Articles 2.3.2005
The Washington Post (via Yahoo news) has an article on the difficulties families are facing in gaining access to e-mail and other on-line resources of servicemen and women killed in Iraq. One of the cases cited is from the family of Spc. Michael Smith, of the 1-503rd, who was killed in Ramadi on 1.11.2005. Spc. Smith posted to a personal blog on the livejournal.com service, from which each user may have a public and private section. The family has been unable to gain access to some of the data, but the blog has been left on-line as a tribute (www.livejournal.com/users/wolfmoon98). His most recent post, dated 1.3.2005, has almost 800 comments, mostly from strangers expressing their condolences. Note: the blog link is posted here only after Spc. Smith's brother left a comment thanking everyone who left notes.
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The Institute for War and Peace Reporting has an article on citizens in Ramadi claiming they were coerced to vote. The article cites two citizens who "said they felt that raids conducted by US troops prior to the election were part of an effort to force people to go to the polls." According to the article, "Such is the level of suspicion about the election that while some are alleging that Sunni voters were pressured to vote against their will, others are claiming there was a concerted effort to stop them going to the polls."
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A couple of recent incidents are mentioned in Ramadi. The Associated Press reports that "The governor of Anbar province, a rebel stronghold west of the capital, escaped assassination Thursday when a roadside bomb exploded near his car in Ramadi." A separate Associated Press article indicates that two men were killed by insurgents in Ramadi, with a "note tucked into the shirt of one of the men [that] claimed the two were Iraqi National Guardsmen."
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Other articles from the region:
- NY Times (reg req'd): Low Voting Rate Risks Isolation for Sunni Iraqis
- Washington Post (reg req'd): Iraqi Refugees Overwhelm Syria
- Washington Post (reg req'd): Sunni Clerics Offer Their Cooperation
- Associated Press: Iraqi leaders court Sunnis
- AFP: Final vote count progresses in Iraq
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The Institute for War and Peace Reporting has an article on citizens in Ramadi claiming they were coerced to vote. The article cites two citizens who "said they felt that raids conducted by US troops prior to the election were part of an effort to force people to go to the polls." According to the article, "Such is the level of suspicion about the election that while some are alleging that Sunni voters were pressured to vote against their will, others are claiming there was a concerted effort to stop them going to the polls."
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A couple of recent incidents are mentioned in Ramadi. The Associated Press reports that "The governor of Anbar province, a rebel stronghold west of the capital, escaped assassination Thursday when a roadside bomb exploded near his car in Ramadi." A separate Associated Press article indicates that two men were killed by insurgents in Ramadi, with a "note tucked into the shirt of one of the men [that] claimed the two were Iraqi National Guardsmen."
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Other articles from the region:
- NY Times (reg req'd): Low Voting Rate Risks Isolation for Sunni Iraqis
- Washington Post (reg req'd): Iraqi Refugees Overwhelm Syria
- Washington Post (reg req'd): Sunni Clerics Offer Their Cooperation
- Associated Press: Iraqi leaders court Sunnis
- AFP: Final vote count progresses in Iraq
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