Articles 11.21.2004

The Buffalo News and East Aurora Advertiser, NY, have articles on Cpl. Mark P. O'Brien, of the 2/5 Marines, who was wounded during an ambush in Ramadi on 11.7.2004. Cpl. O'Brien lost an arm and a leg, and is presently recovering in the U.S. "I'm doing great, I really am," O'Brien said in an interview in his hospital room last week. "I'm relieved and I'm sad at the same time. I'm out of Iraq, but ... it's hard to explain. I still want to be there. All my friends are there, and I'm really worried about them." He plans to return to his home in East Aurora, NY, and attend college.
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Articles from the Sunni Triangle:
- US News and World Report: with 1st ID Task Force 2-2 in Fallujah
- LA Times (reg req'd): rebuilding Fallujah
- Boston Globe: Rebuilding Fallujah
- NY Times (reg req'd): Long, powerful, personal article with the 1-8 Marines in Fallujah
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The Iraqi Electoral Commission set the national election day to January 30, 2005. Ballots will be cast nation-wide, including the areas beset by violence.