April 2010 - Iraq Special Weapons News

05 April 2010 - Iraq Special Weapons News

Forces Detain Insurgent Leaders in Iraq AFPS 05 Apr 2010 -- Iraqi security forces arrested eight alleged members of al-Qaida in Iraq in recent combined operations with American military advisors throughout central and northern Iraq, military officials reported.
Soldiers learn to teach anti-explosive techniques Army News 05 Apr 2010 -- Improvised explosive devices are the main threat throughout the Iraq Joint Operations Area, and Soldiers were trained to locate them at Contingency Operating Base Speicher, Iraq, March 31.
Mobile Redistribution Team cleans up Mosul Army News 05 Apr 2010 -- Members of the Mobile Redistribution Team at Contingency Operating Base Marez, Iraq, work around the clock to clean up unit's supply inventory, save taxpayer's money and prepare the base for the responsible drawdown of troops and equipment from Iraq.
Task Force Diamond Head thwarts indirect attacks in Iraq Army News 05 Apr 2010 -- "Indirect fire" refers to the firing of a weapon without a direct line-of-sight between the weapon and its target; it's indiscriminate and it's deadly.

More than third of equipment now out of Iraq Army News 05 Apr 2010 -- The Army is now 35 percent complete in its effort to move equipment and materiel out of Iraq as part of the withdrawal from that country.
49th Transportation Battalion celebrates with replacement unit Army News 05 Apr 2010 -- The 49th Transportation Battalion (Movement Control), 13th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) out of Fort Hood, Texas, spent some time getting to know its replacement unit at a battalion social March 28 at Joint Base Balad, Iraq.
EODOSU 10 Deploys to Middle East Navy NewsStand 05 Apr 2010 -- Fifteen Sailors with Explosive Ordnance Disposal Operational Support Unit (EODOSU) 10 deployed April 1 for six month deployments to the U.S. 5th Fleet Area of Operations.

Top UN official in Iraq deplores latest series of deadly bombings in Baghdad UN News Centre 05 Apr 2010 -- The Secretary-General’s special envoy in Iraq today strongly condemned the latest series of bombings in Baghdad that killed dozens of people, including a United Nations staff member and her son, and injured many other civilians.