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Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)


01 January 2009 - Iraq Special Weapons News

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

Current Operations

  • Dec. 31 airpower summary: A-10 flies combat patrol mission AFNS 01 Jan 2009 -- Coalition airpower integrated with Coalition ground forces in Iraq and the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan in the following operations December 31, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here.
  • Tanks Marines work hard, stay on track USMC News 01 Jan 2009 -- Heaving heavy tanks over miles of miles of rough terrain means that the tankers and tank mechanics in western al-Anbar province, Iraq, have their work cut out for them when it comes to keeping their vehicles running

Deployments

US Policy

  • U.S. Turns Over Green Zone Security Responsibility to Iraq AFPS 01 Jan 2009 -- The United States formally transferred the Republican Palace back to the Iraqi government today, a concrete symbol of the continuing improvement in the country
  • US Hands Over Green Zone Authority to Iraq VOA 01 Jan 2009 -- U.S. forces in Iraq have handed over control of Baghdad's Green Zone to the Iraqi government. Iraqi officials hailed the move, which was mandated under a new U.S. Iraq security arrangement that also calls for U.S. forces to withdraw from Iraq by 2011.

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

Foreign Reactions

News Reports

  • IRAQ: Warning over plight of Iraqi widows IRIN 01 Jan 2009 -- A women’s rights activist and a Baghdad government official agree that the government needs to take action to help the huge number of widows in Iraq - but they disagree on how to proceed.



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