April 2007 - Iraq Special Weapons News

22 April 2007 - Iraq Special Weapons News

April 21 airpower: B-1B Lancer hits insurgents AFPN 22 Apr 2007 -- Coalition airpower supported Coalition ground forces in Iraq and the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan in the following operations April 21, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here.
Airmen assist Iraqi Air Force reconstitution AFPN 22 Apr 2007 -- On a daily basis, Staff Sgt. Luke Almeter dons his U.S. Air Force uniform and drives the short commute to New Al Muthana Air Base.
Iraqi Police Stop Suicide Bomber; 13 Suspected Terrorists Captured AFPS 22 Apr 2007 -- Iraqi national police stopped a suicide bomber operating in the Sadr City neighborhood in eastern Baghdad at about 2:30 p.m. yesterday.
370th Group and squadron stand up AFPN 22 Apr 2007 -- The unit activation and assumption of command of the 370th Air Expeditionary Advisory Group and Squadron took place at New Al Muthana Air Base April 22.
Gunmen Target Members of Iraqi Religious Minority VOA 22 Apr 2007 -- Authorities in Iraq say gunmen have killed 23 members of the Yazidi religious minority in the northern part of the country.

U.S. Officials in Iraq Condemn Assassination of Fallujah Councilman AFPS 22 Apr 2007 -- Yesterday's assassination of Fallujah, Iraq, City Council Chairman Sheikh Sami Abdul-Amir al-Jumaili was a reprehensible and cowardly act, Multinational Force Iraq officials said in a statement today.

IRAQ: Emergency services lack capacity IRIN 22 Apr 2007 -- Last Wednesday's four attacks in Baghdad, in which more than 200 people died, have highlighted how overstretched the country's emergency services are during major attacks, said doctors and emergency services workers.

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