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TAJI — The Czech contingent, Senior Iraqi and Coalition partners gathered at the Iraqi Army Armor School here Dec. 4 to mark the Czech Republic end-of-mission and to recognize the Czechs for their work training and advising the Iraqi Army. Czech Republic Army Maj. Frantisek Grmela commanded 14 Soldiers who served as trainers and advisors to the IraqiArmy Armor School at Taji for the past six months. Multi-National Security Transition Command – Iraq TAJI — The Czech contingent, Senior Iraqi and Coalition partners gathered at the Iraqi Army Armor School here Dec. 4 to mark the Czech Republic end-of-mission and...

PRAGUE- The first group of Czech reconnaissance troops, who left the military air base in Prerov, north Moravia, for Afghanistan on Thursday under conditions of top secrecy, are already there, Defence Ministry spokesman Ladislav Sticha told Nova television. "I can confirm that Czech soldiers assigned for the Enduring Freedom operation have already arrived at the place of the operation and are fulfilling tasks there," Sticha said on Nova. The soldiers, the first combat forces deployed by the Czech military since World War Two, are to assist the American-led Operation Enduring Freedom in searching the Afghan mountains for members of the...

UMM AR-RIMAM, Kuwait (AP) — Under the gaze of top U.S. military brass, Czech troops training in the Kuwaiti desert showed off their skills Thursday in responding to a terrorist attack using biological weapons. The exercise comes as U.N. weapons inspectors prepare to test whether Iraq is willing to comply with a U.N. Security Council resolution to disarm or risk a U.S. military attack. That, in turn, could trigger a deadly Iraqi response. ``There's a distinct threat in this region,'' U.S. Marines Brig. Gen. Craig Boddington said as he watched the exercise. ``We have to be ready.'' Speculation is widespread...