December 2007 - Iraq Special Weapons News

20 December 2007 - Iraq Special Weapons News

Dec. 19 airpower summary: C-130s provide heavy airlift AFPN 20 Dec 2007
Troops Capture 'Special Groups' Leader, Release Detainees AFPS 20 Dec 2008 -- Coalition forces captured a suspected "special groups" leader during operations yesterday in the northern Baghdad area, military officials reported.
Normalcy Returns to Baghdad's Outskirts as Attacks Decline AFPS 20 Dec 2008 -- The decrease in violence seen in Baghdad's northern and western outskirts has created a sense of stability and fueled economic activity that Iraqis view as a presage to the return of normalcy, a U.S. commander posted in Iraq told Pentagon reporters today
Multinational Division Baghdad Transfers Authority AFPS 20 Dec 2008 -- Control of Multinational Division Baghdad changed hands during a ceremony here yesterday.
Airmen revamp Iraqi police training facility AFPN 20 Dec 2007 -- For Iraqi police to succeed in securing their nation from the hands of insurgents, they need proper training and equipment, and they get help from American servicemembers at the 732nd Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron, Det. 6.
Flight safety office brings Balad bird strikes down 30 percent AFPN 20 Dec 2007 -- With the help of volunteers from around the base, the 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing flight safety office reduced the number of bird strikes on aircraft by 30 percent here in November.

Bush, Gates Comment on Partial War Funding Approved by Congress AFPS 20 Dec 2008 -- President Bush and Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates today thanked Congress for approving emergency defense spending yesterday, but both men said more money is needed to prosecute the war on terror and other defense operations.
US Congress ties budget for war to withdrawal timetable IRNA 20 Dec 2007 -- The House of Representatives approved another dlrs 70 billion for war trying hard to tie the budget to a timetable to end the war in Iraq.