that they were not in Iranian waters when they were captured on March 23.
British Navy To Review Naval Crew's Seizure RFE/RL 06 Apr 2007 -- The British Royal Navy has begun a review of the circumstances leading to the capture of 15 of its service personnel by Iran.
U.K. sailors say they were placed under pressure by Iranians RIA Novosti 06 Apr 2007 -- British sailors and marines released from Iranian captivity Wednesday insisted Friday they had been detained in Iraqi territorial waters, saying they had been put under "constant psychological pressure."

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