October 2009 - Iraq Special Weapons News

28 October 2009 - Iraq Special Weapons News

Oct. 27 airpower summary AFNS 28 Oct 2009 -- Coalition airpower integrated with ground forces in Iraq and the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan during operations Oct. 27, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here.
U.S. Medics Train Iraqi Counterparts AFPS 28 Oct 2009 -- U.S. Army medics here are taking a major step forward in normalizing the training of medical personnel at the 7th Iraqi Army Division’s Camp Mejid clinic by matching the training curriculum to the clinic’s real-time needs.
U.S., IA take part in historic air assault Army News 28 Oct 2009 -- After hours of swift and rigorous searching in a small village, here, north of Baghdad, Iraqi and American Soldiers hustled to a small field to meet helicopters from the Iraqi Air Force and 1st Air Cavalry Brigade
U.S. NCOs develop their Iraqi counterparts Army News 28 Oct 2009 -- A dedication to leading and training Soldiers sets a non-commissioned officer apart from all other ranks of military service, but in order to lead, a good NCO knows you must first learn to follow

Ban dispatches special envoy to Iraq in aftermath of deadly blasts in capital UN News Centre 28 Oct 2009 -- Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced he will dispatch an envoy to Iraq to consult with the Government on security and sovereignty issues in the country just days after a double bombing killed around 150 people in Baghdad.

Iraq to Vote on Kirkuk Balloting Guidelines VOA 28 Oct 2009 -- A member of the Iraqi parliament's legal committee, Salim Abdullah al-Jibouri, says lawmakers have agreed to vote by Thursday on balloting guidelines for the oil-rich northern region of Kirkuk.
Kirkuk ceremony marks transfer of navigational aids to Iraqi air force AFNS 28 Oct 2009 -- A ceremony held at Kirkuk Air Base in Iraq Oct. 26 demonstrated the emerging independence of the Iraqi Air Force.
SYRIA: Thousands of Iraqi refugees seek resettlement in West IRIN 28 Oct 2009 -- Iraqi refugee Leila Johanna Isho is determined to make this her last year in Syria. “Most of our family is scattered across Europe and I have a cousin in Canada so we don’t mind where we move, but we have to move because life is becoming too difficult here,” said Isho, sitting with her three children in their cramped single-room apartment in Masakin Berzeh, a working-class neighbourhood of Damascus.

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