Articles 1.12.2005

The Las Vegas Sun and Stars & Stripes carry articles on Pfc. Daniel Guastaferro, of the 1-503rd, who died in a vehicle accident in Ramadi on 1.7.2005. One of Pfc. Guastaferro's duties was manning the machine gun atop a humvee. He joined the Army in 2003, but had expressed interest in joining several years earlier. The Army was hesistant because Pfc. Guastaferro had steel plates implanted in his arms following a snowboarding accident at the age of 16.
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The Elkhart County Truth, IN, has an article on a fundraising drive to send pillows to soldiers in Ramadi and Mosul. 500 pillows have been collected so far.
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Stars & Stripes reporter Joseph Giordiono is embedded with the 1/23 Marines in the Anbar province (with no documented ties to the 2nd BCT or its area of operations). There is an article on the security challenges facing troops in the upcoming election.
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Other articles from the region:
- Washington Post: Search for Banned Arms In Iraq Ended Last Month
- NY Times (reg req'd): Search for Illicit Weapons in Iraq Ends
- BBC: General on Iraq security mission
- LA Times (reg req'd): Allawi Agrees: Some Areas of Iraq Won't Be Able to Vote
- NY Times (reg req'd): Allawi Calls Pockets of Iraq Too Perilous for Voters
- CNN.com: Iraqi insurgents fear bin Laden's moves