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| Help Fight Terror |
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| SCHOOL SUPPLIES
— Marine Sgt. Abdiel Garcia and Cpl. Omar Gonzalez both
with Headquarters Company, 6th Marine Regiment, hand out
school supplies to girls outside a girls' school in Surobi,
Afghanistan, May 15, 2004. Marines and sailors from the company
frequently support security, stability and civil affairs
operations in the region in support of Operation Enduring
Freedom. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. James Patrick
Douglas |
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Soldier Sentenced to One-Year
For Prison-Abuse Case in Iraq |
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| American Forces Press Service |
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WASHINGTON,
May 20, 2004 — The first
soldier to receive a court martial in connection with the Abu Ghraib
prison abuse was sentenced May 19 in Baghdad.
A military judge sentenced U.S. Army Spc. Jeremy Sivits to one
year in confinement, a bad conduct discharge and a reduction in
rank to private.
As part of a pre-trial agreement,
Sivits pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to maltreat detainees,
two counts of maltreatment of detainees and one count of dereliction
of duty, according to Central Command officials. More |
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| State, Defense Departments Cooperating
on Iraq
Transition |
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| By Phillip Kurata / Washington File Staff Writer |
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WASHINGTON,
May 19, 2004 — A senior State Department
official, Frank Ricciardone, and a
senior Defense Department official, Mick Kicklighter, say the State
and
Defense Departments are cooperating closely to prepare for the
transition
of sovereignty in Iraq June 30.
At a briefing at the U.S Institute
of Peace in Washington May 19, the two
officials spoke about converting the Coalition
Provisional
Authority into a U.S. diplomatic mission. More |
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| Iraq 'Commitment Will Be Kept,'
Cheney Tells Academy Grads |
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| By Gerry J. Gilmore / American Forces Press
Service |
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WASHINGTON,
May 19, 2004 — The United States made a pledge to help Iraqis
establish a new government free from tyranny, "and that
commitment will be kept," Vice President Dick Cheney told
Coast Guard Academy graduates today.
In his remarks to the Class of 2004 at the New
London, Conn., military institution, Cheney asserted that "America will
do what is necessary" in Iraq, including "destroying the terrorists,
returning sovereignty to the Iraqi people, and helping them to build a stable,
self-governing nation." More |
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Top U.S. Generals Say Leaders
Responsible for Abu Ghraib |
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| By Jim Garamone / American Forces Press Service |
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WASHINGTON,
May 19, 2004 — Top U.S. military generals in Iraq today told
senators they accept responsibility for the failures under their
commands.
U.S. Central Command Commander Gen. John Abizaid
said one of his deepest beliefs is that U.S. military officers, when in charge,
must be in charge. More |
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| Vice
President Dick Cheney |
| "Sept.
11, 2001, changed everything for this
country. In the space of a few hours,
we saw the violence and the grief that
19 men can inflict. And we had a glimpse
of the even greater harm that terrorists
wish to do to us. The terrorists hate
our country and everything we stand
for in the world. They serve a fanatical
ideology that sets itself against progress
and against humanity." |
Coast
Guard Academy Commencement,
New London,
Conn.,
May
19, 2004 |
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One 1st ID Soldier
Killed,
One Wounded by Explosive |
| TIKRIT, Iraq — One 1st Infantry Division
soldier was killed and one was wounded when their combat
patrol was attacked with an improvised explosive device
and small arms fire near Samarra, Iraq, at 5:28 p.m. May
19. Another soldier was slightly injured trying to put
out a fire caused by the explosion. More |
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Defense Officials
Identify Army Casualties |
WASHINGTON, May 20, 2004 — Defense
Dept. officials have announced the identities of two
soldiers who died while supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Army Staff Sgt. Joseph P. Garyantes, 34, of Rehoboth,
Del., died May 18 by sniper fire in Muqdadiyah, Iraq,
while on a combat patrol. Garyantes was assigned to B
Company, 1st Battalion, 63rd Armor Regiment, 1st Infantry
Division, Vilseck, Germany.
Army Spc. Marcos O. Nolasco, 34, of Chino, Calif., died
May 18 in Baji, Iraq, as a result of an electrocution
accident. Nolasco was assigned to Battery B, 1st Battalion,
33rd Field Artillery, 1st Infantry Division, Bamberg,
Germany. |
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Baltimore
Band Brickfoot
Performs for Coalition Troops |
 BAGRAM
AIR BASE, Afghanistan. May 20, 2004 -- They
weren't typical concerts, but a step
outside the norm, for coalition forces
participating in Operation Enduring
Freedom, as the Baltimore-based rock/alternative
band Brickfoot performed throughout
the theater of operations. More |
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BALAD
AIR BASE, Iraq, May 19, 2004 — More than
300 Iraqi children from a small village near
here thanked the airmen and soldiers who delivered
a large number school supplies and toys from
American children.
ABU
GHRAIB, Iraq, May 17, 2004 — Marines in the
shadow of the city housing the prison by the
same name are carrying out a quiet and essential
mission to turn over Iraq's responsibility
back to Iraqis.
AL
ASAD, Iraq, May 19, 2004 — A helicopter squadron from 3rd
Marine Aircraft Wing and a helicopter support team from 1st Force
Service Support Group, joined forces to show there's no limit to
what they can deliver on the battlefield.
MANAS AIR BASE, Kyrgyzstan, May 20,
2004 — It was Thanksgiving weekend in
1979 when then-Capt. Michael Sumida received
an unusual call on a day off summoning
him to the squadron from the comfort
of his home. 
CAMP
FALLUJAH, Iraq, May 17, 2004 —
Marines and sailors finally took
a load off their shoulders and
let off some steam May 16, the
first time since their arrival
in Iraq.
CAMP
FALLUJAH, Iraq, May 19, 2004 — The
sounds of Latin tunes blared out
the door and the faint smell of
sweat emitted from couples dancing
for hours while black lights and
glow sticks faintly lit the room.
It may sound like a normal dance
club, but there is nothing normal
about “Club Fallujah."