Articles 12.8.2004

The Desert Strike FRG Site has a new article titled "2/5 Marines provide aid to the people of Ramadi." On 12.2.2004, marines and sailors of F Company distributed "More than 300 pairs of shoes, 400 soccer balls, boxes of notebooks, paper and crayons" in a Ramadi neighborhood. Two marines are quoted in the article.
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The White House has a transcript from a 12.7.2004 speech President George W. Bush gave to marines at Camp Pendleton, CA, the home base of the 2/5 Marines and 1st Marine Division, under which the 2nd BCT operates. In the speech, President Bush thanks military personnel and their families for serving our country, and mentions actions in Fallujah and Ramadi.
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A Reuters article discusses continued clashes in Ramadi. A separate Reuters article reports overnight shooting in Ramadi and mortar attacks on a base in the city. A third Reuters article indicates insurgents "ambused an Iraqi police patrol in the western city of Ramadi today, robbing them of their weapons and burning their vehicles but letting the officers go."
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Other articles from the region:
- Washington Post (reg req'd): Iraqi Officials Consider Extending Voting Period
- Washington Post( reg req'd): Rebels Aided By Allies in Syria, U.S. Says
- Slate.msn.com: Fallujah, the Morning After
- LA Times (reg req'd): For displaced Fallujans, a new battle underway