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Friday, June 08, 2007 7:32 PM
| Misawa squadrons swap out Iraqi mission.aspx Posted: 08 Jun 2007 06:22 AM CDT BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq (AFPN) — Two F-16 Fighting Falcons flying thousands of feet in the air track a pair of vehicles full of known al-Qaida insurgents on the ground. The vehicles stop at a location free of collateral damage, and command officials make a decision. The F-16s drop precision-guided munitions and destroy the vehicles. |
| Team work in Djibouti gets ships underway.aspx Posted: 08 Jun 2007 05:46 AM CDT DJIBOUTI, Africa – In a unified effort, members of Combined Joint Task Force’s 6th Provisional Security Company, Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit, K-9 team, the U.S. Embassy and the Djiboutian military successfully launched USNS Kanawah (T-AO 196) May 28. |
| 82nd Airborne Goes “all the Way” During Operation Achilles.aspx Posted: 08 Jun 2007 05:28 AM CDT HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan — Sounds from roaring engines and spinning rotors from the British CH-47 Chinook pierce through the night as the aircraft carries paratroopers of the 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, on an air assault mission into the lower Sangin Valley near the Gereshk District. |
| ANA SOLDIERS, COALITION FORCES DEFEAT ENEMY FIGHTERS IN KANDAHAR, ZABUL Posted: 07 Jun 2007 03:12 PM CDT ANA SOLDIERS, COALITION FORCES DEFEAT ENEMY FIGHTERS IN KANDAHAR, ZABUL |
| TWO CAR BOMBS DAMAGE SUNNI, SHIA MONSQUES IN ABU GHRAIB Posted: 07 Jun 2007 02:12 PM CDT TWO CAR BOMBS DAMAGE SUNNI, SHIA MONSQUES IN ABU GHRAIB |
| IRAQI NATIONAL POLICE PREVENT SUICIDE BOMBER FROM ENTERING SADR CITY Posted: 07 Jun 2007 02:05 PM CDT IRAQI NATIONAL POLICE PREVENT SUICIDE BOMBER FROM ENTERING SADR CITY |
| STATEMENT FROM MULTI-NATIONAL FORCE-IRAQ CONDEMNING BARBARIC ATTACKS IN ABU GHURAIB Posted: 07 Jun 2007 02:04 PM CDT STATEMENT FROM MULTI-NATIONAL FORCE-IRAQ CONDEMNING BARBARIC ATTACKS IN ABU GHURAIB |
| 16 SUSPECTED SECRET CELL TERRORISTS DETAINED Posted: 07 Jun 2007 11:10 AM CDT 16 SUSPECTED SECRET CELL TERRORISTS DETAINED |
| ONE MILITANT KILLED, WEAPONS FOUND IN NANGARHAR Posted: 07 Jun 2007 11:05 AM CDT ONE MILITANT KILLED, WEAPONS FOUND IN NANGARHAR |
| Posted: 07 Jun 2007 10:57 AM CDT MILITANTS DETAINED IN ZABUL |
| IA, CF DISCOVER CACHES WITH LARGE AMOUNT OF EXPLOSIVES Posted: 07 Jun 2007 10:55 AM CDT IA, CF DISCOVER CACHES WITH LARGE AMOUNT OF EXPLOSIVES |
| CAR BOMB, EXPLOSIVES CACHE DESTROYED IN SOUTHERN BAGHDAD Posted: 07 Jun 2007 10:51 AM CDT CAR BOMB, EXPLOSIVES CACHE DESTROYED IN SOUTHERN BAGHDAD |
| IRAQI ARMY FORCES DETAIN TWO INSURGENT LEADERS, FIVE OTHER SUSPECTED INSURGENTS IN NORTHERN IRAQ Posted: 07 Jun 2007 10:49 AM CDT IRAQI ARMY FORCES DETAIN TWO INSURGENT LEADERS, FIVE OTHER SUSPECTED INSURGENTS IN NORTHERN IRAQ |
| Concrete Barriers Safeguard Adhamiyah Residents in Baghdad.aspx Posted: 07 Jun 2007 06:09 AM CDT BAGHDAD — The thick chains attaching the “T-Wall” barrier to the crane shuddered as the slab of heavy concrete was lifted into the air. The crane operator worked his control stick, first swinging the barrier through the air, and then slowly lowering it into place. |
| From ODs to ACUs, Vietnam to OIF.aspx Posted: 07 Jun 2007 05:55 AM CDT BAGHDAD — “What were they called? BDUs? Yeah, I missed that entire era,” said Chief Warrant Officer George Grayhek, intelligence electronic warfare officer for 502nd Military Intelligence Battalion, 504th MI Brigade. |
| Iraqi AF flies high with safety course.aspx Posted: 06 Jun 2007 08:03 AM CDT BAGHDAD — The first aviation safety class on Iraqi soil was completed last week at New Al Muthana Air Base in Baghdad. Nine Iraqi Air Force pilots and two American Coalition Air Force Transition Team–Iraq members graduated the five-day course, taught jointly by American and Iraqi instructors. |
| TWIN CAR BOMBS DETONATE IN NORTHWESTERN BAGHDAD, IRAQI ARMY DISMANTLES ADDITIONAL BOMB Posted: 06 Jun 2007 03:43 PM CDT TWIN CAR BOMBS DETONATE IN NORTHWESTERN BAGHDAD, IRAQI ARMY DISMANTLES ADDITIONAL BOMB |
| AL-QAEDA LEADER KILLED IN BAGHDAD Posted: 06 Jun 2007 08:14 AM CDT AL-QAEDA LEADER KILLED IN BAGHDAD |
| STATEMENT FROM MULTI-NATIONAL FORCE-IRAQ CONDEMNING VIOLENCE IN AL AMIRIYAH Posted: 06 Jun 2007 08:13 AM CDT STATEMENT FROM MULTI-NATIONAL FORCE-IRAQ CONDEMNING VIOLENCE IN AL AMIRIYAH |
| COALITION FORCES ATTACK VBIED NETWORK: 2 KILLED, 10 DETAINED Posted: 06 Jun 2007 08:08 AM CDT COALITION FORCES ATTACK VBIED NETWORK: 2 KILLED, 10 DETAINED |
| ISF PREVENTS SUICIDE ATTACK ON NATIONAL POLICE ACADEMY Posted: 06 Jun 2007 08:06 AM CDT ISF PREVENTS SUICIDE ATTACK ON NATIONAL POLICE ACADEMY |
| SIX SUSPECTED TERRORISTS DETAINED, ONE TERRORIST KILLED Posted: 06 Jun 2007 07:58 AM CDT SIX SUSPECTED TERRORISTS DETAINED, ONE TERRORIST KILLED |
| CCI CONVICTS 51: SENTENCES 6 TO DEATH, 6 TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT Posted: 06 Jun 2007 07:57 AM CDT CCI CONVICTS 51: SENTENCES 6 TO DEATH, 6 TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT |
| ‘BLUE SPADERS’ WORK WITH LOCAL LEADERS TO CLEAN UP STREETS IN ADHAMIYAH Posted: 06 Jun 2007 07:48 AM CDT ‘BLUE SPADERS’ WORK WITH LOCAL LEADERS TO CLEAN UP STREETS IN ADHAMIYAH |
| SIX SUSPECTED TERRORISTS DETAINED, ONE TERRORIST KILLED Posted: 06 Jun 2007 07:26 AM CDT SIX SUSPECTED TERRORISTS DETAINED, ONE TERRORIST KILLED |
| COALITION FORCES DETAIN SUSPECTED INSURGENTS Posted: 06 Jun 2007 07:24 AM CDT COALITION FORCES DETAIN SUSPECTED INSURGENTS |
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