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U.S. Names 15 Members
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WASHINGTION,
The U.S. Treasury Department says it has designated 15
persons as terrorists
for their involvement in Al Qaeida terrorist cells in three
Italian cities - Milan, Cremona and Parma.
Most of the 15 are already in custody in Italy.
The Italian government has frozen their assets within Italy and has submitted
their names to the United Nations to be included on a United Nations list of
terrorists.
According to a Treasury Department fact
sheet, the 15 have been charged with various terrorist activities including
planning to commit international terrorist activities in Italy and Europe; providing
cell members with weapons and explosives; recruiting individuals and fabricating
travel documents to help them reach military camps, mainly in Iraq; collecting
money for terrorist-related activities;
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| A
Captain's Letter from Bagdhad |
Friends,
I write this late on Veterans Day 2003 from Baghdad.
I did up this special edition of the Ironsides and I wanted to send it out with
a special note.
I know most of you will get this later or tomorrow morning
but please take a minute and read the 1st Armored Division Veteran's Day Message.
This morning we conducted our usual brief to the Commanding
General. We then stood as one as Maj. King read Brig. Gen. Dempsey's message.
We then watched a presentation put to Darryl Worley's "Have You Forgotten".
Then each primary staff member read one of the enclosed names who gave their
life in defense of our country and it's ideals. I sounded off with Sgt. Francisco
Martinez. Although I never met Sgt. Martinez I have spent most of my day thinking
about him. I am proud to serve in the same division as Sgt. Martinez.
In the afternoon I attended a memorial ceremony for
a young soldier recently killed by an explosive device. His friends talked about
his dedication to our mission. Pvt. Kurt Frosheiser is an example of the great
Americans I am surrounded with everyday. The same young men and women who are
bringing freedom to Iraq. More |
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Veterans Day 2003
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Service members honor their brothers and sisters in
arms as they remember those who have served and
given their lives for our country.
U.S. Marine
Corps photo Story
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Veterans
Day in Pensacola
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Beach, Fla. Students at the Officer Candidate
School prepare to march in the Veteran's Day
parade at Pensacola Beach, Fla. The OCS students
regularly participate in the annual event.
U.S. Navy Photo by Chief Photographer's Mate
Chris Desmond |
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| 'Terror is Not the Tool of the Free';
U.S. Will Finish Mission |
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WASHINGTON,
Nov. 12, 2003 — "We will finish the mission we have
begun, period," President Bush said during a Veterans Day
speech at the Heritage Foundation here Nov. 11.
Bush said that two years into the war on terror,
the United States cannot afford to appear weak. He contrasted the decision Harry
S. Truman made to launch the Berlin Airlift to the current war on terror. More Remarks |
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Iraq is Success, Rumsfeld Says |
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WASHINGTON,
Nov. 12, 2003 — The only "exit strategy" for
U.S. forces in Iraq is success, but the coalition is well on
its way to achieving that aim, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld
said Nov. 11.
Rumsfeld spoke on the CBS and Fox News morning shows
for the Veterans Day observance. He said success in Iraq is defined as turning
sovereignty back to a duly elected, representative government. More |
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| Task Force Medical Team Upgrades
Hospitals in Eastern Afghanistan |
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| By U.S. Army Spc. Cain S. Claxton / 10th Mountain
Division |
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BAGRAM,
Afghanistan, Nov. 10, 2003 — A Combined Joint Task Force-180
medical team administered a much needed shot in the arm to three
Afghan hospitals, installing $750,000 worth of new equipment
and training local health care workers how to
use it.
Soldiers from the 452nd Combat
Support Hospital, Milwaukee, Wis., refitted Nangarhar University
Training Hospital and Public Hospital
in Jalalabad, as well as Kandahar’s Mir Wais Hospital,
with new and upgraded equipment and supplies. More |
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Sanchez: Enemy Will
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WASHINGTON,
Nov. 11, 2003 - Anti-coalition forces "will fail" to breakthe
will of the coalition and of the vast majority of the Iraqi people,
Army Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez said in Baghdad.
Militarily, he said, the regime terrorists have
no chance to defeat the coalition. "I would like to remind those who might
attempt to undermine or subvert the progress of the Iraqi people through violence
that although the coalition can be benevolent, this is still the same lethal
formation that removed the former oppressive regime," he said. Story |
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KANDAHAR
PROVINCE, Afghanistan - An explosion occurred near the firebase
at Kandahar Wednesday night. About two hours later a rocket
landed near the firebase also. There were no injuries to coalition
soldiers or damage to equipment or property in either incident.
KUNAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan - Coalition veterinarian
personnel traveled to the Nangalam village near Asadabad firebase from
8-10 November 2003 and performed veterinary services as part
of the coalition's civil military efforts. 153 goats, sheep,
and cattle were treated on the first day, and 226 goats,
sheep and cattle were treated on the second day.
Accompanied by Infantry elements
from the 10th Mountain Division, the veterinarians performed a much need
preventive medical
service
improved the quality of life and well being for the grateful
people of Nangalam.
More Updates
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| Service Members
Involved in 'Noble Cause,' Chairman Says |
WASHINGTON,
Nov. 11, 2003 — American service members are involved in
a "noble cause" in protecting the United States from
the threat of terrorism, Joint Chiefs Chairman Air Force Gen.
Richard B. Myers said today.
The fights in Iraq and Afghanistan
are crucial to U.S. national security, the chairman said, and
service members fighting this
battle understand that. "Ask any troop … and they'll
tell you that they understand exactly what we're fighting for," he
said. Story |
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| Stryker Brigade
Lands in Kuwait |
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OF KUWAIT, Kuwait, Nov. 12, 2003 (Army News Service) — For
the first time since World War I, the 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry
Division has deployed overseas.
The brigade’s Stryker vehicles and other equipment
arrived Nov. 12 in the port of Kuwait on board the USNS Shughart and USNS Sisler
after a three-week voyage from Fort Lewis, Wash., via the Port of Tacoma. More
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Navy Ordnance Disposal
Techs Awarded Bronze Stars |
CORONADO,
Calif. (NNS) — Eight Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technicians
were recognized recently for their accomplishments while participating
in Operation Iraqi Freedom from March to August of this year.
The
sailors deployed with Commander, Task Force 56 and provided operational
support for the First Marine Expeditionary Force.
Their mission, while in a combat environment, was to remove ordnance
and any other explosive materials from the Rumaylah and the Az
Zubayr oil fields located in southern Iraq. Story
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U.S. Air Force
Airman 1st Class Vernon Millican
Airman 1st Class Toni Chapman |
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 BALAD SOUTHEAST AIRFIELD, Iraq, Nov. 10, 2003 (AFPN) — Two airmen said "I do" above Iraqi soil in an Army UH-60A Black Hawk helicopter here Nov. 6.
Airmen 1st Class Vernon Millican and Toni Chapman, both of the deployed security forces contingent here, pledged to spend the rest of their lives together before God and four of their friends during the helicopter's training mission. More |
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U.S.
Troops Destroy
Recovered Ordnance |
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 BAGRAM,
Afghanistan, Nov. 11, 2003 — Troops
supporting Operation Enduring
Freedom looked toward the horizon
as an enormous blast transformed
the sky into the backdrop for
a firework’s show
as more than 2,300 pounds of
hazardous ordnance went up
in smoke. Story |
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