Iraqi Security Forces Order of Battle update: February 2009
longwarjournal.org 2/5/2009 — Iraqi and Coalition forces Order of Battle as of January 31, 2009. The February 2009 updates to the Iraqi Security Forces Order of Battle are now available at the ISF OOB homepage . The updates and key information from the ...

Iraqi Field Artillery: The missing link
longwarjournal.org 1/21/2009 — New Iraqi Howitzer. The most significant deficiency of the Iraqi Security Forces is its missing artillery. Artillery is called the "King of the Battlefield" because it is the single largest casualty maker in conventional war. ...

Iraqi forces develop engineering capabilities
longwarjournal.org 1/10/2009 — 8th Division ILAV Badger with claw on October 20, 2008. Photo courtesy of DVIDS. One significant deficiency of the Iraqi Security Forces is its imited engineering capabilities. Training personnel in the technical fields of ...

Iraqi Security Forces Order of Battle Update: January 2009
longwarjournal.org 1/3/2009 — Iraqi and Coalition forces Order of Battle as of December 31, 2008. The January 2009 updates to the Iraqi Security Forces Order of Battle are now available at the ISF OOB homepage . The significant changes to the Order of Battle ...

US military defines Mahdi Army as "militia insurgency group"
longwarjournal.org 11/30/2008 — Muqtada al Sadr. The US military has begun to directly identify the Iranian-backed "Special Groups" Shia terror groups with Muqtada al Sadr's Mahdi Army in press information issued in Baghdad. The direct association between the ...

Iraqi Security Forces Order of Battle Update: December 2008
longwarjournal.org 12/6/2008 — Iraqi and Coalition forces Order of Battle as of November 30, 2008. The December 2008 updates to the Iraqi Security Forces Order of Battle are now available at the ISF OOB homepage . The significant changes to the Order of Battle ...

Questions remain on the development of the Iraqi Security Forces
longwarjournal.org 12/18/2008 — Nearly all reporting on the Iraqi Security Forces falls into two categories, what is known and what we think we know. This reports include The Long War Journal 's Iraqi Security Force Order of Battle and related articles. As a general once said, ...

Iraqi Security Forces Order of Battle update: May 2009
longwarjournal.org 5/4/2009 — Iraqi and Coalition forces Order of Battle as of April 30, 2009. The May 2009 updates to the Iraqi Security Forces Order of Battle are now available at the ISF OOB homepage . The significant changes to the Order of Battle that ...

Iraqi Army Movements In Kirkuk and Salahadin
longwarjournal.org 1/24/2009 — Iraqi Army Movements in Kirkuk, Salahadin and Sulaymaniyah. On January 23, 2009, the Kurdish Globe published an article titled "Iraqi army moves closer to Kurdistan" . The very first hand-wringing statement was: "Kurds ...

Pick-and-choose morality
mudvillegazette.com 2/24/2009 — I had to check the date to be sure this story found in the Dawn Patrol yesterday was current - it is: A Green Bay soldier told the Army today that he won’t go back to Iraq because he believes the war is immoral. Walker said he hasn’t pursued conscientious objector status because it would ...

Former Iraq administrator Bremer now a painter — CNN Political Ticker 3/5/2009
A sample of Bremer’s art, which favors farm and country scenes. WASHINGTON (CNN) – L. Paul Bremer, the former head of the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq, has a new trade: painting. Bremer has launched Web site promoting his work, ...

Iraq withdrawal raises concerns for elite forces (AP) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 3/6/2009
AP - As the U.S. readies the pullout of its major combat units from Iraq, officials are concerned that the Pentagon's Green Berets and other elite anti-terror warriors staying behind won't have the helicopters, equipment and other logistical support ...

British Army experts spying on IRA dissidents (AP) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 3/6/2009
AP - Northern Ireland's police commander warned Friday that his force must use a specialist British Army unit to spy on IRA dissidents, whom he described as "lunatics" bent on mounting an attack as St. Patrick's Day approaches.

Clinton meets Turkish leaders (AP) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 3/7/2009
AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton met Saturday with leaders of Turkey, a strategic ally that is key to resolving several U.S. problems, including moving the military out of Iraq, blocking Iran's nuclear ambitions and turning around ...

Solicitation for Media Team in Iraq Hints at Contracting-Overhaul Snags — Wash Post Federal Page 3/8/2009
The Army wants a private firm to provide a seven-member media team to support the public affairs officer of the 25th Infantry Division, now serving as Multi-National Division-North in Iraq -- at least three media specialists, two Arab speakers, a Web ...