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METAL CHECKU.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jeannette Grimm, of the 48th Equipment Maintenance Squadron, Royal Air Force Lakenheath, United Kingdom, does a magnetic particle inspection on an engine actuator mount. The Non-destructive Inspection shop is responsible for determining metal discontinuity in all of the 48th Fighter Wings F-15E/C/D aircraft . U.S. Air Force Photo by Senior Airman James Harper

Saddam's Web of Lies
Conceals WMD Program
By Jim Garamone / American Forces Press Service
   WASHINGTON, Oct. 4, 2002 — Before making any judgments about Iraq, it is important for the American people to know that Saddam Hussein's regime lies to further its aims, Pentagon spokeswoman Torie Clarke said Oct. 4.
   She said Pentagon officials would present a briefing in the next few days on the Iraqi dictator's denial and deception operations. She said the operations are very organized, comprehensive "and clearly intended to hide Iraq's weapons of mass destruction."
   As the American people, the Congress and the United Nations confront issues on Iraq, Clarke said they should remember that it has been Iraqi policy to lie to their own people, neighboring countries and the world. "People should consider that fact very carefully as they weigh their decisions on how to deal with Iraq," she said.
   Clarke called the Iraqi denial and deceit campaign a sophisticated program directed by the highest level in the government. She said there is already evidence that Iraq is trying to conceal its weapons of mass destruction program in anticipation of the return of U.N. arms inspectors. More

U.S., Russia Share Goals
Partners Against Terror
By Linda D. Kozaryn / American Forces Press Service

    WASHINGTON, Oct. 4, 2002 — The United States and Russia are partners in the war against terrorism and both share the strategic goal of seeing Iraq disarmed of its weapons of mass destruction, U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell said Thursday.
    Speaking at the U.S.-Russia Business Council's annual meeting, Powell highlighted the strategic partnership that President Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin have established and that they plan to deepen in the years ahead. "Russia is becoming a full participant in the international system," Powell said.
    "Today, across the globe, Russia and the United States are working together on issues of shared concern, rather than vying for spheres of influence," he said. "The global chessboard of the Cold War, with red pieces for Soviet communism and white pieces for the Free World has been overturned once and for all." More


Bush to Form 'Vast Coalition' Against Iraq
By Linda D. Kozaryn / American Forces Press Service

  WASHINGTON, Oct. 3, 2002 — U.S. President George W. Bush intends to put together a vast coalition of countries that understand the threat of Saddam Hussein.
   "Military option is my last choice, not my first," the president said Thursday. "But Saddam has got to understand — the United Nations must know - that the will of this country is strong." More


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U.S. Marine Staff Sgt.
Charles F. Wolf
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By Staff Sgt. Kevin Dolloson
   FORT MEADE, Md. — The United States Marine Corps thrives on the ethos of honor, courage and commitment, and Staff Sgt. Charles F. Wolf epitomizes that ethos through art. For years his talent lay dormant, but now his doodling, cartoon characters and overall artistic creativity has come to the fore as a graphics instructor at the Defense Information School.  Story
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Americans Working Together.
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   WASHINGTON (NNS) — Navy Medicine is playing a breakthrough role in opening the door to uncovering the mysteries of one of the deadliness illnesses in the world - one that kills more than a million people each year.
   Navy Medicine researchers were key in decoding the malaria-causing Plasmodium falciparum parasite genome, a formidable task that took more than six years in a combined effort by military and academic scientists in the U.S. and Europe. Mapping the malaria genome will be an important step to the development of malaria vaccines and drugs. More

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    TENT CITY —  U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Kathleen Tamburano, public health noncommissioned officer with 10th Expeditionary Medical Squadron, takes notes during an inspection in tent city at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, Oct. 2, 2002. Nearly 2000 deployed military members of the coalition supporting Combined Task Force, Operation Northern Watch, live in tent city. U.S. Air Force Photo by Tech. Sgt. Anna Hayman

AMERICAN POSTCARDS
  The National Football League is currently broadcasting "American Postcards," a series of profiles on U.S. service members, during regular and post-season games as part of the league’s salute to America’s troops. You can now see some of the 1-minute video profiles here on DefendAmerica, courtesy of the NFL.
Airman Amy Ting
Marine Capt. Paul Kopacz
Marine Capt. Enrico Hunter
Navy Chief Petty Officer Johnny Bivera
For more information on the NFL’s American Postcards go to: http://www.nfl.com/postcards/index.html

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