Articles 11.20.2004
The Phillipine Sun-Star has an article on the funeral services for Sgt. Maurice Keith Fortune, of the 2-17th Field Artillery, who was killed in Ramadi on 10.29.2004. Sgt. Fortune was buried with full military honors on the U.S.-run Clark Air Base in Angeles city, 80 kilometers north of Manila.
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The Sacramento Bee has a story on the troop support work of John Fett III, the father of 2/5 Marine Lance Cpl. O. John Fett IV. Mr. Fett sent an e-mail to seven family members and friends asking for donations for sending care packages. After word spread to a Rotary Club and at least one business, a pallet of shoeboxes is being sent with care packages for at least each marine in Lance Cpl. Fett's company. In related news, the DoD announced a new support program called "America Supports You", which aims to communicate support to the troops and showcase support programs around the country.
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In a DoD press briefing, Ramadi was listed as the only area in Iraq that has not received registration forms for the upcoming elections, due to the recent rise in combat activity. When asked about the insurgency, the general said: "The others that got out [of Fallujah], we clearly believe some of them went into Ar Ramadi. It's close. There has been an increase in violence in Ar Ramadi that indicates that some folks slipped in there."
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Articles from the Sunni Triangle:
- Reuters: no date set for residents to return to Fallujah. One quote from the article: "As the focus in Falluja switches to sewerage, health care and schools, U.S. Marines will step up pressure on insurgents in regional towns such as nearby Ramadi, the capital of Anbar province that includes Falluja, to facilitate voter registration, Piccoli said."
- Reuters: Clashes around Iraq. One quote: "In Ramadi, scene of frequent clashes just west of Falluja, U.S. forces sealed off roads into the city early on Saturday and called on people through loudspeakers to hand over "terrorists". Helicopters flew over and Americans blocked access in or out of the Sunni city as troops searched buildings south of the centre."
- Washington Post (reg req'd): grim clean up in Fallujah
- LA Times (reg req'd): deteriorating security situation around Iraq
- Asia Times: Resistence looks beyond Fallujah
- Washington Post (reg req'd): one civilian family's story of fleeing Fallujah
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The Sacramento Bee has a story on the troop support work of John Fett III, the father of 2/5 Marine Lance Cpl. O. John Fett IV. Mr. Fett sent an e-mail to seven family members and friends asking for donations for sending care packages. After word spread to a Rotary Club and at least one business, a pallet of shoeboxes is being sent with care packages for at least each marine in Lance Cpl. Fett's company. In related news, the DoD announced a new support program called "America Supports You", which aims to communicate support to the troops and showcase support programs around the country.
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In a DoD press briefing, Ramadi was listed as the only area in Iraq that has not received registration forms for the upcoming elections, due to the recent rise in combat activity. When asked about the insurgency, the general said: "The others that got out [of Fallujah], we clearly believe some of them went into Ar Ramadi. It's close. There has been an increase in violence in Ar Ramadi that indicates that some folks slipped in there."
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Articles from the Sunni Triangle:
- Reuters: no date set for residents to return to Fallujah. One quote from the article: "As the focus in Falluja switches to sewerage, health care and schools, U.S. Marines will step up pressure on insurgents in regional towns such as nearby Ramadi, the capital of Anbar province that includes Falluja, to facilitate voter registration, Piccoli said."
- Reuters: Clashes around Iraq. One quote: "In Ramadi, scene of frequent clashes just west of Falluja, U.S. forces sealed off roads into the city early on Saturday and called on people through loudspeakers to hand over "terrorists". Helicopters flew over and Americans blocked access in or out of the Sunni city as troops searched buildings south of the centre."
- Washington Post (reg req'd): grim clean up in Fallujah
- LA Times (reg req'd): deteriorating security situation around Iraq
- Asia Times: Resistence looks beyond Fallujah
- Washington Post (reg req'd): one civilian family's story of fleeing Fallujah
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