July 2010 - Iraq Special Weapons News

22 July 2010 - Iraq Special Weapons News

Troops See Return on Investment in Iraq, General Says AFPS 22 Jul 2010 -- U.S. forces deployed in Iraq are seeing a return on their investments as they prepare to drawdown from seven years of military operations there, a spokesman for U.S. Forces Iraq said today.
3/69 Armor Regiment Soldiers train IA on M1A1 Abrams Army News 22 Jul 2010 -- At 8:30 a.m. it is 98 degrees Fahrenheit under the tarpaulin. A group of eager Iraqi Army soldiers huddle around Sgt. Jasen Sumner as he explains how to conduct preventive maintenance checks and services on the track pads of the M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank. Sumner speaks, his linguist translates, and the students nod their heads in understanding.

Obama: Time to Form Iraqi Govt. 'Without Delay' VOA 22 Jul 2010 -- U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday urged Iraqi leaders to form a government "without delay" to end the political deadlock in Baghdad following March parliamentary elections.

Iraqi logistics unit completes capstone urban exercise Army News 22 Jul 2010 -- A team of Soldiers from 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division met with the 32nd Company, 8th Iraqi Army Division Transportation Directorate in Numaniyah July 14 to conduct a capstone situational training exercise(STX).

Clegg provokes controversy saying Iraq war was illegal IRNA 22 Jul 2010 -- Britain’s Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has provoked controversy by describing the Iraq war as ‘illegal’ while standing in at the despatch box in parliament for the first time for Prime Minister David Cameron.

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