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Saturday, August 12, 2006

Searching for Weapons in Ramadi

Iraqi army soldiers with the 7th Iraqi Army Division along with U.S. Marines and Army soldiers attached to the 1st Armored Division search for weapons caches in a building at the Al Anbar University in Ramadi, Iraq, Aug. 2, 2006. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jeremy T. Lock


Iraqi army soldiers from the 7th Iraqi Army Division search a building during a cordon and search for weapons caches at the Al Anbar University in Ramadi, Iraq, Aug. 2, 2006. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jeremy T. Lock


An Iraqi army soldier with 7th Iraqi Army Division kicks in a locked door during a cordon and search with U.S. Marines and Army soldiers attached to 1st Armored Division at the Al Anbar University in Ramadi, Iraq, Aug. 2, 2006. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jeremy T. Lock


An Iraqi army soldier with the 7th Iraqi Army Division searches a room at the Al Anbar University in Ramadi, Iraq, Aug. 2, 2006. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jeremy T. Lock


Iraqi army soldiers with the 7th Iraqi Army Division search for weapons caches in a building at the Al Anbar University in Ramadi, Iraq, Aug. 2, 2006. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jeremy T. Lock


Iraqi army soldiers with the 7th Iraqi Army Division discover a weapons cache during a cordon search at the Al Anbar University in Ramadi, Iraq, Aug. 2, 2006. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jeremy T. Lock


A U.S. Marine attached to the 1st Armored Division and an Iraqi army soldier from the 7th Iraqi Army Division search for weapons caches in a building at the Al Anbar University in Ramadi, Iraq, Aug. 2, 2006. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jeremy T. Lock


U.S. Marines from the Military Transition Team take a break to eat lunch in the shade of a building during a search for weapons caches at the Al Anbar University in Ramadi, Iraq, Aug. 2, 2006. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jeremy T. Lock


Iraqi army soldiers from the 7th Iraqi Army Division and U.S. Marines and Army soldiers attached to the 1st Armored Division take a break during a search for weapons caches at the Al Anbar University in Ramadi, Iraq, Aug. 2, 2006. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jeremy T. Lock

Odds and Ends

In case you missed these...


Brian Williams of MSNBC equated U.S. Special Forces and suicide bombers Thursday evening on Hardball...View the video here


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CAIR reminded that in the aftermath of the foiled terrorist plot this week, "It is important, based on past counterterrorism cases that did not lead to terror convictions, that we withhold judgment until all the facts of this case come to light. We also ask public officials and commentators to avoid using stereotypical and ill-defined terminology when referring to this and similar cases." Translation? Don't call 'em psychopathic terrorists - let's just call them "sanity-challenged." Read what else CAIR had to say at The Corner (National Review Online).


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What does CT's military community think of the Lieberman-Lamont fiasco?
Joseph Lieberman's primary loss might be a satisfying victory for the partisan extremes, but it is a sharp blow to bipartisan efforts to prevail in a global war that may span generations...Ultimately, the wartime politics of partisan destruction is corrosive to troop morale...Too often it appears we are fighting a war among ourselves instead of against the enemy...Our national security agenda must never be borne out of divisive domestic campaigns that champion partisan vindictiveness."
You can read The View from the Chow Hall in its entirety at the Wall Street Journal online (subscription required)


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Michael Yon has lots of interest:
First Person Singular - Omar, Iraq the Model

Precarious Road

The Big Hammer (Frontline Forum)

Also, Michael Yon and Cliff Knizley were interviewed recently on WJGR out of Jacksonville, FL - download a zipped version by clicking here, and take a listen.


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And finally, here's what's on deck for this week's "Talking with Heroes" radio show:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
TALKING WITH HEROES Talk Show
www.talkingwithheroes.com


August 10, 2006: Talking with Heroes Talk Show announces the guest list
for the Talk Show that will broadcast over the Talking with Heroes Internet Radio Network on Aug 13, 2006. Talking with Heroes is not about politics. It is a Talk Show that gives our men and women in the military a forum to share their mostly untold experiences while serving and helping the people in Iraq, Afghanistan and in other areas of the world in which they serve. Talking with Heroes Talk Show airs Live on Sunday evenings beginning at 5pm (PST) 8pm (EST).

Guest will be:

Aaron Tippin Country music star and American patriot entered the music scene fifteen years ago with "You've Got To Stand For Something," a solid working man’s anthem that quickly established Aaron as a true spokesman for the American people. With his success and ability to relate to the people, Aaron became the first singer to go to Saudi Arabia to entertain the troops during the first Gulf War.

Aaron Tippin’s popularity spiked again in the new millennium thanks to the chart-topping "Kiss This" (2000) and "Where the Stars and Stripes and the Eagle Fly" (2002), as well as his sixth Gold Record and first Academy of Country Music awards nomination. In 2002 he went to Afghanistan to entertain the troops when there was controversy both at home and abroad.

Since 2003, he has been making annual visits to our forces in Iraq and become the spokesman for the Paralyzed Veterans of America with another trip planned for Iraq in November 2006. In 2005 he became the first country artist to donate funds to the victims of Hurricane Katrina.

Velma R. Hart, CAE is the National Finance Director and Chief Financial Officer of AMVETS National Headquarters. She is responsible for all aspects of the financial operations for the National Headquarters and for the review of the six (6) subsidiary operations. She is an Army Reserve veteran and she has also served in various professional volunteer capacities, including as a board member for ASAE and The Center For Association Leadership as well as for the Nurses Organization of Veterans Affairs (NOVA) Foundation.

Velma Hart is the lead staff member for the planning and execution of the National Symposium for the Needs of Young Veterans which will be hosted by AMVETS on Oct. 18-21, 2006 in Chicago.

Cpt Stephen Jaksec Recently Returned From Al Anbar Province Camp Habbaniyah. Capt. Jaksec received his BS degree from the Univ. of Pittsburgh in 1983. He took a job in Tampa with IBM, went back for a Masters in '90, worked in Pittsburgh for a couple years, then went back to Tampa Bay and did great things until the first Iraqi war broke out. He had 2 little brothers in at the time and one day picked up his briefcase and walked into the recruiter's office. At 31 he ENLISTED and reported to basic training. Captain Jaksec will be talking about The Al Anbar Province Camp Habbaniyah Combat Bocce League and his recent experiences in Iraq.

Andrew Lubin is an internationally recognized writer, journalist, and speaker. Lubin is the Author of the critically acclaimed "Charlie Battery; A Marine Artillery Battery in Iraq," the Story of his son, Cpl Philip Lubin, and his battery as they fought in Iraq in March 2003.

He has appeared on ABC, CNN, and CN 8, as well as various radio stations throughout the Northeast and mid-west United States. He just returned from Beirut where he reported on the recent mass evacuation of Americans from Lebanon, where his reporting was featured on WPVI-6,(Philadelphia ABC) and WTVD-11 (Raleigh ABC). Lubin’s articles have appeared in such professional magazines as "Leatherneck" and "The Gazette," and he writes a Marine-specific column that has been picked up by newspapers ranging from Maine to Georgia to Michigan to Okinawa. Additionally, he was the WPVI-military analyst in 2004–2005. His book "Keep Moving or Die; Task Force Tarawa at An-Nasiriyah" will be published in 1st Q 2007.

Glenn Knight is a former Marine. He says Marine Boot Camp is one of the most difficult mental and physical things a young man or woman will ever do. That same 13-week period is among the most difficult times that a parent, relative or friend of a Marine recruit will ever experience. Not knowing what to expect and having no one to ask is extremely difficult.

The moderators and members of myMarine, a Yahoo group supporting the recruit's support team, have all been there and done that. They answer the questions, calm fears and tell others what their recruit is going through.

Membership is free and open to anyone with an interest in the three-month roller-coaster ride that is Marine Boot Camp.

All Talking with Heroes talk shows can be listened to in our past show archives 24 hours a day/7 days a week, from anywhere in the world where there is access to the internet and can be downloaded onto iPODs.

by Staff Sgt. Russell Lee Klika
August 11, 2006
Pfc. Heath Stachar, from the 101st Airborne Division, provides rooftop security in Tikrit for a ceremony marking the 4th Iraqi Army Division’s assumption of security for the provinces of Salah Ad Din and Kirkuk.

Rolling Victory Fast at Kat's Blog

The Tanker Brothers Rolling Victory Fast has been plugging away for over a month now. Starting at midnight, AuntyBrat over at Yikes! (Kat's Blog) takes her turn. Actually, since Aussie Chic's joining her, they're already underway. Both are Soldiers' Angels, too!

You can check out the posts, and send them your support, here.


For more on the Rolling Victory Fast, here's some info from the Tanker Brothers:
Okay, here's the deal: In light of the stupid "Rolling Fast" Stunt that the Crazy Hollywood Left and Code Pinko have come up with, we here at the Tanker Brothers have decided to come up with our own version: "The 2006 Tanker Brothers Rolling Victory Fast!"

But we need your help: pledge to fast for one day. Just one single day to show your support for those of us who would stand in Crazy Cindy's way. Support us like this: we're proposing a "Rolling Fast", Hollywood Style. I'll kick it off: I will pledge to fast for the first day (we'll kick this off on Sunday, 9 July 2006), and hand it off to someone, Sean Penn-style...


You can find out more, and and sign up, here.

LOADING UP – U.S. Air Force airmen load Humvees onto a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft in Southwest Asia for transport to Bagram, Afghanistan, Aug. 5, 2006. The C-17 is attached to the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron. U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Brian Ferguson

In Today's News - Saturday, August 12, 2006

Quote of the Day
"When the will defies fear,
when duty throws the gauntlet down to fate,
when honor scorns to compromise with death -
that is heroism."

-- Robert Green Ingersoll

News of Note
Israel at War

Israeli Warplanes Hit Lebanese Border Areas
Airstrikes kill 15 civilians in southern border village
Israel Triples Troops in Lebanon
Security Council OKs Peacekeepers
Raw Data: Text of U.N. Resolution
American in Beirut: Playing 'Tourist'
U.N. Unanimously Votes 'Cease Fire'
Israel pushes into Lebanonas Olmert agrees to resolution
6 Killed by Israeli Drone
Raw Data: Text of U.N. Resolution
American in Beirut: Playing 'Tourist'
Israel attacks convoy fleeing south Lebanon - Video
U.N. Unanimously Votes 'Cease Fire'
Israel pushes into Lebanonas Olmert agrees to resolution
6 Killed by Israeli Drone
Raw Data: Text of U.N. Resolution
American in Beirut: Playing 'Tourist'
Video: Annan: 'Vital Step Forward'
Video: Rice on Mideast Cease-Fire
Israel attacks convoy fleeing south Lebanon - Video

Operation Iraqi Freedom
Bush condemns attempt to blow up Iraqi Islam site - Video
Top U.S. General Doesn't Rule Out Iraq Troop Reductions
U.S. Forces Nab 60 Al Qaeda Suspects in Iraq; Envoy Says Iran is Backing Shiite Militias

Operation Enduring Freedom
Three U.S.-Led Coalition Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan
Coalition Teams Treat Afghan Patients

Homeland Security / War on Terror
NORTHCOM Was Aware of Plot
U.K. Investigators Tracing Terror Plot Money Trail
U.S. Travelers Adjusting
What's Allowed and What Isn't
Threat Fades, but Politics Rage
Photo Essay: Airport Delays
FOX Facts: Ticketing Changes
Pakistan points to al Qaeda plot link - Video
Was it al Qaeda? Analysts cite diffuse groups
US airport security crawls
US to tighten some passport requirements in 2007
Police eye money trail in airliner plot
U.S. travelers adjusting to new rules
Terror plot probe under way in U.S.
Bush staff wanted bomb-detect cash moved
Court rules NY police can search bags at subways
3 More Missing Egyptian Students Arrested in U.S.
India Heightens Security Amid Al Qaeda Terror Warning

Troops on Trial
Army War Objector Returns

NSA / CIA
Government rests in ex-CIA worker's case

Worldwide Wackos
U.S. Official: Castro Has 'Serious' Health Problems
Cubans plan Castro birthday with or without leader - Video
Chavez reveals recipe for Castro's "tsunami" antacid

Homegrown Moonbats
Activist Sheehan Hospitalized After Hunger Strike

Politics / Government
W.House defends Cheney on remarks about Democrats

Mother Nature
Buildings Evacuated as 5.9 Quake Rocks Mexico City
6.0 Quake Shakes Indonesia
Typhoon kills 104 in China; 190 missing

Oddities
Sex taboos hamper safety message for gay Chinese
French firm seeks to conquer U.S. with Wi-Fi bunny
Paris Hilton bitten by pet kinkajou

Other News of Note
Mike Douglas, former TV show host, dies

Fox News
Feds to Push On With Online Betting Prosecution
Nobel Prize-Winning Author Admits Nazi Past
Judge Orders Mental Health Evaluation for Clarett
Teen Arrested After Mom's Body Found in Freezer
Brooklyn's 'Undercover Kitten' Dies in Traffic Accident

Reuters: Top News
Sri Lanka rebels say destroy northern defences
To pig or not to pig? BP's oil pipeline question
Stalemate seen in high-definition DVD war
Women stick with contraceptive pill over patch
Physically active life good for the body and brain
Actor Lou Diamond Phillips arrested
Magazine says Kanye West engaged
Stocks slide on growth worries - Video
BETonSPORTS shutters US business
First Marblehead shares fall after earnings
Mills shares hit lowest in 5 years
Shares of Evercore IPO rise in debut
Ford Motor Credit sale likely not in cards
Crosby, Stills and...economic balance?
Mining merger madness attracts global interest
Airlines face margin pressure
Congress fumes as BP nears decision
Rails target veterans to plug labor gaps
Former Wal-Mart exec sentenced
Apple seeks Nasdaq hearing on compliance

AP World News
Tenn. minister's wife to remain jailed
NYC professor promotes urban fish farm
Mets undone by former top draft pick
Undercover Kitten killed by car
Williams fires 12 aces in Chase Open win .
Pleshette treated for lung cancer
Dow ends down 36, Nasdaq closes down 14
Dunst poses as Marie Antoinette in Vogue
Mothers who used same sperm donor meet
Retail sales climb 1.4 percent in July
Gold's poker face wins him $12 million
Utah teen charged in mother's death

Military.com
Air Force Works to Save Tanker R&D Money
Security Measures Apply to AMC Travelers - Video

CENTCOM: News Releases
MND-B’S 1ST SQDN., 10TH CAV. REGT., DISTRIBUTES HUMANITARIAN-AID TO ARAB JABUR RESIDENTS

EXTREMIST ATTACKS FOILED IN PAKTIKA

CENTCOM’S TOP NCO PRAISES AFGHANISTAN

SUSPECTED AL QAEDA FACILITATOR TARGETED IN AFGHAN, COALITION RAID

THREE COALITION SOLDIERS KILLED IN NORTHEAST AFGHANISTAN

IRAQI HOSTAGE FREED

THREE COALITION SOLDIERS KILLED IN NORTHEAST AFGHANISTAN

COALITION FORCES CAPTURE WANTED TERRORIST IN BAYJI

MND-B SOLDIERS FIND WEAPONS, SEIZE AMMUNITION

MND-B SOLDIERS FIND 2 LARGE WEAPONS CACHES

IRAQI NATIONAL POLICE, MND-B SOLDIERS RAID DOURA MARKET, SEIZE WEAPONS, DETAIN 3 TERRORISTS

CAMP LACEY SOLDIERS ASSIST INJURED AFGHAN CHILD

UP-ARMORED HUMVEES SAVE COALITION TROOPS

USJFCOM
Value of experimentation to the joint warfighter stressed in urban experiment - podcast

Department of Defense
NEWS UPDATES
For Top News Visit DefenseLink

ON THE GROUND
Training Academy Gets New Motorcycles - Story
Operation Combs Al-Doura Neighborhood - Story
Helping Iraqi Youth ‘Best Part of My Job’ - Story

IN IRAQ
Combat Zone Ingenuity Protects Marines
Infantry Soldiers Root Out Insurgents
Water Treatment Plant Receives Upgrade
Iraqis Improve Defenses with Border Forts
Iraqi Soldiers Finish Personnel Course
Power Production Team Critical to Iraq Mission

IN AFGHANISTAN
Meeting Clairifies Reconstruction Team's Role
Munitions, Weapons Airmen Secure Bombs
Air Force Specialists Keep Planes in Flight

BACKGROUND
IRAQ
Renewal In Iraq
Iraq: Security, Stability
Fact Sheet: Progress and Work Ahead
Report: Strategy for Victory in Iraq
Iraq Daily Update
This Week in Iraq
Multinational Force Iraq
State Dept. Weekly Iraq Report (PDF)
'Boots on the Ground' Audio Archive
Weekly Reconstruction Report (PDF)
Iraq Reconstruction
Maps

AFGHANISTAN
Afghanistan Update
Maps

WAR ON TERRORISM
Fact Sheet: Budget Request
Fact Sheet: War on Terror
Fact Sheet: Terror Plots Disrupted
Waging and Winning the War on Terror
Terrorism Timeline
Terrorism Knowledge Base

CASUALTIES
Officials Identify Army Casualty - 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

Today in History
1553
- Pope Julius III orders the confiscation and burning of the Talmud.
1676 - In New England, King Philip's War (vs. the Wampanoag Indians) ends.
1851 - Isaac Singer s igranted a patent for his sewing machine.
1862 - General John Hunt Morgan and his raiders capture Gallatin, TX.
1867 - President Andrew Johnson defies Congress by suspending Secretary of War Edwin Stanton.
1877 - Thomas Edison invents the Edisonphone, a sound recording device.
1898 - The U.S. formally annexes Hawaii; the Spanish-American War formally ends.
1941 - French Marshal Henri Petain gives his full support to Nazi Germany.
1953 - The U.S.S.R. conducts a secret test of its first hydrogen bomb.
1955 - President Eisenhower raises the minimum wage from $0.75 to $1 an hour.
1959 - For the first time, a Polaris missile is fired by a ship (Observation Island).
1960 - Echo 1, the first communications satellite, is launched; USAF Major Robert M. White takes the X-15 to 41,600 m.
1962 - Russia launches Vostok 4.
1972 - The last American combat ground troops leave Vietnam.
1976 - The Space Shuttle Enterprise is put through its first approach and lands test (ALT)
1977 - High Energy Astronomy Observatory 1 is launched into an Earth orbit; the Space Shuttle Enterprise makes its first atmospheric flight.
1978 - ICE is launched
1981 - IBM introduces the PC and PC-DOS version 1.0.
1990 - Iraq President Saddam Hussein says he is ready to resolve the Gulf crisis if Israel withdraws from occupied territories.

Birthdays
1757 - ALF, TV alien life form ("ALF")
1762 - King George IV of England (1820-30)
1781 - Robert Mills, architect (Washington Monument)
1859 - Katharine Lee Bates, author (America the Beautiful)
1925 - Dale Bumpers (Sen-AR)
1936 - John Poindexter, US Chief of Staff
1951 - Charles E. Brady, Jr., USN Commander/astronaut
1960 - Lonny Chin, Playboy playmate (Jan, 1983)
19?? - My little sister - Happy Birthday, K!

Passings
1900 - Wilhelm Steinitz, Chess champion (1866-1894)
1982 - Henry Fonda, actor (On Golden Pond)

Reported Missing in Action
1965
Brown, Donald H., Jr., USN (CA); A4E shot down, remains returned August,1985

1966
Allison, David, USAF (MT); F105D shot down
Neuens, Martin J., USAF (WI); released March, 1973 - retired as a Colonel - alive and well as of 1998
Wrye, Blair C., USAF (MA); RF101C shot down

1967
Atterberry, Edwin, USAF (TX); RF4C shot down, DIC May, 1969, remains returned March, 1974
Norris, Thomas E., USAF (IL); F105 shot down, released by DRV March, 1973 - retired as a Colonel - alive and well as of 1998
Parrott, Thomas V., USAF (GA); down, RF4C shotreleased by DRV March, 1973 - deceased, October, 1998

1968
Tullier, Lonnie Joseph, US Army (LA); passenger in UH1B that crashed, remains recovered August, 1968

1969
Sexton, John C., US Army (MI); released October, 1971

1970
Brown, James A., US Army (TN); swept down river; Killed, body not recovered

1972
Thompson, David M., USN (PA); KIA, body not recovered

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