Monday, March 26, 2007
Head of U.S. Central Command in Baghdad
Security
(AFP) - Admiral William Fallon has arrived in Iraq for his first visit since being appointed head of US Central Command which overseas American military operations in the Middle East, a spokesman said on Sunday. ‘I can confirm that he’s in Iraq. This is his first trip since taking command at US Central Command,’ Lieutenant Colonel Christopher Garver told AFP, saying that Fallon would be meeting government and military leaders.
The Iraqi defence ministry said Fallon and Iraqi Defence Minister Abdel Qader Jassim Mohammed met in Baghdad for talks about security on Sunday. They discussed a continuing operation launched by US and Iraqi troops last month in a bid to quell violence in Baghdad, and security concerns in the provinces of Al Anbar, Basra, Diyala and Nineveh, the ministry said.
Fallon this year replaced General John Abizaid as head of the Central Command, which oversees US forces from North Africa to Central Asia and is in charge of running the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. A former head of American forces in the Pacific, Fallon was a navy combat pilot during the Vietnam War, commanded an attack squadron during the 1991 Gulf War and was involved in NATO’s Operation Deliberate Force in Bosnia.
The Iraqi defence ministry said Fallon and Iraqi Defence Minister Abdel Qader Jassim Mohammed met in Baghdad for talks about security on Sunday. They discussed a continuing operation launched by US and Iraqi troops last month in a bid to quell violence in Baghdad, and security concerns in the provinces of Al Anbar, Basra, Diyala and Nineveh, the ministry said.
Fallon this year replaced General John Abizaid as head of the Central Command, which oversees US forces from North Africa to Central Asia and is in charge of running the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. A former head of American forces in the Pacific, Fallon was a navy combat pilot during the Vietnam War, commanded an attack squadron during the 1991 Gulf War and was involved in NATO’s Operation Deliberate Force in Bosnia.
Labels: Admiral William Fallon, Defence Minister Abdel Qader Jassim Mohammed, Operation Fardh al-Qanoon, US Central Command
