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| Help Fight Terror |
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| NIGHT PATROL — U.S. Army Sgt. Thornbro with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment of the 2nd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, Wurzburg, Germany, pulls security duty during a night patrol in a neighborhood of Tikrit, Iraq, March 15, 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom II. U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Elizabeth Erste |
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Rumsfeld Says U.S. Focused
On Terrorism Issue from Outset |
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| By Kathleen T. Rhem / American Forces Press Service |
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WASHINGTON, March 23, 2004 — Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld joined other high-ranking officials in the Bush administration March 22 in disputing claims made by a former White House counterterrorism official.
Former antiterrorism chief Richard Clarke alleges in a new book and has said in interviews that President Bush and his advisers were slow to recognize the threat posed by al Qaeda before the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and were too preoccupied with attacking Iraq to respond appropriately after the attacks.
"The (National Security Council) began the process of working through a plan to deal with al Qaeda from the early days of the administration," Rumsfeld said outside the Pentagon March 22. More Remarks |
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| Coalition, Iraqi Forces Continue
Operations Despite Violence |
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| By U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Doug Sample / American Forces Press Service |
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WASHINGTON, March 22, 2004 — Violence continues in Iraq, and coalition forces continue their efforts to kill or capture enemies of the coalition and the Iraqi people.
At a press briefing today in Baghdad, Army Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt, deputy operations director for Combined Joint Task Force 7, provided details of various recent incidents and operations. In the 24 hours leading up to the briefing, Kimmitt said, the coalition conducted 1,336 patrols, 20 offensive operations and 16 raids, and captured 69 anti-coalition suspects.
In the northern zone of operations, coalition and Iraqi security forces conducted 75 patrols, three offensive operations, and detained nine anti- coalition suspects, Kimmitt said. More |
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Transportation, Supply Efforts
To Improve Logistics System |
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| By Gerry J. Gilmore / American Forces Press Service |
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WASHINGTON, March 22, 2004 — The Defense Department's top transportation and supply organizations have joined forces to fix a combat supply system that at times didn't perform well during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
As U.S. and coalition forces raced toward Baghdad last year, some units reportedly experienced supply shortages, an alarming situation in the deadly serious business of waging war. More |
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Paratroopers Remember
Jump Into Iraq |
| VICENZA, Italy, March 23, 2004 — It has been almost a year since about one thousand paratroopers of the 173rd Airborne Brigade parachuted into war, opening up the northern front in the effort to liberate Iraq. The March 26, 2003 jump was recently classified as a combat jump and the paratroopers who participated in it will now be able to stick their chests out with pride showing off the gold star, or “mustard stain,” that crowns their parachutist wings. More |
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Operation Iron
Promise Continues |
BAGHDAD, Iraq, March 23, 2004 — Operation Iron Promise is a Task Force 1st Armored Division operation targeting former regime elements and other extremists who pose a threat to the Iraqi people and stand in the way of a new Iraq, according to U.S. Central Command officials.
In addition to enemies captured, the Task Force seized 14 AK-47 assault rifles and a pistol, 20 rocket-propelled grenade launchers, 30 mortar rounds, 100 mortar fuses and assorted small arms ammunition. More |
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MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII, Kaneohe Bay, March 19, 2004 -- After six months of being the "Eagle in the Sky" for the tactical defense of Expeditionary Strike Group 1, 25 sailors and two SH-60B Seahawks that make-up Detachment 1 of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light 37 returned home, March 11. 
LACKLAND AIR FORCE BASE, Texas — From the first day she seriously considered boxing almost three years ago, Staff Sgt. Charmaine Carrington felt she had what it takes to be one of the best female amateur boxers in the country. Flash forward to present day: that’s exactly where she is after winning the 145-pound championship at the U.S. Armed Forces Championship in December. 