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DESERT TRAINING
— U.S. Marines assigned to Charlie Battery,
1st Battalion 11the Marines, 11TH Marine Expeditionary
Unit (Special Operations Capable) travel to their
next desert field exercise location on back of
a 813 5-ton truck. Marines from Charlie Battery
are conducting exercises in the United States
Central Command Area of Responsibility while on
a six-month deployment to the Western Pacific,
Indian Ocean and Arabian Gulf regions. U.S.
Navy Photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Michael
Sandberg
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Iraqi Regime's Denial, Deception
Go Beyond Battlefield Tactics |
| By Kathleen T. Rhem / American Forces Press Service |
WASHINGTON, Oct. 8, 2002 — Military forces typically use denial
and deception to fool the enemy and protect themselves. Iraq,
however, has made denial and deception a finely tuned art
designed to convince the world Saddam Hussein's regime isn't
cooking up deadly weapons of mass destruction.
An analyst with the Defense Intelligence Agency today called the
Iraqi denial and deception program "a deliberate, methodical,
extensive and well-organized national-level, strategic effort,
which aims at deceiving not just the United States, not just the
United Nations or even the public media, but, in fact, the entire
world."
John Yurchenko, a DIA expert on information operations and "D&D,"
as he refers to denial and deception, spoke to Pentagon reporters
today about the lengths to which Hussein has gone in concealing
his intentions from the world. More |
| Briefing Slides on Iraq Denial and Deception |
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Bush Details Grave
Dangers
Iraq Poses to U.S. and World |
| By Jim Garamone
/ American Forces Press Service |
WASHINGTON,
Oct. 8, 2002 — U.S. President George W. Bush Monday
night clearly answered the questions Americans have raised
about the danger Saddam Hussein's Iraq poses to the world.
"The threat from Iraq stands alone
because it gathers the most serious dangers of our age in
one place, Bush said during a nationally broadcast speech
in Cincinnati. "By its past and present actions, by its
technological capabilities, by the merciless nature of the
regime, Iraq is unique."
The president called Hussein "a homicidal
dictator who is addicted to weapons of mass destruction."
The danger is not just that Iraq may use weapons of mass destruction
against its neighbors and the United States, but that it may
give these weapons to terrorist groups. Story |
| Newly Declassified Intelligence Photos |
| President's
Remarks on Iraqi Threat |
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| U.S. Marine Killed During Exercise in Kuwait |
| By Kathleen T. Rhem /American Forces Press Service |
WASHINGTON, Oct. 8, 2002 — One American Marine was killed
today and another injured when they were attacked while
training on an island off the coast of Kuwait.
Defense officials said the Marines were attacked at about
4:30 a.m. Eastern Time (12:30 p.m. in Kuwait) while
participating in an urban warfare exercise on Faylaka
Island.
Two men, presumed to be civilians of unknown nationality,
approached a group of Marines during the exercise and
opened fire. The Marines responded, killing both attackers,
a DoD spokesman said. More details were not yet available,
and military officials are investigating the incident.
U.S. Central Command officials said the two Marines who
were shot were immediately evacuated to a "nearby military
medical facility." Officials haven't released the Marines'
identities pending next-of-kin notification.
About 1,000 U.S. Marines from the 11 Marine Expeditionary
Unit are in Kuwait participating in Exercise Eager Mace, an
annual bilateral exercise with Kuwaiti military forces. The
Marines are in the region as part of the Belleau Wood
Amphibious Ready Group, which deployed in support of
Operation Enduring Freedom from San Diego in June.
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Car Dealers Help
Terror Victims Families |
By Diane Worthington
Special to the American Forces Press Service |
| WASHINGTON — "We must be as swift and stealthy as we are strong, as flexible as we are ferocious," Army Maj. Gen. Sue Dueitt told Rotarians of Washington, D.C., recently. Dueitt was a guest speaker at a ceremonial presentation of $100,000 to two DoD-related charities that help military and civilian personnel and their families. Story |
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War
Diary
DefendAmerica
offers a glimpse of what one week in the war on terrorism
is like for one American service member. Meet
U.S. Marine Cpl.
Jonathan B. Kirchner |
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| Day Three |
| Today we had a September 11 ceremony on the ship. There were selected people from each unit who attended and supported this event. Last year on September 11, I was in a formation when I found out about the towers. It was hard to believe what I had heard. I, of course, was mad but at that moment it was a reminder why we were and are here in the military. More |
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Freedom |
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| Military
Operations — It didn’t take long
after the Sept. 11 sneak attacks last year for the staff
at U.S. Central Command to devise a war plan. In less
than a month, on Oct. 7, 2001, the Pentagon unveiled
Operation Enduring Freedom , the military compliment
to the war on terrorism. Story
The Coalition —The
U.S.-led coalition fighting global terrorism is vast
and strong, and has grown into a mighty force over the
past year, Army Gen. Tommy R. Franks, commander of U.S.
Central Command has referred to it as “perhaps
the largest ever built in human history.” Story
Helping the Afghan People
— They’ve experienced struggle and turmoil
for the majority of their lives - more overwhelming
than many Americans could comprehend. On Oct. 7, 2001,
however, the people of Afghanistan experienced a different
emotion. Hope.The execution of a great mission had begun.
Story
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Since
Oct. 7, 2001, 53 Americans have died supporting
the war on terrorism. On the one-year anniversary
of the start of Operation Enduring Freedom,
we honor their sacrifice.
American
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