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Iraq Veterans Proud to Serve, Eager to Deploy Again

Unmanned Predator Kills Three Terrorists; Relative Turns in Suspect
March 29, 2006 – An MQ-1B Predator unmanned aerial vehicle engaged three insurgents in the process of planting a homemade bomb along a road near Balad Air Base, Iraq, yesterday evening and launched an AGM-114 Hellfire missile against the group.
The Predator monitored the three terrorists for about a half hour while they used a pick ax to dig a hole in the road, placed an explosive round in the hole, and strung wires from the hole to a ditch on the side of the road. When it was clear the individuals were placing a bomb, the Predator launched the 100-pound Hellfire missile, killing all three insurgents.

"This is a prime example of how airpower is supporting the fight on the ground," Air Force Brig. Gen. Frank Gorenc, commander of the 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing at Balad, said. "We're able to provide a persistent view of the battlefield to commanders on the ground and, if called upon, put a weapon on a target within minutes."
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Terrorist Cell Leader Captured; Soldiers Destroy Weapons Caches
March 30, 2006 – Iraqi and U. S. soldiers captured a terrorist cell leader, and more weapons caches have been found and destroyed, military officials reported.

The suspected cell leader and six others were captured. No damage to personnel, equipment or buildings occurred during the raid, officials said. Elsewhere, soldiers of the 101st Combat Aviation Brigade, Task Force Band of Brothers, found four weapons caches March 28 in Salah Ad Din province, about 80 miles northwest of Baghdad.
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Iraq Veterans Proud to Serve, Eager to Deploy Again
March 30, 2006 – With the war on terror in its fifth year, U. S. military personnel continue to pack duffle bags and don desert camouflage uniforms -- many not for the first time.
"I am proud of what I accomplished during my tour in Iraq and would be proud to return, on sea or on land," Navy Lt. Cmdr. David Bitler, a surface warfare officer, said. Bitler is assigned to the USS Tarawa, which returned from a Middle East cruise in February.

"Most of all, I'd be honored to work again alongside the Iraqi people, whose bravery and courage in the face of continual barbarism and anarchy is our best hope for long-term success and, I believe, our survival," Bitler said. original version

Democrats Outline 'Real Security' Plan

Democrat leaders will gather in Washington today, for what they describe as a "major event" -- the unveiling of their "comprehensive" plan to protect America.

Here they go again. Trying to convince the American people they care about national security. All Democrats care about is Democrats.

They call the plan "Real Security." But some Republicans call it an election-year ploy.

"Sound familiar? It should," said Sen. John Cornyn (R-Tex.) Writing for the National Review Online Wednesday, Cornyn said the Democrats are outlining policy items that the Bush administration and Republican Congress have implemented -- or that Democrats have blocked.
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Pentagon: Russia Helped Saddam

According to a Pentagon report, The Russian government provided Saddam Hussein with intelligence on U.S. military movements and plans during the opening days of the war in 2003, according to a Pentagon report released Friday. .... More

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Coalition Forces Destroy Taliban Buildings
March 29, 2006 – Coalition forces killed 32 insurgents and destroyed two Taliban headquarters buildings in Afghanistan's Helmand province today, officials at Bagram Air Base said. Story

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Terror War Requires National Commitment
March 28, 2006 – President Bush met today with his Cabinet "to make sure that we're using every element of national power to win the war on terror and to secure the peace," he told reporters in the Rose Garden. Story

DD 214 Now Online for Veterans

The National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) has provided the following website for veterans to gain access their DD-214 online: vetrecs.archives.gov. This may be particularly helpful when a veteran needs a copy of his DD-214 for employment purposes. NPRC is working to make it easier for veterans with computers and Internet access to obtain copies of documents from their military files. Military veterans and the next of kin of deceased former military members may now use a new online military personnel records system to request documents. Other individuals with a need for documents must still complete the Standard Form 180, which can be downloaded from the online web site. Because the requester will be asked to supply all information essential for NPRC to process the request, delays that normally occur when NPRC has to ask veterans for additional information will be minimized. The new web-based application was designed to provide better service on these requests by eliminating the records center's mailroom processing time.

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VA and DoD Step Up Collaboration
VA and the Department of Defense (DoD) showed the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs recently long-sought progress in achieving a capability to fully share electronic patient records. Among top priorities for Committee Chairman Steve Buyer (R-Ind.) is the seamless transition of servicemembers from the defense health care system into VA. That requires the capability for the two medical systems to share "bi-directional" and interoperable electronic health care records in real time. Chairman Buyer has placed heavy emphasis on stepping up the pace of what has been lethargic collaboration.

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VA Outreach Technicians Aid Veterans
About 100 veterans of the global war on terror were hired recently by VA's Readjustment Counseling Service to reach out to men and women returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. These outreach specialists help steer returning veterans to vet centers for a variety of services, including benefit referrals, job assistance and counseling. Their presence in the community is critical to the vet center mission, according to Alfonso Batres, Ph.D., who oversees 207 vet centers nationwide. "Nothing can replace the immediate rapport generated by veterans with similar military experiences." Services at vet centers are also expanding to include the families of servicemembers killed on active duty..

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Group Plays Taps at Veterans' Funerals
Bugles Across America is a group of thousands of horn players who volunteer their time to play "Taps" at veterans' funerals. The organization's 5,000 members -- which include musicians, drill teams and color guards -- support about 1,000 funerals a month throughout the United States. They also play at other military events, including Veterans Day and Memorial Day observances. Participation in the organization is free, open to everyone able to play "Taps" with dignity and willing to volunteer their time. To find a bugler or volunteer your time to be one, visit the Bugles Across America Website.

Sign Honoring Slain Soldier Defaced With Anti-War Graffiti

Brother Of Honored Green Beret Says He Felt 'Pure Rage' Over Vandalism

CHESHIRE, Mass. -- The family of a Green Beret who was one of the nation's first casualties in the war on terror in Afghanistan was outraged after discovering vandals had defaced a sign honoring the soldier with anti-war graffiti.

"I felt like I was going to vomit," said Michael Petithory, the brother of Army Sgt. 1st Class Daniel Petithory.

Daniel Petithory was killed Dec. 5, 2001, along with two other soldiers when a U.S. bomb landed about 100 yards from their position north of Kandahar.

Michael Petithory discovered the vandalism on Thursday as he biked along the Ashuwillticook Trail.

The words "oil," "Bush" and "Christian Crusade" and other phrases were written in black marker on the brown metal sign.
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This demonstrates just what kind of low life liberals oppose the war. Can you believe it? This was reported by NBC News. Well NBC News Channel 4 Los Angeles. They even have a related story about the war on terrorism and an image showing the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center's twin towers in New York City.

Document Outlines Vision to Counter WMD

A document released March 24 outlines the Defense Department's strategy for combating weapons of mass destruction, a senior military official said. Document (pdf)

Soldiers Discover Weapons Caches in Iraq

U. S. soldiers discovered four weapons caches in separate operations throughout Iraq March 24 through today, military officials in Iraq reported.

• Soldiers from Multinational Division Baghdad's 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, discovered a large weapons cache while conducting a search today. The cache contained mortar rounds and fuses.
  
• Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, found a weapons cache March 25 while conducting a patrol southeast of Iskandariyah. The cache consisted of hand grenades, grenade fuses, non-electric blasting caps, a partial timer, 122 mm artillery rounds, accelerant rods, artillery propellant, propaganda rounds filled with leaflets and ammo cans of unidentified content.
  
• Soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, Multinational Division Baghdad, discovered two weapons caches while conducting a routine route reconnaissance patrol in southern Baghdad March 24. The caches consisted of various mortar rounds.
  

Do you think the NYTT will report this?

U.S. Must Go 'All the Way' to Fight Terrorism

DoD Brief SecDef Rumsfeld / ADM Giambastiani
Rumsfeld to go to Shanksville to honor 9-11 victims.
/Says that we must, and will stay the course. /Iraqi Perspective Project. Video

Suspects Captured; Weapons Caches Found / Iraqi Police Class Graduates

A combined U. S. -Iraqi patrol detained a terrorist near Kirkuk yesterday, and U. S. soldiers captured two improvised-explosive-device triggermen near Balad, Iraq, March 23, military officials in Iraq reported.

In other action, U. S. soldiers found two weapons cache south of Baghdad yesterday, and Iraqi soldiers detained a suspected terrorist and uncovered a weapons cache in Baghdad March 23.

In Kirkuk, soldiers from the 2nd Brigade, 4th Iraqi Army Division, detained a terror suspect yesterday after Bastogne soldiers of the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, discovered an IED during a combined combat patrol.
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One Iraqi Police Class Graduates, Another Reports for Training.
One newly graduated 196-member Iraqi police unit returned here for duty yesterday, while another group -- about 220 Iraqi police recruits -- left here and arrived safely at the Baghdad Iraqi Police Basic Training Academy yesterday.

"We are the future of Iraq, each and every one of us. We believe in our cause," said a newly appointed Iraqi policeman, as he stepped off the bus at the Ramadi Glass Factory, where the policemen were greeted by Iraqi army and coalition forces yesterday. "The conditions we are living in now, with the insurgency and terrorist around us, is no way to live life. We will make a difference for our sons and daughters." View the original version of this web page.

America Supports You: USO Hands Out Awards at Gala Dinner

The United Service Organizations of Metropolitan Washington honored several individuals and the Miss America Organization here last night during its 23rd annual awards dinner.

Attending the dinner was National Football League Hall of Famer John Riggins, who told American Forces Press Service that U.S. servicemembers "are literally the bedrock of our country."
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Miss America Tours Pentagon, Thanks Troops
Reigning Miss America Jennifer Berry had nothing but good to say about servicemembers she met in a tour of the Pentagon today.
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Saddam's WMD Tapes

Link to PowerPoint presentation (English)
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Original recordings (Arabic)
File lengths vary between 47m & 2h 9m
File 3922 File 3978 File 3997 File 4244
File 4667 File 4923 File 5955 File 7379

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Russia Moved Saddam's WMD
"The short answer to the question of where the WMD Saddam bought from the Russians went was that they went to Syria and Lebanon," former Deputy Undersecretary of Defense John A. Shaw told an audience Saturday at a privately sponsored "Intelligence Summit" in Alexandria, Va.

"They were moved by Russian Spetsnaz (special forces) units out of uniform, that were specifically sent to Iraq to move the weaponry and eradicate any evidence of its existence," he said. article

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