Articles 2.6.2005
WANE News reports that the city of Angola, IN, held a ceremony in honor of wounded 1-503rd soldier Pfc Matt Pederson, who suffered shrapnel wounds, burn wounds, and had his foot amputated from the 11.6.2004 suicide attack on a 7-ton truck. Pfc. Pederson received a key to the city upon his return home following two months of rehabilitation. According to the article, "He says sometime he feels down because he's not with his Infantry in Iraq. Matt will head back to DC in a few months to receive a prosthetic foot and then get discharged from the military for medical reasons."
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Embedded Stars & Stripes reporter Joseph Giordiono has an article on replacement soldiers arriving in 2nd BCT units. Replacements are selected and receive a final 30-day training session at Ft. Carson. The first arrived in January. The article quotes one replacement for the 1-9th Infantry, 2nd Lt. John Sommervold, and mentions that the 1-503rd, which has suffered the most casualties in the brigade, received 28 replacements last week.
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LA Times (via the Seattle Times) reporter Tony Perry, who has been with the 2/5 Marines in Ramadi during the elections, describes a variety of overheard Marine conversations.
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Clashes are mentioned in Ramadi: Australian Sunday Times reports that "In Iraq, 16 people were killed in a string of ambushes and clashes, including a tribal leader, one of three people gunned down in fighting between insurgents and US troops near the restive Sunni stronghold of Ramadi."The Associated Press indicates that "Eight bodies were found Saturday in Anbar province -- five in Ramadi and three in the town of Baghdadi -- and residents said they were believed to be Iraqis who worked for the Americans or Iraqi security services."
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Other news from the region:
- AFP: Iraq Sunnis demand US exit timetable as price for rejoining mainstream
- US News & World Report: U.S. special operations forces are turning Iraqi soldiers into well-trained commandos
- NPR audio story: Readiness of Iraqi Security Forces Debated
- NY Times (reg req'd): Results Show Islamic Parties Surging Ahead in Iraqi Vote
- LA Times (reg req'd): Iraqi Cleric Takes Center Stage
- Washington Post (reg req'd): Top Shiite Welcomes Overtures By Sunnis
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Embedded Stars & Stripes reporter Joseph Giordiono has an article on replacement soldiers arriving in 2nd BCT units. Replacements are selected and receive a final 30-day training session at Ft. Carson. The first arrived in January. The article quotes one replacement for the 1-9th Infantry, 2nd Lt. John Sommervold, and mentions that the 1-503rd, which has suffered the most casualties in the brigade, received 28 replacements last week.
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LA Times (via the Seattle Times) reporter Tony Perry, who has been with the 2/5 Marines in Ramadi during the elections, describes a variety of overheard Marine conversations.
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Clashes are mentioned in Ramadi: Australian Sunday Times reports that "In Iraq, 16 people were killed in a string of ambushes and clashes, including a tribal leader, one of three people gunned down in fighting between insurgents and US troops near the restive Sunni stronghold of Ramadi."The Associated Press indicates that "Eight bodies were found Saturday in Anbar province -- five in Ramadi and three in the town of Baghdadi -- and residents said they were believed to be Iraqis who worked for the Americans or Iraqi security services."
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Other news from the region:
- AFP: Iraq Sunnis demand US exit timetable as price for rejoining mainstream
- US News & World Report: U.S. special operations forces are turning Iraqi soldiers into well-trained commandos
- NPR audio story: Readiness of Iraqi Security Forces Debated
- NY Times (reg req'd): Results Show Islamic Parties Surging Ahead in Iraqi Vote
- LA Times (reg req'd): Iraqi Cleric Takes Center Stage
- Washington Post (reg req'd): Top Shiite Welcomes Overtures By Sunnis
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