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| REFUELING — A Royal Air Force G-4 Tornado is refueled by a KC-135 using the Multi-Point Refueling System from the 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron during a combat sortie in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom on April 22, 2004. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Aaron Allmon II
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Fallujah Outcome Will Dash
Hopes of Other Insurgents |
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| By Donna Miles /American Forces Press Service |
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WASHINGTON, April 28, 2004 — The way the
stalemate in Fallujah, Iraq, is ultimately resolved-either through
a negotiated agreement or through military force-“will resonate
throughout Iraq” and “deal a blow to all the insurgents
across the country,” the operations chief for U.S. Central
Command told Pentagon reporters today.
Marine Maj. Gen. John Sattler, speaking by teleconference
from U.S. Central Command’s
forward headquarters in Qatar, said the outcome will dash the hopes of other
insurgents who were “hanging on, thinking that they can hold out long enough
or they can hold out until they can negotiate on their terms.” Actions
in Fallujah, he said, will send the message, loud and clear, that those hopes
are nothing but a “pipe dream.” More |
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Coalition Honors Cease-Fire,
But 'Will Respond' If Attacked |
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| By Donna Miles / American Forces Press Service |
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WASHINGTON, April 28, 2004 — Coalition forces continue to "rigidly adhere" to the cease-fire that took effect in Fallujah, Iraq, April 9, despite graphic televised images that coalition officials called "a series of defensive responses" to attacks by insurgents within the city.
Army Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt, deputy operations officer for Combined Joint Task Force 7, told reporters in Baghdad today the cordon around Fallujah "remains tight" as coalition forces give negotiators a chance to work out a political solution to the impasse in the city. More |
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| Coalition Condemns Abuse of
Detainees at Baghdad Prison |
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| By Donna Miles / American Forces Press Service |
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WASHINGTON, April 28, 2004 — Six soldiers to be tried for abusing detainees at a Baghdad prison fall far short of representing their military comrades who are serving honorably at the facility, a coalition spokesman told reporters in Baghdad today.
"This does not reflect the vast majority of coalition soldiers, the vast majority of American soldiers, who are operating at Abu Gharib prison," said Army Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt, deputy operations officer for Combined Joint Task Force 7. "Understand that a very, very small number were involved in this incident and of the hundred and hundreds of guards that they have out there, a small number were involved." More |
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| Nominee for Iraq Ambassador
Meets with Senate Committee |
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| By John D. Banusiewicz / American Forces Press Service |
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WASHINGTON, April 27, 2004 – The nominee for U.S. ambassador to Iraq today singled out the challenge facing the United States in Iraq: Establish the conditions by which the Iraqi people can pursue their interests and celebrate their differences through legitimate political channels, rather than through violence and retribution.
John
D. Negroponte, nominated by President Bush on April 19, appeared
before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for his confirmation
hearing. More |
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Fisher House
Opens
Third
Home at Walter Reed |
WASHINGTON, April 28, 2004 — There is no better example
for the need for Fisher Houses than Hilario Bermanez.
The young soldier was hit by small arms fire and rocket-propelled
grenades in Iraq. He lost both legs, his left arm,
and suffered various other wounds.
Hilario is from the State
of Pohnpei - a part of the Federated States of Micronesia.
When he was wounded, the military notified his family.
His father and mother flew to his side, first in Germany
and then at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. They have
stayed at the Fisher House on the grounds of Walter
Reed for almost a year as they help Hilario get better.
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Soldiers Extended in Iraq
Get Extra $1K Monthly |
| WASHINGTON, April 27, 2004 (Army News Service) — About 20,000 soldiers who have been involuntarily extended beyond their expected 12 months of duty in Iraq or Kuwait will be eligible for extra pay of $1,000 a month. More |
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Defense Secretary
Donald H. Rumsfeld |
| "Every battlefield death or injury is painful, and certainly we mourn with the families of those who have lost loved ones in recent weeks in the fight for freedom. Those who have given their lives fought on the central front of today's global war on terror. Over the past few weeks the world has seen the strength and the resilience of the American people, and also the determination of the coalition to see this important mission through." |
| Defense Department Briefing, April 27, 2004 |
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Marines Carry Miniature
Flags, Thanks to Scouts |
 CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, Iraq, April 25, 2004 — There was no question where Maj. Doug G. Luccio was going to keep his miniature flag made by an Eagle Scout. Story |
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Defense Officials
Identify Army Casualties |
WASHINGTON, April 27, 2004 — Defense Department officials announced today the death of two soldiers supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. They died on April 26, in Baghdad, Iraq, by a large explosion while performing site security. The two soldiers were assigned to the Army National Guard and Army Reserve.
Killed were: Sgt. Sherwood R. Baker, 30, of Plymouth, Penn., assigned to the Army National Guard’s Company B, 2nd Battalion, 103rd Armor Regiment, Tamaqua, Penn., and Sgt. Lawrence A. Roukey, 33, of Westbrook, Maine, assigned to the Army Reserve’s Detachment 1, 3rd Battalion, 304th Regiment, 98th Division, Lewiston, Maine. |
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PETERSON
AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. April 28, 2004 — At
least once a month Air Force Col. (Dr.) Anthony
M. Rizzo travels to cities across the United
States to talk about medicine, the role of North
American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern
Command in homeland defense and homeland security
missions, and other topics related to the military. 
FORT
BELVOIR, Va., April 28, 2004 - Patricia and John
Enderton don’t come across as risk takers.
They appear calm and unassuming. They are grandparents
several times over, with two new grandchildren
on the way. But, there aren’t too many
grandkids who couldn’t visit grandma and
grandpa because they were deployed to Afghanistan. 
FORWARD
OPERATING BASE DUKE, Iraq, April
28, 2004 — The public eye often
focuses attention on siblings,
spouses, or other relatives serving
in the military together in a
theater of combat operation.
CAMP
BLUE DIAMOND, Iraq, April 27,
2004 — They've got diesel running
through their veins. Their language
is as raw as the throaty rumble
of the huge engines on which
they turn wrenches. Skinned knuckles
and faces smeared with grease
are testament to the work that
keeps the 1st Marine Division
rolling. 
GOWEN
FIELD, Idaho, April 27, 2004 (AFPN) — As part
of an ongoing Air Expeditionary Force Battlelab
initiative, a team tested a new bilevel aircraft
loading system aboard an Idaho Air National Guard
C-130 Hercules here April 22.