Articles 12.10.2004

The Algona Upper Des Moines, IA, has an article on a 2nd ID soldier home on R&R. Spc. Lucas McClellan, whose unit wasn't specified in the article, is presently home on leave, and took time to speak to several groups of kids in his home town. His primary message: "Don't hate the military for doing what they are supposed to." Sgt. McClellan returns to Iraq this Sunday. He said he was glad to be home, but wasn't dreading returning to Iraq because his friends are there.
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A Multinational Force Iraq press release reports that Marines seized weapons and ordnance caches at a playground and school in Ramadi on 12.9.2004
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Other articles from the region:
- Associated Press: Returning Fallujans will see high security
- Multinational Force Iraq press release: Remembering Fallujah's fallen
- Christian Science Monitor: a Marine company and a month in Fallujah