April 2009 - Iraq Special Weapons News

10 April 2009 - Iraq Special Weapons News

U.S., Iraqi Forces Detain Three, Find Weapons AFPS 10 Apr 2009 -- Iraqi forces detained three suspected terrorists and found weapons during recent operations in and around Baghdad, military officials reported.
5 US Soldiers, 2 Iraqi Police Killed in Bombing VOA 10 Apr 2009 -- A suicide bomber set off a truck full of explosives outside a police station in northern Iraq, killing five U.S. soldiers and two Iraqi policeman.
Military working dog team inspects potential 22,000-gallon bomb AFNS 10 Apr 2009 -- Military working dog handlers and their canine partners are used throughout Southwest Asia to detect explosives.
U.S. forces continue to transfer responsibilities to Iraqis Army News 10 Apr 2009 -- American forces in Iraq continue to transfer more responsibilities to the Iraqi government and their security forces as part of the security agreement that went into effect on Jan. 1, a Multinational Force Iraq general said yesterday.

3/3 deploys to Iraq USMC News 10 Apr 2009 -- 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment departed for the 7-month deployment to Al Asad, Iraq.

NATO Secretary General visits Iraq MNF-I 10 Apr 2009 -- NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer arrived in Baghdad April 8, for meetings with Iraq's President Jalal Al-Talibani, Prime Minister Nouri Al- Maliki, Minister of Defence Abd Al-Qadir, Minister of the Interior Jawad Al-Bolani and many other dignitaries

US Companies Sued Over Saddam's Chemical Attacks VOA 10 Apr 2009 -- Three US companies are being sued for selling material to the former Iraqi government of Saddam Hussein.

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