Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
April 2011 - Iraq Special Weapons News
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- OIF/OEF Casualty Update 29 Apr 2011 [PDF]
- U.S. Envoy Says Washington Aid To Continue After Iraqi Pullout RFE/RL 29 Apr 2011 -- The U.S. ambassador to Iraq says the country has made "tremendous progress" since the overthrow of Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein in 2003.
- Logistics Airmen play crucial dual-role before Kirkuk transition AFNS 29 Apr 2011 -- As U.S. military forces pack up their things and transition out of Iraq, Airmen from the 321st Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron have their hands full.
- OIF/OEF Casualty Update 28 Apr 2011 [PDF]
- UN panel pays out $880 million in reparations for Iraq's invasion of Kuwait UN News Centre 28 Apr 2011 -- The United Nations Compensation Commission made $880 million available to nine successful claimants.
- OIF/OEF Casualty Update 27 Apr 2011 [PDF]
- 'Lifeline' Battalion trains 9th Iraqi Army Division Army News 27 Apr 2011 -- Soldiers with the 299th Brigade Support Battalion conducted training on the Heavy Equipment Transport Trailer with members of the 9th Iraqi Army Division.
- Aerial porters unload cargo for all of Iraq AFNS 27 Apr 2011 -- When a runway closed in Turkey, officials scrambled to find another way to get supplies to U.S. forces in Iraq.
- IRAQ: Fresh effort to trace missing persons IRIN 27 Apr 2011 -- The government has set up a committee to trace thousands of Iraqis missing since the 2003 US-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein.
- OIF/OEF Casualty Update 26 Apr 2011 [PDF]
- OIF/OEF Casualty Update 25 Apr 2011 [PDF]
- No Iraqi team in Iran for talks on timetable of US troops, says Iran ISNA 25 Apr 2011 -- Iranian ambassador to Iraq Danaei-Far: No Iraqi team was sent to Iran for talks on extending timetable of US troops' presence in Iraq.
- Iraqi air force leaders thank U.S advisers, celebrate 80th anniversary AFNS 25 Apr 2011 -- US Air Force and Iraqi officials opened a state-of-the-art air operations center.
- Iraqi Minister: Iraq determined to expel MKO members IRNA 23 Apr 2011 -- Iraqi Justice Minister Hassan al-Shamari said his country is determined to expel members of Mujahedin Khalq Organization (MKO) from Ashraf Camp.
- Iraqi Politicians Support Postponing Arab League Summit RFE/RL 22 Apr 2011 -- Iraqi politicians are coming out in favor of the recent decision to postpone the Arab League summit that was to be held in Baghdad next month, RFE/RL's Radio Free Iraq (RFI) reports.
- OIF/OEF Casualty Update 22 Apr 2011 [PDF]
- DoD News: DOD Announces Unit for Upcoming Iraq Rotation DoD 21 Apr 2011 -- The Department of Defense announced today the deployment of a unit as part of an upcoming rotation of forces supporting Operation New Dawn in Iraq.
- Kiowa pilots stop IED triggerman on Iraqi highway Army News 21 Apr 2011 -- The actions taken by Kiowa Warrior pilots last month prevented a triggerman for an improvised explosive device from harming Americans and Iraqis.
- OIF/OEF Casualty Update 21 Apr 2011 [PDF]
- OIF/OEF Casualty Update 20 Apr 2011 [PDF]
- Army chief of staff visits Soldiers in Iraq Army News 19 Apr 2011 -- Leader development is key to the ongoing success of Army, said the Army's new chief of staff during a visit with troops from United States Division - Center at Camp Liberty, Iraq.
- Black Jack Brigade cases colors, prepares for deployment Army News 19 Apr 2011 -- Soldiers and families of 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, gathered together on Cooper Field April 15 to watch as the brigade cased its colors during the division's color casing ceremony.
- Iraqi Foreign Minister Says Camp Ashraf Is Unconstitutional RFE/RL 19 Apr 2011 -- Iraq's foreign minister says a military raid that the UN says killed 34 people was aimed at taking back land from the control of Iranian exiles, but he admits that Iraq no longer wants them in the country.
- Czech Republic may sell combat jets to Iraq RIA Novosti 19 Apr 2011 -- The Czech Republic is planning to offer Iraq a number of light attack aircraft and help Baghdad to modernize its helicopter fleet, Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg said.
- 81 Wounded in Northern Iraq Protests VOA 19 Apr 2011 -- Medical officials in northern Iraq say at least 81 people were wounded in the northern Kurdish region Monday, during a second straight day of clashes between security forces and demonstrators protesting official corruption and a lack of basic services.
- OIF/OEF Casualty Update 19 Apr 2011 [PDF]
- Iraqi Foreign Minister Says Camp Ashraf Must Go, And That Iraq Admired As Arab Revolutions Unfold RFE/RL 18 Apr 2011 -- On April 8, 2011, the Iraqi military launched a raid on Camp Ashraf, 60 kilometers north of Baghdad. The camp is the headquarters of the Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (aka People's Mujahedin of Iran), an organization opposed to the current government of Iran.
- IRAQ: New push for water deals with Turkey, Syria IRIN 18 Apr 2011 -- Iraq is renewing efforts to reach deals with Syria and Turkey to increase water levels on the River Euphrates which flows from these two countries into Iraq, and on which Iraq is heavily dependent for agriculture and electricity generation.
- OIF/OEF Casualty Update 18 Apr 2011 [PDF]
- Iraq: UN mission voices deep concern at recent camp deaths UN News Centre 16 Apr 2011 -- The United Nations mission in Iraq today voiced its deep concern at the recent events that led to the deaths of 34 people at a camp housing Iranian exiles, noting that it has repeatedly urged the Government to refrain from the use of force.
- Iraqi Army prepares for Operation Lion's Leap Army News 15 Apr 2011 -- Iraqi soldiers are slated to begin Operation Lion's Leap April 18 and culminate it with a live-fire exercise the following week which will integrate mortars, ground troops and air assets.
- Iraq Upset By Gulf States Call To Cancel Arab League Summit RFE/RL 15 Apr 2011 -- Iraqi politicians say they regret the Persian Gulf states' request that the Arab League cancel its May summit in Iraq, RFE/RL's Radio Free Iraq (RFI) reports.
- Denouncing Iraqi operation, UN rights chief calls for inquiry into camp deaths UN News Centre 15 Apr 2011 -- The United Nations human rights chief today condemned a recent Iraqi military operation in a camp north of Baghdad that left 34 people dead and dozens injured, and called for an independent inquiry into the incident.
- OIF/OEF Casualty Update 15 Apr 2011 [PDF]
- OIF/OEF Casualty Update 14 Apr 2011 [PDF]
- Iraqi Army Soldiers learn how to operate, maintain M1A1 tanks Army News 14 Apr 2011 -- Iraqi Army Soldiers from the 9th Mechanized Division began learning how to operate and maintain the M1A1 Abrams.
- UN: 34 Killed In Iraqi Raid On Iranian Exiles RFE/RL 14 Apr 2011 -- A UN official says 34 people were killed in an Iraqi Army raid last week on a camp of Iranian exiles.
- OIF/OEF Casualty Update 13 Apr 2011 [PDF]
- Gulf Cooperation Council calls for cancellation of Arab summit RIA Novosti 13 Apr 2011 -- The Gulf Cooperation Council has demanded the cancellation of an Arab states summit in Baghdad, scheduled for mid-May.
- Transition teams partner with Basrah authorities Army News 13 Apr 2011 -- Stability Transition Team, 1=12th Cavalry laid the groundwork for growth and strength within the agencies they partner with in southern Iraq.
- Security forces train Iraqi air force security forces AFNS 13 Apr 2011 -- Members of the 447th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron spent several weeks in March and April training 12 Iraqi security forces airmen.
- Iran raises probability of MKO members' return ISNA 13 Apr 2011 -- Iranian ambassador to Iraq Danaei-Far: Ashraf Camp residents may return to Iran if there is no case opened against them in the country.
- OIF/OEF Casualty Update 12 Apr 2011 [PDF]
- Iraqi Governor Says 'Terror Groups' Behind Attacks On U.S. Forces RFE/RL 12 Apr 2011 -- An Iraqi provincial governor says terrorist groups are behind recent armed attacks on U.S. forces in the region.
- UN office calls for observers to Iraqi camp UN News Centre 12 Apr 2011 -- The UN called for observers to be allowed immediate access to a camp north of Baghdad after Iraqi security forces reportedly stormed it.
- Bomb Kills At Least Five In Iraq RFE/RL 11 Apr 2011 -- Reports say two bombs exploded in a crowded central area of the Iraqi city of Falluja, killing at least five people and wounding at least 10 others.
- Helmick updates Fort Bragg on operations Army News 09 Apr 2011 -- USF-I's mission changed when Operation Iraqi Freedom became Operation New Dawn in 2010.
- Shiite cleric warns of new violence if U.S. troops stay in Iraq RIA Novosti 09 Apr 2011 -- An influential Iraqi Shiite cleric said on Saturday that he would call on his followers to resume violence against U.S. soldiers if Washington reneges on its pledge to withdraw troops by the end of the year.
- Iraqis deserve to see dividends of recent democratic gains, UN envoy says UN News Centre 08 Apr 2011 -- Recent political and democratic gains in Iraq will seem hollow to the country's people unless its leaders produce the benefits that they have promised, the top United Nations envoy to Iraq told the Security Council.
- U.S. forces help IA complete training program Army News 08 Apr 2011 -- United States Division - South witnessed the culmination of a training iteration at Tadreeb al-Shamil during a ceremony near Nasiriyah, Iraq March 30.
- Iraqi Army assumes responsibility for JSS Heider Army News 08 Apr 2011 -- During the last seven years, U.S. Soldiers stationed at Joint Security Station Heider operating alongside their Iraqi Security Forces counterparts worked to secure the Iraqi border and protect Iraqi residents near Rabiyah.
- U.S. forces remain vigilant as drawdown deadline nears says Helmick Army News 08 Apr 2011 -- Lieutenant Gen. Frank G. Helmick, XVIII Airborne Corps and Fort Bragg commanding general, who is currently serving as deputy commanding general of U.S. Forces-Iraq said Iraqi forces are taking a 'huge step in the right direction,' during a video teleconference interview Friday at Fort Bragg.
- Iraqi Deputy Says U.S. Wants To Maintain Troop Presence RFE/RL 08 Apr 2011 -- An Iraqi parliament deputy says U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates is in Baghdad seeking a deal to allow thousands of U.S. troops to stay in Iraq after the withdrawal deadline, RFE/RL's Radio Free Iraq (RFI) reports.
- Iraq against US troop presence after 2011 RIA Novosti 08 Apr 2011 -- Baghdad does not want the United States to maintain troops in Iraq after 2011, Iraqi government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said on Friday.
- Iraqi troops attack exiled Iranian armed group RIA Novosti 08 Apr 2011 -- At least 3 people were killed and many more injured in Friday's attack by Iraqi troops on a base of the People's Mujahedin of Iran (PMOI), an exiled Iranian armed organization, located to the north of Baghdad, doctors say.
- OIF/OEF Casualty Update 08 Apr 2011 [PDF]
- Austin Notes Progress Over Eight Years in Iraq AFPS 07 Apr 2011 -- With the last U.S. forces remaining in Iraq scheduled to depart by year's end, Army Gen. Lloyd J. Austin III reflected today on the steps forward he's seen in three tours of duty here.
- Gates Discusses Post-2011 U.S.-Iraqi Relations AFPS 07 Apr 2011 -- As the drawdown of remaining U.S. forces in Iraq nears, any U.S. military presence to remain in Iraq beyond this year would be geared toward specific kinds of assistance the Iraqi government requests and would involve 'far fewer forces' than the 47,000 U.S. service members in Iraq today, Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell told reporters here today.
- OIF/OEF Casualty Update 07 Apr 2011 [PDF]
- Air Force leaders discuss future of Airmen in joint operations across Iraq AFNS 06 Apr 2011 -- Air force leaders from the U.S., Iraq and other locations across Southwest Asia gathered on Victory Base Complex, Iraq, recently.
- 13th CSSB returns from Iraq Army News 06 Apr 2011 -- Family and friends gathered in Freedom Hall Saturday to welcome home 75 returning Soldiers of the 13th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion.
- IRAQ: Lack of mine maps hampers demining IRIN 06 Apr 2011 -- Lack of detailed mine maps in Iraq and the current political instability have hampered mine-clearance efforts, officials say.
- OIF/OEF Casualty Update 06 Apr 2011 [PDF]
- IA soldiers complete GWTC combat training rotation Army News 05 Apr 2011 -- Iraqi soldiers assigned to 3rd Battalion, 11th Brigade, 3rd Iraqi Army Division, concluded a month-long training cycle with U.S. Soldiers at Ghuzlani Warrior Training Center culminating in a battalion live fire exercise, March 31.
- Secretary-General urges Iraqi leaders to finish forming new Government UN News Centre 05 Apr 2011 -- Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called on Iraqi leaders to complete the formation of their new Government as soon as possible so that it can press ahead with crucial tasks, including bolstering stability and addressing social and economic challenges.
- OIF/OEF Casualty Update 05 Apr 2011 [PDF]
- OIF/OEF Casualty Update 04 Apr 2011 [PDF]
- Battle focused training Army News 01 Apr 2011 -- The 8th Iraqi Army Division has begun training in southern Iraq that will bring its Soldiers to a new level of confidence and proficiency.
- OIF/OEF Casualty Update 01 Apr 2011 [PDF]
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