Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
25 May 2007 - Iraq Special Weapons News
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Current Operations
- OIF/OEF Casualty Update 25 May 2007 [PDF]
- DoD Identifies Army Casualty
- Combat Logistics Patrol Targeted by IED
- MND-B patrol targeted by small arms fire
- Task Force Lightning unit attacked
- Task Force Lightning Soldiers attacked
- MND-B patrol struck by roadside bomb
- Task Force Lightning Soldiers attacked
- DoD Identifies Army Casualties
- DoD Identifies Army Casualty
- Transcript: DoD News Briefing with Col. Ricky Gibbs at the Pentagon 25 May 2007 -- Presenter: Commander, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division Col. Ricky Gibbs
- May 24 airpower summary: Tankers fuel fleet AFPN 25 May 2007 -- Coalition airpower supported coalition ground forces in Iraq and International Security Assistance Force troops in Afghanistan during operations May 24, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here.
- Coalition, Iraqi Forces Detain 28, Find Weapons AFPS 25 May 2007 -- Coalition and Iraqi forces detained 28 suspected terrorists and found two weapons caches in operations throughout Iraq in the past two days, military officials reported.
- Army's Newest Modular Combat Team Makes Mark in Iraq AFPS 25 May 2007 -- In its first deployment to Iraq, one of the Army's newest modular light infantry brigade combat teams is making its mark under the president's troop surge plan, the brigade's top officer said today in a briefing to Pentagon reporters.
- NMCB 28 Route Repair Teams Work Night and Day in Iraq Navy NewsStand 25 May 2007 -- Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 28's route repair team crossed the 60-day mark of their Iraq deployment, May 20, working night and day to repair holes caused by improvised explosive devices (IED) on main supply routes (MSR) and alternate supply routes (ASR) in the Al Anbar province of Iraq.
- Whidbey Island Attack Squadron Returns From Deployment Navy NewsStand 25 May 2007 -- Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 140 "Patriots" returned home to Naval Air Station Whidbey Island (NASWI) after an eight-month deployment, May 22.
Deployments
US Policy
- US Democrats, Republicans Assess Way Ahead on Iraq VOA 25 May 2007 -- U.S. Congressional Democrats say the passage of funding legislation for Iraq, even without setting a timetable for a U.S. withdrawal, marks a major step forward in efforts to end the war there
- Bush Prevails in Political Showdown Over Iraq VOA 25 May 2007 -- President Bush prevailed in his first showdown with the Democratic-controlled Congress over funding for the Iraq war
- U.S. Congress Approves Iraq War-Funding Bill RFE/RL 25 May 2007 -- The U.S. Senate has approved $100 billion in new funds for the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq without a timetable for withdrawing combat troops.
- U.S. Congress approves war funding, no Iraq withdrawal date set RIA Novosti 25 May 2007 -- The U.S. House and Senate voted Thursday to grant President Bush's request for nearly $100 billion in war spending for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan through September, but no timetable for the withdrawal of troops was set, as Democrats had sought.
- Coalition Positioned to Break Iraq's Cycle of Violence AFPS 25 May 2007 -- Interruption of the "vicious circle of sectarian violence" taking place in Baghdad is the main challenge facing security forces there, a senior counter-insurgency advisor to Multinational Force Iraq said today.
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