Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
01 April 2008 - Iraq Special Weapons News
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Current Operations
- OIF/OEF Casualty Update 01 Apr 2008 [PDF]
- DoD Identifies Army Casualty
- DoD Identifies Army Casualty
- DoD Identifies Army Casualties
- March 31 airpower summary: C-17s provide heavy airlift AFPN 01 Apr 2008
- Stryker Cavalry Explains How Maupin Found Army News 01 Apr 2008 -- The remains of Staff Sgt. Keith Matthew Maupin were recovered March 20 northwest of Baghdad by elements the Multi-National Division - Baghdad's 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, which is based out of Vilseck, Germany.
- Making a Difference in Iraq, One Village at a Time Navy NewsStand 01 Apr 2008 -- "With compassion for others, we build, we fight, for peace with freedom" is the long-standing motto for the U.S. Navy Construction Battalions.
- Troops in Iraq Kill Suspected Terrorists, Capture Others, Seize Weapons AFPS 01 Apr 2008 -- Coalition and Iraqi forces killed four suspected terrorists, detained 29 others, and seized or destroyed dozens of weapons in Iraq over the past three days, military officials said.
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.
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