November 2007 - Iraq Special Weapons News

27 November 2007 - Iraq Special Weapons News

Press Conference: Rear Adm. Smith, Brig. Gen. Dorko, Nov. 27, 2007 MNF-I 27 Nov 2007 -- Rear Adm. Gregory Smith, director, Multi-National Force-Iraq Communications Division, and Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Dorko, commander of the Gulf Region Division (GRD), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Troops Kill Four, Seize Large Weapons Cache in Iraq AFPS 27 Nov 2007 -- Iraqi and coalition forces killed four suspected terrorists yesterday in an operation that also claimed the life of a child. Meanwhile, combined forces uncovered a significant weapons cache, military officials said.
Coalition, Iraqi Troops Continue to Pressure al Qaeda AFPS 27 Nov 2007 -- Coalition and Iraqi operations are keeping up the pressure on al Qaeda insurgents in Iraq, a senior U.S. military official told reporters in Baghdad today.
Downrange Air Force convoy support center opens AFPN 27 Nov 2007 -- The cutting of a chain linking two tractor trailers marked the opening of the 586th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron's new convoy support center Nov. 24 in Southwest Asia.
US Troops Kill as Many as 7 Civilians in Shootings in Iraq VOA 27 Nov 2007 -- Iraqi officials say American troops in Baghdad have killed as many as seven Iraqi civilians, including a child, in two separate shootings.

Gates Asks Congress Not to Derail Iraq Progress AFPS 27 Nov 2007 -- Important progress the military is making in the war on terror would be derailed if Congress doesn't pass a supplemental war spending bill "in short order," Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates told the Killeen, Texas, Chamber of Commerce yesterday.
Bush Meets With Senior Iraqi Shi'ite Politician VOA 27 Nov 2007 -- President Bush and senior Iraqi Shi'ite politician Abdel Aziz al-Hakim of the Supreme Iraqi Islamic Council met privately in Washington on Tuesday.
Iraqi Political, Economic Factors Improve, Troop Drawdown Begins Washington File 27 Nov 2007 -- Security conditions have improved enough in Iraq that the United States November 27 began the drawdown of U.S. combat troops from Diyala province.

Iraq Infrastructure Needs Maintenance, Operations Procedures AFPS 27 Nov 2007 -- Establishing proper maintenance procedures and operations processes is as important as providing power plants, hospitals and other infrastructure in Iraq, a senior U.S. military engineer said today.
Iraqi Targeting Success Now Equals Coalition Efforts AFPS 27 Nov 2007 -- Iraqi forces can now gather intelligence and go after targets as successfully as U.S. units there, a senior intelligence advisor in the region said today.
Recruiting Drives Paying off for Iraqi Police, Auxiliary Forces Army News 27 Nov 2007 -- As violence against the coalition and Iraqi Security Forces dropped significantly, recruitment drives throughout Baghdad in November had residents lining up to join Iraqi Police forces.

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