August 2009 - Iraq Special Weapons News

27 August 2009 - Iraq Special Weapons News

Transcript: DoD News Briefing with Maj. Gen. Johnson from Iraq DoD 27 Aug 2009 -- Presenter: Deputy Commanding General for Operations, Multinational Corps-Iraq, Maj. Gen. John Johnson
Aug. 26 airpower summary: Transports are AOR workhorses AFNS 27 Aug 2009 -- Coalition airpower integrated with ground forces in Iraq and International Security Assistance Force troops in Afghanistan during operations Aug. 26, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here.
Police, Special Ops Forces Arrest Terrorists in Iraq AFPS 27 Aug 2009 -- Iraqi police and special operations forces arrested 11 terrorism suspects in Iraq in recent days, military officials reported.
Guard Troops Move Detainees in Southern Iraq AFPS 27 Aug 2009 -- Moving several hundred detainees across Iraq is a daunting task, but for two Wisconsin Army National Guard companies, it's just another day on the job.

Iraq must step up oversight of its resources, Security Council says UN News Centre 27 Aug 2009 -- The Security Council believes the Iraqi Government must take greater responsibility for the management of its own resources, the head of the United Nations body said today.

Iraqi Shi'ite Leader's Death Leaves Political Vacuum RFE/RL 27 Aug 2009 -- Crowds of mourners gathered at the Iraqi Embassy in Tehran at a ceremony for an influential Iraqi Shi'ite Muslim leader who died from lung cancer on August 26. Abd al-Aziz al-Hakim's body will be transferred for burial to his native city in Iraq, the holy city of Najaf.
Car Bombs Hit Iraqi Forces in Baghdad VOA 27 Aug 2009 -- A series of car bombs in and around Baghdad has targeted mainly Iraqi security forces, killing one person and wounding at least 11 others.

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