March 2009 - Iraq Special Weapons News

06 March 2009 - Iraq Special Weapons News

March 5 airpower summary: A-10s provide aerial security AFNS 06 Mar 2009 -- Coalition airpower integrated with coalition ground forces in Iraq and ISAF in Afghanistan during operations.

Under U.S. Eye, Iraqis Blend Intelligence With Rule of Law AFPS 06 Mar 2009 -- Iraq’s internal intelligence community is gradually making the transition from wartime to peacetime operations.
Making gains in Mahmudiyah Army News 06 Mar 2009 -- Leaders from the 2nd "Iron" Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division met with nine Mahmudiyah sheiks at a residence here Feb. 25 to discuss security and infrastructure progress in the area

Straight Arrow hands battle space to Vanguard Army News 06 Mar 2009 -- In a transfer of authority ceremony, the 1st Combined Arms "Vanguard" Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad replaced the 4th "Straight Arrow" Battalion, 42nd Field Artillery Regt., attached to the 2nd HBCT at Forward Operating Base Prosperity March 4.
1st BCT transfer authority of Rashid to 2nd BCT MNF-I 06 Mar 2009 -- The 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, said farewell to Multi-National Division - Baghdad leaders, Iraqi Security Forces counterparts and local leaders of the Rashid district during a transfer of authority ceremony at Forward Operating Base Falcon March 4

Analysts Say Obama's Iraq Timeline Well-Considered, But Call For Flexibility RFE/RL 06 Mar 2009 -- US President Obama: US combat forces out of Iraq in less than 18 months, and rest will be gone by end of 2011.

U.S. and Iraqi representatives meet to discuss M1A1 Tank proposal MNF-I 06 Mar 2009 -- Program managers from the United States and Iraq, along with representatives from the General Dynamics Contract Logistics Support group, met on Mar. 4 to discuss the fielding of M1A1SA Abrams tanks for the Iraqi Army
Iraqi Prime Minister Urges Reconciliation with Ba'athists VOA 06 Mar 2009 -- Iraqi PM Nouri al-Maliki calling for reconciliation with former Saddam Hussein supporters, during reconciliation conference in Baghdad.

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