April 2010 - Iraq Special Weapons News

07 April 2010 - Iraq Special Weapons News

Iraqis Arrest 9 Terrorism Suspects AFPS 07 Apr 2010 -- Iraqi forces, with U.S. advisors, arrested nine suspected terrorists in recent operations, military officials reported.
Army Beating Estimate on Equipment Drawdown from Iraq AFPS 07 Apr 2010 -- The Army is now 35 percent complete in its effort to move equipment and materiel out of Iraq as part of the U.S. withdrawal from that country.
Kirkuk vehicle maintainers keep mission going at Mosul AFNS 07 Apr 2010 -- For two vehicle maintainers attached to Kirkuk Regional Air Base, their job responsibilities extend beyond this base. They work at Forward Operating Base Diamondback in Mosul, Iraq, as maintainers for three aircraft cargo loaders.
U.S. transfers facilities to Iraqi control as drawdown continues Army News 07 Apr 2010 -- With the drawdown of U.S. forces in Iraq and the movement of Iraqi forces into the role of providing all security for the country, bases that have housed U.S. troops over the past several years - in many cases alongside Iraqi troops - are being returned to full Iraqi control.
Michigan Guardsmen escort Iraqi workers at JBB Army News 07 Apr 2010 -- Almost every morning, Soldiers with the 1073rd Maintenance Company out of Greenville, Mich., escort local nationals working with the Department of Public Works from the entry gate at Joint Base Balad, Iraq, onto the base.

Iraq's Sadrists Reject Top Election Winners VOA 07 Apr 2010 -- An influential Shi'ite movement in Iraq led by radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr says it wants former Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari to return to the job.

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