April 2009 - Iraq Special Weapons News

07 April 2009 - Iraq Special Weapons News

April 6 airpower summary: B-1B provides show of force AFNS 07 Apr 2009 -- Coalition airpower integrated with coalition ground forces in Iraq and ISAF in Afghanistan during operations.

Iraqis Provide New Line of Security at Joint Base Balad AFPS 07 Apr 2009 -- Another layer of outer perimeter security, provided by Iraqis, was added here April 1 to help protect servicemembers.
Baghdad Car Bomb Kills 8 VOA 07 Apr 2009 -- Iraqi police say a car bomb explosion has killed eight people in a Shiite district of Baghdad.
Modern Pioneers conduct night sling load training Army News 07 Apr 2009 -- Soldiers of A/47th Forward Support Battalion conducted night-time sling load training at Camp Striker, Iraq.

XVIII Airborne Corps wraps up longest deployment in unit history Army News 07 Apr 2009 -- Over the past two weeks, about 900 Soldiers from Fort Bragg's XVIII Airborne Corps returned home from Iraq.
Vice President to Visit Fort Bragg, Welcome Home 18th Airborne Corps AFPS 07 Apr 2009 -- Vice President Joe Biden is scheduled to visit Fort Bragg to welcome home 18th Airborne Corps soldiers.

President Obama visits Iraq, addresses MNC-I service members and government employees (Baghdad) MNF-I 07 Apr 2009 -- In an unannounced visit, President Barack Obama addressed approximately 1,500 United States service members, government civilians and contractors assembled in the rotunda of Al Faw Palace in Baghdad, the headquarters of Multi-National Corps - Iraq, this evening
Obama Makes Surprise Visit to Iraq VOA 07 Apr 2009 -- U.S. President Barack Obama is in Iraq. He traveled to the Baghdad area from Istanbul.

Tension Runs Deep Between Iraqi Government and Awakening Councils RFE/RL 07 Apr 2009 -- Officials in Baghdad grappling with case that could indicate how prepared they are to tackle key obstacle to progress.
IRAQ: Whither the Palestinian minority? IRIN 07 Apr 2009 -- The remaining estimated 14,000 Palestinians in Iraq or holed up in camps on the Iraqi-Syrian border still face a precarious existence, despite a slowly improving security situation, say observers.
Draft Law Puts Foreign Companies Under Iraqi Jurisdiction RFE/RL 07 Apr 2009 -- A law giving Iraqi courts jurisdiction over foreign companies such as US security contractor Blackwater being drafted.

Turkey Sponsoring Training Missions For Iraqi Forces RFE/RL 07 Apr 2009 -- Iraq's defense minister says Turkey is sponsoring training missions for Iraqi military officers.
UK in first trade mission to Baghdad since arms-for-Iraq scandal IRNA 07 Apr 2009 -- Britain's Business Secretary Lord Mandelson is urging UK companies to 'seize the opportunity' of investing in Iraq.

Iraqi Flight Surgeons Step Onto World Stage AFPS 07 Apr 2009 -- After years of sanctions and forced isolation, 2 Iraqi air force officers presented their study at a NATO conference in Germany.
Iraqi Court Cuts Shoe Thrower's Sentence VOA 07 Apr 2009 -- A court in Baghdad has reduced the sentence of the Iraqi journalist who threw shoes at former US President Bush from 3 years to one.

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