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Tuesday, October 04, 2005

From NAUS.org

New Push on Bill for Free Mail to Deployed Troops
-- Please, Contact Your Representative!

Co-Sponsor HR 923, Mail Voucher for Deployed Troops in Iraq and Afghanistan

Take Action!

House Leadership Supports HR 923
The House leadership has endorsed and supported HR 923. The House Committee on Government Reform has reported out the bill to the Full House for their consideration. The bill would provide monthly $15 vouchers to deployed or injured troops to give to their families and loved ones.

U.S. Marines in Kharma, Iraq

from DefendAmerica


U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Brandon Shofner, assigned to 2nd Combat Engineers, prepares C4 charges to destroy unidentified explosive ordnance found during his sweep for weapon caches in Kharma, Iraq, Sept. 21, 2005. The 2nd Marine Division conducts counterinsurgency operations with Iraqi security forces to isolate and neutralize anti-Iraqi forces in the area. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Matthew Hutchison


U.S. Marines with 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines Regiment, enter a building to meet with sheiks in Kharma, Iraq, Sept. 20, 2005. The 2nd Marine Division conducts counterinsurgency operations with Iraqi security forces to isolate and neutralize anti-Iraqi forces in the area. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Matthew Hutchison


U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Tyler Swisher, commanding officer of Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines Regiment, speaks with a local sheik in Kharma, Iraq, Sept. 20, 2005. The 2nd Marine Division conducts counterinsurgency operations with Iraqi security forces to isolate and neutralize anti-Iraqi forces in the area. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Matthew Hutchison


U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Mark Banks, assigned to the Battalion Aid Station, Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines Regiment, examines a sick child in Kharma, Iraq, Sept. 20, 2005. The 2nd Marine Division conducts counterinsurgency operations with Iraqi security forces to isolate and neutralize anti-Iraqi forces in the area. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Matthew Hutchison


U.S. Marines with 2nd Combat Engineers prepare their gear to search for weapon caches in Kharma, Iraq, Sept. 21, 2005. The 2nd Marine Division conducts counterinsurgency operations with Iraqi security forces to isolate and neutralize anti-Iraqi forces in the area.U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Matthew Hutchison


U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Tatreaus Gray and Lance Cpl. Anthony Glover inspect a roof during a presence patrol in Kharma, Iraq, Sept. 21, 2005. Gray and Glover are assigned to the 3rd Squad, 4th Platoon, Company Golf, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines. The 2nd Marine Division conducts counterinsurgency operations with Iraqi security forces to isolate and neutralize anti-Iraqi forces in the area. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Matthew Hutchison

Techno-Beg

Have a great powerpoint of a "Support the Troops" rally I want to post for you all - problem is, I can't get it published and running. If anyone can help, please click the "Email Iraq War Today" link at right, and let me know!

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CAMP LEJEUNE VISIT — Vice President Richard B. Cheney eats lunch with Marines from the 3rd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, at Camp Lejeune, N.C., Oct. 3. The battalion, an Ohio-based Reserve unit, recently returned from Iraq. Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Army Sgt. Wood

In Today's News - Tuesday, October 4, 2005

Quote of the Day
"...without a Respectable Navy, Alas America!"
-- Captain John Paul Jones,
in an October 17, 1776 letter to Robert Morris

News of Note
Operation Iraqi Freedom
New U.S. Offensive in Iraq; Bomb Near Green Zone
Video: On the Offensive
Iraq Constitution Distributed Before Vote

Operation Enduring Freedom
Afghan Fighting Kills 31
Japan Extends Afghan Mission for One Year

Military News
SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATIONS UNDERWAY IN ARABIAN GULF FOR MISSING SAILOR

Hurricane Season
Louisiana Ends Katrina Search; State Death Toll 964

Homeland Security / War on Terror
Photos could help solve Indonesian attacks
Why wasn't group eliminated after 1st attack?
Dozens questioned as Bali bombing hunt widens
FBI's new cases drop, reflecting shift toward terrorism prevention
Minutemen watch U.S.-Canada border

Supreme Court
Mixed Response
Miers Pushed ABA on Abortion
Profile: Harriet Ellan Miers
Hispanic Groups Upset
Roberts Gets Down to Business

Fox News
NY State: Flipped Tour Boat Understaffed, Almost Full
Cheney: Rangel 'Losing It'
Two Americans, Germans Share Physics Nobel
Stem Cell Bank Opens
Stocks to Watch: Sun, CMGI
Ten Commandments Judge Running for Ala. Governor
Typhoon Longwang Washes Away 59 Chinese Soldiers

Reuters: Top News
US troops mount second big attack on Qaeda in Iraq
Bush to hold 10:30 a.m. EDT news conference
Iran wants unconditional nuclear talks with EU
Car bomb blows up inside Baghdad Green Zone, 3 dead
N.Korea may soon name Kim Jong-il successor: Tass
DeLay indicted on new charges
Bush to hold 10:30 a.m. EDT news conference
Taiwan tells Google it is not a China province

AP World News
Bombers' Identities Key in Bali Probe
Palestinian Woman Stabs Israeli Soldier
Hurricane Stan to Hit Mexico's Gulf Coast
EU Opens Membership Talks With Turkey
Peacekeepers Prepare to Leave Sierra Leone
S. Korea City Grieves After Fatal Stampede
Deadly FBI Mission in Puerto Rico Probed
Five Die As Rebels Attack Colombia Police

The Seattle Times
Court backs identifying teachers accused of sexual misconduct
Drilling plans dropped by GOP

Chicago Sun-Times
DeLay rips re-indictment as improper 'do-over'
City set to buy land for O'Hare expansion
Police want to ask Celtic about restaurant shooting
E. coli outbreak has FDA warning of certain salads
Hundreds of Africans hurt by razor wire trying to enter Europe
Judge: Priest likely killed 2 funeral home workers
Suspect accused of taking $5,000 war-era library book

Military.com
Cheney Welcomes Home Ohio-Based Marines
Army Picks Top Enlisted Soldier and NCO
Behind Barbed Wire in Guantanamo
Weak Responses Led to 9/11, Cheney Asserts
Wrangling not yet Over on Iraqi Charter
Gen. Richard B. Myers Returns to Civilian Life

CENTCOM: News Release
OPERATION RIVER GATE LAUNCHED
IRAQI, U.S. FORCES NAB 78 SUSPECTS, SEIZE WEAPONS

Department of Defense
Vice President Praises Servicemembers — Story Remarks
Pace Guidance Outlines Challenges, Priorities — Story

ON THE GROUND
Romanian Officials Visit Troops in Kandahar — Story

IN IRAQ
Mosul Substation Expansion to Benefit Millions

TOP NEWS
SPECIAL REPORTS
Hurricane Coverage
Iraq Transition of Power

IRAQ
Substations Benefit Sulaymaniyah
Casey: Iraqi Forces More Capable
Iraq Reconstruction
Maps
Iraq Daily Update
Multinational Force Iraq
Eye on Iraq Update (pdf)
Weekly Progress Report (pdf)

AFGHANISTAN
Update: Medical Aid; Air Support
Afghanistan Daily Update
Maps

WAR ON TERRORISM
Detainee Transfer Announced
Waging and Winning the War on Terror
Terrorism Timeline
Terrorism Knowledge Base

MILITARY NEWS
National Guard, Reserve Update

CASUALTIES
Officials Identify Army Casualties — Story

Weather
Iraq
Al Azamiyah Al Basrah Al Hillah Al Karkh Al Kazimiyah Al Kut An Nasiriyah Baghdad Baqubah Mosul Najaf Nineveh Tall Kayf

Afghanistan
Bost/Laskar Ghurian Herat Kabul Qandahar

Gitmo

National Hurricane Center

Today in History
1636
- Plymouth Colony sees its first code of law.
1648 - Peter Stuyvesant establishes Americas first volunteer firefighters.
1777 - Battle of Germantown.
1824 - Mexico becomes a republic.
1830 - Belgium secedes from the Netherlands.
1862 - The Battle of Corinth ends.
1883 - The Orient Expressmakes its first run, linking Turkey to Europe.
1910 - Portugal becomes a republic; King Manuel II flees to England.
1931 - The comic strip "Dick Tracy" (Chester Gould) debuts.
1940 - Adolph Hitler and Benito Mussolini confer at Brenner Pass in the Alps.
1955 - Reverend Sun Young Moon leaves prison in Seoul.
1957 - "Leave It to Beaver," debuts on CBS-TV; the U.S.S.R. Sputnik I, the first artificial Earth satellite.
1958 - Transatlantic commercial jet passenger service begins (BOAC).
1959 - The U.S.S.R.'s Luna-3 sends back the first photos of the Moon's far side.
1960 - The Courier-1B, first active repeater satellite in orbit, is launched.
1962 - USAF Maorj Robert A. Rushworth takes the X-15 to 32,300 m.
1963 - Gambia achieves full internal self-government.
1965 - Pope Paul VI becomes the first Pope to visit the Western Hemisphere (UN); the U.S.S.R. launches Luna-7; it crash-lands on Moon.
1966 - Lesotho (Basutoland) gains independence from Britain.
1969 - The U.N. starts issuing postage stamps at its Geneva headquarters.
1970 - Herbert Schmidtz makes the highest parachute jump from a tower by leaping from a 1,984 ft TV tower in Tulsa, OK.
1976 - Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz resigns over telling a racial joke.
1977 - In San Francisco, Pier 39 opens.
1978 - Funeral are services held for Pope John Paul I.
1983 - Richard Noble reaches a record 1019 kph in a jet-powered car.
1984 - The U.S. government closes down due to budget problems.
1985 - Shite Muslims claim to have killed hostage William Buckley.
1987 - In the first "Scrub Sunday" of the NFL, replacement players take the field.

Birthdays
1289
- King Louis X (the Stubborn) of France (1314-16)
1626 - Richard Cromwell, lord protector of England (1658-59)
1822 - Rutherford B. Hayes,19th U.S. President (1877-81)
1850 - John W. McGraw (Gov-WA) (1893-97)
1892 - Engelbert Dollfuss, Austrian Fascist chancellor, killed by Nazis
1922 - Malcolm Baldrige, U.S. Secretary of Commerce (1981-87)
1923 - Charlton Heston, actor (10 Commandments, Ben Hur, Planet of the Apes)
1943 - Buddy Roemer (Gov-LA)
1946 - Susan Sarandon, actress (Bull Durham)
1949 - Armand Assante, actor (Private Benjamin, Unfaithfully Yours)

Passings
1904 - Frederic Auguste Bertholdi, French sculptor ("Statue of Liberty")
1970 - Janis Joplin, rock singer, at 27

Reported Missing in Action
1966
Burns, John D., USN (FL); A4C shot down, released by DRV March, 1973 - alive and well as of 1998

1967
Lillund, William A., USAF (CA); F105F shot down (w/McDaniel)

McDaniel, Morris L., Jr., USAF (GA); F105F shot down (w/Lillund)

Schoeffel, Peter V., USN (VA); A4C shot down, released by DRV March, 1973 - retired as a Captain - alive as of 1998

Zook, David H., Jr., USAF (OH); U10B crashed while on leaflet mission; reportedly collided with larger plane

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