21 April 2008 - Iraq Special Weapons News |
Operations
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Current Operations
- OIF/OEF Casualty Update 21 Apr 2008 [PDF]
- DoD Identifies Army Casualty
- DoD Identifies Army Casualty
- MND-N Soldiers attacked by IED (Salah ad Din)
- Transcript: DoD News Briefing with Col. Craparotta from Iraq 21 Apr 2008 -- Presenter: Commander, Regimental Combat Team 1 Col. Lewis Craparotta
- April 20 airpower summary: C-130s transport cargo AFPN 21 Apr 2008
- Airmen, reconstruction team improve Iraqi living conditions AFPN 21 Apr 2008 -- Airmen teamed with members of the Kirkuk Air Base Provincial Reconstruction Team during a training session designed to help Iraqis improve waste management practices in the region April 16 here.
- Air traffic controllers keep aircraft soaring AFPN 21 Apr 2008 -- Air traffic controllers of the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing here were responsible for more than 1,250 operations on their airfield and in their airspace in just one week in April.
- Coalition, Iraqi Forces Kill, Detain Terrorists AFPS 21 Apr 2008 -- Coalition forces battling al-Qaida terrorists and Iranian-trained "special group" criminals killed 23 terrorists and detained 42 others during multiple engagements and missions across Iraq between April 18 and 21.
- Officials Outline Sadr City Security Plan AFPS 21 Apr 2008 -- Recent operations in Baghdad's Sadr City neighborhood are part of the overall Baghdad security plan and necessary to rebuilding in the area, a Multinational Force Iraq spokesman told reporters yesterday.
- Regimental Combat Team Commander Sees Progress in Anbar AFPS 21 Apr 2008 -- The commander of Multinational Forces West's Regimental Combat Team 1 described the enemy in his area of operations as "neutralized" during a briefing in Camp Fallujah, Anbar province, Iraq.
Deployments
- Navy Customs Inspectors Return Home After Seven Months in Middle East Navy NewsStand 21 Apr 2008 -- Four hundred Navy Reservists from across the country returned to Norfolk on April 19 and April 21 after a seven-month deployment as customs inspectors supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
US Policy
- Rice Fails to Win Firm Arab Pledges on Iraq VOA 21 Apr 2008 -- U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has failed to secure any firm Arab pledges on debt relief for Iraq or greater Arab diplomatic presence in Baghdad.
- Campaign Stars to Adorn Afghanistan and Iraq Campaign Medals 21 Apr 2008 -- The Department of Defense announced today that campaign stars are authorized for wear on the Afghanistan Campaign Medal (ACM) and Iraq Campaign Medal (ICM).
- Iraq: U.S. To Push For Greater Arab Engagement At Neighbors' Conference RFE/RL 21 Apr 2008 -- When the foreign ministers of Iraq's neighboring states meet in Kuwait this week, they can expect increased U.S. pressure to support Baghdad as a counterbalance to growing Iranian influence in Iraq and the wider region.
United Nations
- UN political chief visits Iraq ahead of Kuwait summit UN News Centre 21 Apr 2008 -- The top United Nations political official has just wrapped up a three-day visit to Baghdad, during which he met with members of the world body's mission there, as well as senior officials of the Iraqi Government and the Multinational Forces (MNF), ahead of a meeting of Iraq and its neighbours set to begin tomorrow in Kuwait.
- UN agency warns Bulgaria is clamping down on asylum claims by Iraqis UN News Centre 21 Apr 2008 -- Bulgaria has become much tougher in the past few months in processing the asylum claims of Iraqis, despite no apparent change in the overall profile of the arrivals, the United Nations refugee agency warned today.
Reconstruction Issues
- IRAQ: Army distributes humanitarian aid in Basra IRIN 21 Apr 2008 -- The army is distributing food and other aid in Basra, Iraq's second largest city, in a bid to avoid a humanitarian crisis, the army and Iraqi Red Crescent Society (IRCS) said on 20 April.
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