Articles 1.25.2005
KOAT News, NM, reports that area flags are being flown at half-staff this week in honor of Pfc. George Geer, of the 1-503rd, who was killed in Ramadi on 1.17.2005.
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WOOD TV, MI and the Traverse City Record Eagle, MI, report on a wounded 2nd BCT soldier. Pfc. Derrick Harden, of the 1-503rd, was severly wounded after a roadside bomb attack on 1.17.2005. His humvee hit an I.E.D. while responding to another bomb explosion in Ramadi. He had one leg amputated below the knee, and is presently at walter Reed hospital undergoing treatment for multiple broken bones and shrapnel wounds. His wounds will require major reconstructive surgery. According to his mother, Pfc. Harden awoke from a week-long coma on 1.24.2005 and is breathing without assistance, but does not yet know what happened. His family is presently in route to Washington to be with him.
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A Multi-National Force Iraq news release reports that "Combined operations by U.S. Soldiers from the 2nd Brigade Combat Team[...] and Iraqi Security Forces seized an AK-47, five cell phones, approximately $42,000, various foreign currencies equivalent to approximately $72,000 and eight detainees in a series of raids on Jan. 24 in Ramadi. Meanwhile, Marines and Soldiers from the 1st Marine Division of the I Marine Expeditionary Force detained 23 suspected insurgents and discovered several weapons caches during operations throughout Al Anbar Province over the last 48 hours." A list of confiscated weapons and munitions is also provided.
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The Institute for War and Peace Reporting has an article on the "dim election prospects" in Ramadi. According to the article, local citizens have expressed three primary reasons for not voting:
1) "some are following a call by the Association of Muslim Scholars, an influential Sunni clerical group, not to take part".
2) some view the election as a "farce" that is orchestrated by the U.S.
3) Some fear for their safety.
Other observations in the article:
- There is currently a 3 p.m to 11 p.m. curfew in Ramadi.
- "US troops control most of the main streets in the city, and roads leading into the city have been blocked"
- "On January 24, US soldiers began a makeshift voter education programme, setting up a checkpoint on the Baghdad road outside Ramadi to hand out leaflets about the election. Loudspeakers mounted on Humvees urged waiting motorists to participate and “stand against the terrorists” instead of boycotting the poll. One of the fliers provided information about how the polls would be conducted, advising people about which identification documents would be accepted when they came to vote, and warning them not to bring weapons, mobile phones or handbags anywhere near polling stations."
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GettyImages.com photographer Joe Raedle has several new photos of soldiers in Ramadi dated Jan 16-24.
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Other articles from the region:
- LA Times (reg req'd): U.S. Commander Says 2005 Goal Is to Reduce Troops
- LA Times (reg req'd): Election Is Looking Up for Allawi
- NY Times (reg req'd): Balking at Vote, Sunnis Seek Role on Constitution
- NY Times (reg req'd): General Says the Current Plan Is to Maintain 120,000 Soldiers in Iraq Through 2006
- Washington Post (reg req'd): Army Plans To Keep Iraq Troop Level Through '06
- Boston Globe: Iraq election logistics juggle politics, fear
- Christian Science Monitor: Iraq battens down for vote
- Chicago Tribune (via Yahoo news): Fear eroding Iraqis' resolve to vote
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WOOD TV, MI and the Traverse City Record Eagle, MI, report on a wounded 2nd BCT soldier. Pfc. Derrick Harden, of the 1-503rd, was severly wounded after a roadside bomb attack on 1.17.2005. His humvee hit an I.E.D. while responding to another bomb explosion in Ramadi. He had one leg amputated below the knee, and is presently at walter Reed hospital undergoing treatment for multiple broken bones and shrapnel wounds. His wounds will require major reconstructive surgery. According to his mother, Pfc. Harden awoke from a week-long coma on 1.24.2005 and is breathing without assistance, but does not yet know what happened. His family is presently in route to Washington to be with him.
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A Multi-National Force Iraq news release reports that "Combined operations by U.S. Soldiers from the 2nd Brigade Combat Team[...] and Iraqi Security Forces seized an AK-47, five cell phones, approximately $42,000, various foreign currencies equivalent to approximately $72,000 and eight detainees in a series of raids on Jan. 24 in Ramadi. Meanwhile, Marines and Soldiers from the 1st Marine Division of the I Marine Expeditionary Force detained 23 suspected insurgents and discovered several weapons caches during operations throughout Al Anbar Province over the last 48 hours." A list of confiscated weapons and munitions is also provided.
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The Institute for War and Peace Reporting has an article on the "dim election prospects" in Ramadi. According to the article, local citizens have expressed three primary reasons for not voting:
1) "some are following a call by the Association of Muslim Scholars, an influential Sunni clerical group, not to take part".
2) some view the election as a "farce" that is orchestrated by the U.S.
3) Some fear for their safety.
Other observations in the article:
- There is currently a 3 p.m to 11 p.m. curfew in Ramadi.
- "US troops control most of the main streets in the city, and roads leading into the city have been blocked"
- "On January 24, US soldiers began a makeshift voter education programme, setting up a checkpoint on the Baghdad road outside Ramadi to hand out leaflets about the election. Loudspeakers mounted on Humvees urged waiting motorists to participate and “stand against the terrorists” instead of boycotting the poll. One of the fliers provided information about how the polls would be conducted, advising people about which identification documents would be accepted when they came to vote, and warning them not to bring weapons, mobile phones or handbags anywhere near polling stations."
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GettyImages.com photographer Joe Raedle has several new photos of soldiers in Ramadi dated Jan 16-24.
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Other articles from the region:
- LA Times (reg req'd): U.S. Commander Says 2005 Goal Is to Reduce Troops
- LA Times (reg req'd): Election Is Looking Up for Allawi
- NY Times (reg req'd): Balking at Vote, Sunnis Seek Role on Constitution
- NY Times (reg req'd): General Says the Current Plan Is to Maintain 120,000 Soldiers in Iraq Through 2006
- Washington Post (reg req'd): Army Plans To Keep Iraq Troop Level Through '06
- Boston Globe: Iraq election logistics juggle politics, fear
- Christian Science Monitor: Iraq battens down for vote
- Chicago Tribune (via Yahoo news): Fear eroding Iraqis' resolve to vote
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