May 2009 - Iraq Special Weapons News

26 May 2009 - Iraq Special Weapons News

May 25 airpower summary: C-17s provide intra-theater airlift AFNS 26 May 2009 -- Coalition airpower integrated with coalition ground forces in Iraq and ISAF troops in Afghanistan during operations.

Picatinny 'rolls out' new version of SPARK IED-defeat product Army News 26 May 2009 -- Troops in Iraq and Afghanistan received improved technology to help them combat one of the greatest threats.

U.S., Iraqi Forces Detain 4, Find Weapons in Central Iraq AFPS 26 May 2009 -- Coalition and Iraqi forces detained four suspected insurgents and found weapons in operations in central Iraq.
Roadside Bomb in Iraq Kills 3 VOA 26 May 2009 -- The U.S. military says three people, including an American soldier, have been killed in a roadside bombing on a US convoy near the Iraqi city of Fallujah.
Airmen Contribute to the Fight in Iraq, Kuwait AFPS 26 May 2009 -- 586th Air Expeditionary Group one of 3 Air Force groups organized to complete joint expeditionary taskings.

Iraqi Air Force Graduates Aircrew, Dedicates New Buildings AFPS 26 May 2009 -- Iraqi air force graduated its first intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircrew members.
IRAQ: Disappearing paddy fields IRIN 26 May 2009 -- Rice is only grown in certain central and southern regions of Iraq, but the area under cultivation appears to be diminishing rapidly due to low water levels in the Euphrates and Tigris and resulting higher levels of soil salinity.

Researchers narrow Gulf War Syndrome causes Army News 26 May 2009 -- Research completed and analyzed over the past year has narrowed the underlying causes of Gulf War Syndrome to three factors.

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