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| TOUCH AND GO — A F/A-18C "Hornet" attached to Fighter Attack Squadron 86 leaves a trail of sparks on the flight deck with its tailhook during a "touch-and-go" in the Arabian Gulf, Dec. 15, 2003. The squadron is deployed with USS ENTERPRISE, currently underway in the Arabian Gulf. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Lance H. Mayhew Jr |
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Iraqi Volunteering Increases
Following Capture of Saddam |
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| By John D. Banusiewicz / American Forces Press Service |
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 18, 2003 — Iraqi citizens are volunteering in record numbers to serve in the country's new security services since the Dec. 13 capture of deposed dictator Saddam Hussein, with the largest concentration of volunteers coming from the area around Saddam's hometown of Tikrit, coalition officials said today.
In a Baghdad, press conference, Coalition Provisional Authority spokesman Dan Senor – while cautioning that it's too early to label it as a steady trend – said a "record spike" in volunteers for service in the Iraqi Civil Defense Corps took place the day after Saddam's capture was announced.
"I qualify that by saying we have to monitor that," he said, "but it certainly is a good signal, and it's consistent with what we've been seeing across the board: steady increases in the number of Iraqis who want to participate in protecting their country." More |
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Iraqi Legal Profession Trains
To Prosecute Regime Crimes |
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| By John D. Banusiewicz / American Forces Press Service |
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 18, 2003 — Iraqi legal community members have completed training that will help them investigate and prosecute alleged crimes committed by Saddam Hussein's regime, the senior spokesman for the Coalition Provisional Authority said at a Baghdad press conference today.
Dan Senor said the authority's office of transitional justice and human rights organized and coordinated the program at the Iraqi Governing Council's request. The council selected the participants, which included judges, lawyers, prosecutors and legal professors, for the two-week advanced legal seminar in Baghdad.
Senor read from an English translation of an Arabic statement planned for release later today in describing the program for reporters. More |
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| 101st Airborne Passing
Along Knowledge to Successors |
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| By Jim Garamone / American Forces Press Service |
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MOSUL, Iraq, Dec. 18, 2003 — The soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division here are working to give their follow-on unit -- a multinational division -- a head start, division commander Army Maj. Gen. David H. Petraeus said Dec. 17.
During combat operations in March and April against Saddam Hussein's regime, the 101st fought from Kuwait up through the west of Baghdad and into the north of Iraq. The unit is due to rotate back to Fort Campbell, Ky. in January and February.
The soldiers of the 101st have gained some hard-won lessons, Petraeus said, and they already are working to pass those lessons along to the unit that will replace them here. More |
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| Wolfowitz Calls Spread of Mass Terror Weapons 'Urgent Threat' |
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| By U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Doug Sample / American Force Press Service |
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 17, 2003 — "The spread of weapons of mass terror is one of the most urgent threats facing the globe today," Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz told members of the Proliferation Security Initiative here today.
Wolfowitz addressed the group, in which 16 nations are represented, during Proliferation Security Initiative's conference at the National Defense University. More Remarks |
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U.S. Defense Dept. slides with facts &
figures on reconstruction efforts in Iraq. |
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| Pentagon Welcomes Wounded Heroes of Terror War |
 WASHINGTON, Dec. 17, 2003 — Greeted by a loud chorus of more than eight minutes of sustained cheers and applause, 50 soldiers recently wounded or injured in Iraq and Afghanistan visited the Pentagon Dec. 17.
The half-day trip was a break from the medical treatment the soldiers have been receiving for a month or more at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C. More |
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Racing Heroes
Visit Wounded Troops |
WASHINGTON, D.C., Dec. 17, 2003 (Army News Service) – At 14, Reggie Showers lost both of his legs in an electrical accident. More than two decades later, he’s living his dream of being a professional stock bike rider.
Showers, 39, wore his 2003 Pro Stock Bike Champion jacket for a Dec. 12 visit to Walter Reed Army Medical Center, where he delivered messages of hope and inspiration to soldiers recovering from injuries suffered while serving in Iraq. More |
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Defense Dept. Launches
Transformation Web Site |
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17, 2003 — Transformation is vital to the Defense Department’s war on terrorism, according to Chris Willcox, deputy assistant secretary of defense for public liaison. To provide a more complete picture of transformation initiatives, the Defense Department today launched a new Web site that focuses on transformation policy, equipment, training, people and programs.
"There is a lot of transformation news out there right now, but it's scattered, and people interested in the topic have to surf many sites to get the total picture,” Willcox said. “Our goal is to provide that total picture and highlight specific areas in the transformation arena."
To read how new technologies are making life easier and safer for troops fighting the war on terrorism, go to the Transformation Web site at www.dod.mil/transformation |
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Stryker Brigade
Encounters
First Combat in Iraq |
 FORWARD OPERATING BASE PACESETTER, Iraq, Dec. 17, 2003 (Army News Service) — Infantrymen from 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, took to the roads and villages north of Baghdad on Dec. 14, patrolling to keep the peace. More
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Defense Officials
Identify Army Casualty |
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17, 2003 — Defense Department officials announced today the death of a soldier who was
supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Spc. Nathan W. Nakis, 19, of Corvallis, Ore., died on Dec. 16 in Mosul,
Iraq. Nakis was in a convoy returning to Mosul when he lost control of his vehicle
after driving through an oil-soaked area. Nakis was assigned to Company B, 52nd
Engineer Battalion (Heavy), Army National Guard, based in Albany, Ore. |
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BAGRAM, Afghanistan, Dec. 17, 2003 — “Don’t shoot at the gray ones,” was the warning stated by Marine Sgt. Clay Farlow, UH-1N Huey Gunship crew chief, and aimed at anti-coalition militants in Afghanistan.