Central Command News, 5/29/07

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Airmen deliver strategic aid to Lebanese military.aspx

Posted: 29 May 2007 06:16 AM GMT-06:00

BEIRUIT, Lebanon (AFPN) - C-17 Globemaster III crews of the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron delivered bullets to Beirut as part of a short notice ammunition re-supply tasking in support of the Lebanese military.

USS Underwood visits Doha, Qatar.aspx

Posted: 29 May 2007 06:12 AM GMT-06:00

DOHA, Qatar - USS Underwood (FFG 36) arrived in Doha, Qatar, May 13 for a two-day port visit to take part in Qatar-American Friendship Day and enhance theatre security cooperation within the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations (AOO).

Security in northern Iraq aids economic opportunities.aspx

Posted: 29 May 2007 06:05 AM GMT-06:00

IRBIL - International businessmen representing more than a dozen companies continued traveling through northern Iraq in search of economic opportunities Friday.

Army paratroopers share thoughts on surge.aspx

Posted: 29 May 2007 06:01 AM GMT-06:00

BAGHDAD - In the first days after his battalion began operating in east Baghdad's Shaâ-ab neighborhood, Captain Will Canda said he often saw the beds of Iraqi police trucks stained red with dried blood.

Pace Says Iraqis Must Step Up to Governance Challenge.aspx

Posted: 29 May 2007 05:58 AM GMT-06:00

WASHINGTON, May 28, 2007 - The Iraqi government needs to step forward to make progress in governance and revitalize the economy, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said today during appearances on various morning television talk shows.