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Sunday, 07 September 2008 |
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FORWARD OPERATING BASE FALCON, Iraq – A ‘b-roll’ video package story and Windows Media File radio beeper of an Iraqi-led Special Olympics event are now available. |
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Sunday, 07 September 2008 |
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FORWARD OPERATING BASE FALCON, Iraq – A ‘b-roll’ video package story and Windows Media File radio beeper of a Government of Iraq-led ceremony where 250 families returned to their homes are now available. |
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Sunday, 07 September 2008 |
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BAGHDAD, Iraq – “After all the suffering of deprived people in this neglected area by the hands of the former regime, Insha’Allah, those sufferings are going away as a result of the efforts performed by our Coalition friends and our bothers in the government,” said Sheikh Kemal Yoda, east Baghdad’s Nisan 9 Chairman of Civil Services, at the opening ceremony this week for the completed Kamaliya Sewer Network. |
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Sunday, 07 September 2008 |
Defense minister admitted closure was retaliation for US strikes inside Pakistan's tribal areas, while an advisor to the prime minister cited poor security.read
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Saturday, 06 September 2008 |
U.S. intelligence and defense officials credit the operation and its unusual tactics -- involving small, hybrid teams of special forces and intelligence officers -- with the capture of hundreds of suspected terrorists and their supporters in recent months.
The "fusion cells" are being described as a major factor behind the declining violence in Iraq in recent months. Defense officials say they have been particularly effective against AQI, which has lost 10 senior commanders since June in Baghdad alone, including Uthman. ...read
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Saturday, 06 September 2008 |
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An assembly of thousands gathered this morning at the entrance of Arlington National Cemetery, the starting point of the fourth annual America Supports You Freedom Walk. |
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Saturday, 06 September 2008 |
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Coalition forces in Afghanistan killed more than 10 insurgents and captured seven others during a series of operations conducted in Khowst province over the past few days, military officials reported. |
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Saturday, 06 September 2008 |
More than ninety are wounded after a massive truck bomb is detonated at a checkpoint on a highway just outside Peshawar. The Taliban have been fighting to take control of the Indus Highway.read
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Saturday, 06 September 2008 |
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Al-Qaeda bombing cells weakened |
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Saturday, 06 September 2008 |
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FORWARD OPERATING BASE KALSU, Iraq – Coalition forces, acting on a tip from local Iraqi citizens, discovered a cache containing more than 2,500 components Sep. 6 southeast of Samrah Village in the Babil province. It is believed this discovery will significantly disrupt explosively formed projectiles attacks within central Iraq. |
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Saturday, 06 September 2008 |
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BAGHDAD – During a joint patrol with Iraqi Police Aug. 29, Capt. Michael Kolton, with Troop B, 1st Squadron, 75th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Multi-National Division – Baghdad, stopped to talk with a group of men standing in the shade of a cluster of trees. The conversation went from questions regarding security, to the future of Iraq, elections, and the Iraqi Police. |
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Saturday, 06 September 2008 |
A Taliban suicide attack killed the provincial intelligence chief for Nimroz province and five others. Violence in southwestern Afghanistan continues to escalate as some Taliban commander's vow to take the fight to urban settings.read
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Saturday, 06 September 2008 |
Well, that ruffled some feathers. I'm glad to see Republicans energetically defending themselves. Lethargy and malaise are unbecoming in a Party during a Presidential campaign. On the political homefront they are indeed the one Party that's supported the effort in Iraq from the beginning, and kept it from becoming "another Vietnam", and I think the Party can take pride in that. I think if the average Republican knew more about the war in Iraq they would certainly do so. The...read
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Saturday, 06 September 2008 |
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HUSAYBAH, Iraq – Army Gen. David Petraeus, commanding general of Multi-National Force Iraq and the highest-ranking American officer in Iraq, visited Marines, Soldiers and Sailors assigned to Camp Pendleton-based Regimental Combat Team 5 Sept. 6 as part of an inspection of the Husaybah port of entry on the Iraqi-Syrian border. |
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Saturday, 06 September 2008 |
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MOSUL, Iraq — Three suspected insurgents were killed and a house was destroyed when a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device detonated in Mosul, Sept. 6. |
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Saturday, 06 September 2008 |
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BALAD, Iraq – The Al Bayda center near Balad is a non-governmental organization that provides assistance in the form of micro-loans and education for small business owners in and around the once restive city of Balad. |
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Saturday, 06 September 2008 |
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MOSUL, Iraq – A vehicle-born improvised explosive device was discovered in Mosul Sept. 6. |
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Saturday, 06 September 2008 |
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TAL AFAR, Iraq – Five Iraqis, including one Iraqi Policeman, were killed when a suicide vehicle-borne improvised explosive device detonated at a neighborhood market in Tal Afar, Iraq, Sept. 6. |
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Saturday, 06 September 2008 |
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TIKRIT, Iraq – Article 32 pretrial investigations for Staff Sgt. Hal M. Warner and 1st Lt. Michael C. Behenna will begin Sept. 11 and Sept. 20 respectively at Contingency Operating Base Speicher, near Tikrit. |
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Saturday, 06 September 2008 |
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FORWARD OPERATING BASE LOYALTY, Iraq – Iraqi officials and Patriot Brigade Soldiers unveiled a micro-power generator in Hay Sheikh Umar, Sept. 4. |
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