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Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)


01 April 2008 - Iraq Special Weapons News

Operations
Deployments
US Policy
United Nations
Reconstruction Issues
Foreign Reactions
News Reports

Current Operations

Deployments

  • Britain Delays Iraq Troop Withdrawal VOA 01 Apr 2008 -- Britain's defense secretary has announced plans to reduce troop levels in southern Iraq have been postponed after a recent flare-up of violence around the city of Basra
  • NMCB 3 Departs for Six Month Deployment to Iraq and Afghanistan Navy NewsStand 01 Apr 2008 -- Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 3, homeported at Naval Base Ventura County, Port Hueneme, departed for a six month deployment to Iraq and Afghanistan March 29.
  • Navy Customs Inspectors Depart for Middle East Navy NewsStand 01 Apr 2008 -- About 400 Sailors mobilized by Navy Expeditionary Logistics Support Group (NAVELSG) deployed from Langley Air Force Base to the Middle East, March 31, as NAVELSG Forward Hotel.

US Policy

  • Mullen Calls for Continuous Assessments in Iraq AFPS 01 Apr 2008 -- After the last of the "surge brigades" redeploy, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff would like to continually assess conditions on the ground in Iraq.
  • Mullen Addresses Meaning of Sadr's Basra Violence AFPS 01 Apr 2008 -- The spike of violence in Basra and southern Baghdad proves the contention of military leaders that there are still going to be tough days ahead in Iraq, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said here yesterday.

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

Foreign Reactions

  • Brown declines to speak of any further Iraqi withdrawals IRNA 01 Apr 2008 -- Prime Minister Gordon Brown Tuesday refused to say whether the British government was going ahead with its plans to cut the number of troops in Iraq to 2,500 or whether there would be any withdrawals by the end of 2008.

News Reports



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