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| Help Fight Terror |
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| PREFLIGHT CHECK — Col. Michael Peplinski, with the 107th Fighter Squadron, Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Mich., conducts a preflight check on an F-16 before a mission, March 22, 2004. Peplinski is deployed as base commander, Wing Command at Freedom Air Base, Iraq. The 107th is deployed with the 506th Air Expeditionary Group, 107th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron. Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Glenn Wilkewitz |
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Bremer Salutes Iraqi Council,
Announces New Departments |
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| By Gerry J. Gilmore / American Forces Press Service |
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WASHINGTON, March 24, 2004 — The Coalition Provisional Authority's senior official today announced the coming creation of several new Iraqi-run government departments.
Addressing members of the Iraqi Governing Council and the Baghdad City Council in Baghdad, Ambassador L. Paul Bremer III noted he'd soon establish government defense, anti-corruption and information departments.
Bremer saluted the governing council,
noting Iraq's citizens owe "thanks for its courageous statesmanship in writing the Transitional Administrative Law and setting Iraq on the path to sovereignty, elections and democracy."
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| WOLFOWITZ 9/11 TESTIMONY |
Pre-emptive Strike Unlikely to
Have Prevented 9/11 Attacks |
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| By U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Doug Sample / American Forces Press Service |
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WASHINGTON, March 24, 2004 — Striking al Qaeda training camps in Afghanistan earlier in the year would not have prevented the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States, Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz told a special commission here March 23.
Wolfowitz, along with Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and Air Force Gen. Richard B. Myers, Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman, appeared before the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States. More |
| CIA Chief Says U.S. Has Maintained Focus on al Qaeda |
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New Provincial Reconstruction
Team to Open in Afghanistan |
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| By American Forces Press Service |
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WASHINGTON, March 24, 2004 — A new provincial reconstruction team in Khowst opens March 25, bringing the total of provincial reconstruction teams in the country to 12. Combined Forces Command - Afghanistan officials said four more teams are scheduled to open in the next several months.
The teams serve as a catalyst for stabilization, building relationships and enabling Afghanistan's reconstruction and development, officials said. More |
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Rumsfeld: No Available Intel
Could Have Prevented Sept. 11 |
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| By Jim Garamone / American Forces Press Service |
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 WASHINGTON, March 23, 2004 — Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld told members of the September 11 Commission today that he knew of "no intelligence" that would have prevented the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. He said the tragedy served to "waken the world to new threats and the need for action."
Rumsfeld told the members of the commission that terrorists will attempt another attack on the United States. "We can't know where or when or by what technique," he said. Story Remarks |
| Rumsfeld Says U.S. Focused On Terrorism Issue from Outset |
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One Year Later, Airborne
Troops
Recall Jump Into Iraq |
| VICENZA, Italy, March 23, 2004 — It has been almost a year since about 1,000 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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Defense Secretary
Donald H. Rumsfeld |
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| "...On September 11th , our world changed — and while it may be tempting to think that once this crisis has passed and our nation has healed, things can go back to the way they were — we cannot go back. The world of September 10th is past. We have entered a new security environment, arguably the most dangerous the world has known." |
| 9-11 Commission Testimony, March 23, 2004 |
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| Defense Views |
| Quotes by U.S. defense leaders |
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Defense Officials
Identify Army Casualties |
WASHINGTON, March 24, 2004 — Defense Department officials announced today the deaths of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Spc. Clint Richard Matthews, 31, of Bedford, Pa., died March 19, in Baji, Iraq, from injuries sustained when his Bradley Fighting Vehicle went over a 60-foot embankment and flipped over on March 17. He was assigned to the Army's 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, from Schweinfurt, Germany.
Pfc. Bruce Miller, Jr., 23, of Orange, N.J., died March 22, in Mosul, Iraq, of non-combat related injuries. He was assigned to the 2nd Infantry Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division from Fort Lewis, Wash.
These incidents are under investigation. |
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British Soldiers
Hurt
In Basra Demonstration |
| WASHINGTON, March 24, 2004 — Thirteen
British soldiers were wounded by a grenade attack and one
was injured by the crowd during March 22 protests in Basra,
Iraq, Combined Joint Task Force 7 officials announced. More |
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WASHINGTON, March 23, 2004 — During his March 18
visit to Fort Campbell, Ky., to thank the 101st Airborne Division
(Air Assault) for their service in Iraq, President Bush pointed
to retired Army 1st Sgt. Billy Colwell as an example of the
volunteer spirit he said makes America strong. 
