Saturday, March 22, 2008
- Happy Easter -
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Friday, March 21, 2008
Fallouja Rises Again From The Ashes Of War
Fallouja, Iraq - The one lane bridge over the Euphrates River where a mob hung the charred bodies of slain Americans four years ago is now a focal point in th revitalization of this war-ravaged city.
The Iraqi government and the U.S. plan to widen the pedestrian pathways on either side of the bridge so shoppers can stream into Fallouja, western neighborhood and buy food, clothing and other goods from stores that again line the streets of a city once given up for dead.
The comeback of Fallouja, the site of two major battles between Marines and insurgents in 2004, surprises even the most optimistic U.S. planners.
"It continues to outpace all expectations," said Navy Capt. John Dal Santo, part of a State department-funded effort called the Provincial Reconstruction Team for Fallouja.
The Iraqi government and the U.S. plan to widen the pedestrian pathways on either side of the bridge so shoppers can stream into Fallouja, western neighborhood and buy food, clothing and other goods from stores that again line the streets of a city once given up for dead.
The comeback of Fallouja, the site of two major battles between Marines and insurgents in 2004, surprises even the most optimistic U.S. planners.
"It continues to outpace all expectations," said Navy Capt. John Dal Santo, part of a State department-funded effort called the Provincial Reconstruction Team for Fallouja.
Monday, March 17, 2008
-Officer's Unit Discovered Enemy Tunnels In Nam -
Obituaries - Robert Haldane 1924 - 2008
Robert Haldane, an Army officer who led the battalion that discovered the infamous Cu Chi tunnels during the Vietnam WAR, died of cancer March 5 at his home in Alexandria, Va. He was 83.
Lt. Gen. Haldane was a lieutenant colonel Jan. 7, 1966, when he was in charge of the American infantry contingent of the 8,000 man U.S. - Australian Operation Crimp. His troops came under fire as soon as they landed near a rubber plantation about 25 , miles northwest of Saigon and were mystified when the large numbers of enemy soldiers seemed to vanish in relatively open terrain.
For three days, the battalion combed the area. They found a large trench, cache after cache of rice and salt, a classroom for 100 men, minefields, foxholes and antiaircraft artillery emplacements. The area was clearly home to a regiment-size force, but few Viet Cong were seen. Yet snipers continually harassed the Americans from within their own lines.
Robert Haldane, an Army officer who led the battalion that discovered the infamous Cu Chi tunnels during the Vietnam WAR, died of cancer March 5 at his home in Alexandria, Va. He was 83.
Lt. Gen. Haldane was a lieutenant colonel Jan. 7, 1966, when he was in charge of the American infantry contingent of the 8,000 man U.S. - Australian Operation Crimp. His troops came under fire as soon as they landed near a rubber plantation about 25 , miles northwest of Saigon and were mystified when the large numbers of enemy soldiers seemed to vanish in relatively open terrain.
For three days, the battalion combed the area. They found a large trench, cache after cache of rice and salt, a classroom for 100 men, minefields, foxholes and antiaircraft artillery emplacements. The area was clearly home to a regiment-size force, but few Viet Cong were seen. Yet snipers continually harassed the Americans from within their own lines.
Saturday, March 15, 2008
- Pentagon Says Top Bin Laden Aide Detained -
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba - A high-level Al Qaeda operative who helped Osama bin Laden escape from Afghanistan in 2001 during the U.S. military operation has been captured and sent to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the Pentagon and CIA said Friday.
Muhammad Rahim, an Afghani was captured last July in Lahore, Pakistan, by Pakistani authorities, who quickly handed him over to the CIA, according to sources familiar with Rahim's detention. Ramim was then kept in secret custody by the CIA until he was handed over to the Pentagon and to the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay this week.
CIA spokesman George E. Little said he could not comment on where Rahim was held since last summer, what kinds of interrogation techniques he was subjected to, and what he might have told his interrogators.
Some of the other suspected senior Al Qaeda leaders in CIA custody have been subjected to controversial coercive methods of interrogation techniques, including a simulated drowning technique known as waterboarding.
I cannot characterize what he may or may not have said while in CIA custody, Little said. His detention by the CIA was part of a lawful program that has yielded valuable information in the nation's efforts to fight terror.
Muhammad Rahim, an Afghani was captured last July in Lahore, Pakistan, by Pakistani authorities, who quickly handed him over to the CIA, according to sources familiar with Rahim's detention. Ramim was then kept in secret custody by the CIA until he was handed over to the Pentagon and to the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay this week.
CIA spokesman George E. Little said he could not comment on where Rahim was held since last summer, what kinds of interrogation techniques he was subjected to, and what he might have told his interrogators.
Some of the other suspected senior Al Qaeda leaders in CIA custody have been subjected to controversial coercive methods of interrogation techniques, including a simulated drowning technique known as waterboarding.
I cannot characterize what he may or may not have said while in CIA custody, Little said. His detention by the CIA was part of a lawful program that has yielded valuable information in the nation's efforts to fight terror.
Monday, March 10, 2008
- Woman Soldier Honored For Valor -
Camp Salerno, Afghanistan - A 19- year old medic from Texas will become the first woman in Afghanistan and only the second female soldier since World War 11 to receive the silver Star, the nation's third-highest medal for valor.
Army Spc. Monica Lin Brown saved the lives of fellow soldiers after a roadside bomb tore through a convoy of Humvees in the eastern Paktia province in April 2007, the military said.
After the explosion, which wounded five soldiers in her unit, Brown ran through insurgent gunfire and used her body to shield wounded comrades as mortars fell less than 100 yards away, the military said.
Army Spc. Monica Lin Brown saved the lives of fellow soldiers after a roadside bomb tore through a convoy of Humvees in the eastern Paktia province in April 2007, the military said.
After the explosion, which wounded five soldiers in her unit, Brown ran through insurgent gunfire and used her body to shield wounded comrades as mortars fell less than 100 yards away, the military said.
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
-Soldier Arrested After Dual Killings -
Tacoma, Washington - A Fort Lewis soldier has been arrested on suspicion of killing a military couple and abducting their 7-month-old girl, sheriff's deputies said.
The 22 year-old woman was booked into the county jail Sunday night on two counts of first-degree murder and one count of kidnapping, said Pierce County sheriff's spokesman Ed Troyer.
The woman is an active-duty soldier with 1 Corps at the Army base south of Tacoma and a member of the honor guard, Troyer said.
The 22 year-old woman was booked into the county jail Sunday night on two counts of first-degree murder and one count of kidnapping, said Pierce County sheriff's spokesman Ed Troyer.
The woman is an active-duty soldier with 1 Corps at the Army base south of Tacoma and a member of the honor guard, Troyer said.
- Sioux Receives Korean War Medal -
Washington D.C. - President Bush apologized Monday that the country waited decades to honor Master Sgt. Woodrow Wilson Keeble for his military valor in Korea, giving him the Medal of Honor more than 25 years after he died.
Keeble, a Sioux, is the first full blooded Native American to receive the nations highest military award. But it came almost six decades after he saved the lives of fellow soldiers. Keeble died in 1982.
"On behalf of our grateful nation, I deeply regret that this tribute comes decades too late," Bush said at the White House medal ceremony.
Keeble, a Sioux, is the first full blooded Native American to receive the nations highest military award. But it came almost six decades after he saved the lives of fellow soldiers. Keeble died in 1982.
"On behalf of our grateful nation, I deeply regret that this tribute comes decades too late," Bush said at the White House medal ceremony.
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