Central Command News, 5/9/07

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USS NIMITZ STRIKE GROUP ARRIVES IN 5TH FLEET

Posted: 08 May 2007 02:17 PM CDT

AIRPOWER SUMMARY FOR MAY 7

Posted: 08 May 2007 11:42 AM CDT



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Provincial Reconstruction Teams in Southern Iraq – Progress Toward Independence.aspx

Posted: 09 May 2007 06:46 AM CDT

“We’re very focused on the need to return control to Baghdad. But we’re also very focused on the need to build capacity in the local and provincial governments and to be able to deliver economic and reconstruction assistance there.” Those words were from Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in a statement January, 2007, explaining the need to build up Iraq and provide its people with independence.

Six Arrested for Plotting to Kill Soldiers at Fort Dix.aspx

Posted: 09 May 2007 05:53 AM CDT

WASHINGTON, May 8, 2007 – FBI agents arrested five radical Islamists for allegedly plotting to “kill as many U.S. soldiers as they could” at the Army’s Fort Dix, N.J., and a sixth defendant is charged with aiding and abetting members of the domestic terror group, authorities announced today.

U.S. Soldiers Continue to Gain Trust of Afghan People.aspx

Posted: 09 May 2007 05:51 AM CDT

WASHINGTON, May 8, 2007 – By living among the people of Afghanistan and gaining their trust and respect, U.S. troops are winning in the eastern part of the country, a U.S. commander there said today.

Defense Department Announces Next Iraq Troop Rotation.aspx

Posted: 09 May 2007 05:50 AM CDT

WASHINGTON, May 8, 2007 – Defense Department officials today announced the next ten Army brigade combat teams to deploy to Iraq to replace units currently operating there.