Articles 4.8.2005

The San Diego Tribune has an article on a a group of friends and families that have led several care package efforts of Marines affiliated with Camp Pendleton. Among the efforts: "For Valentines Day, Martinez and a group of volunteers sent care packages with hundreds of home-baked cookies to two companies in the 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Division." The group also assembled goodie-bags that were placed on pillows for returning Marines.
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An Army News Service Story reports on the arrival in Iraq of "35 remotely-operated weapons for mounting on top of Humvees," called Common Remotely Operated Weapon Stations, or CROWS. According to the article "four CROWS were issued to 2nd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division from Ar Ramadi."
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Reuters reports that the bodies of 11 Iraqis who had been killed were found in the town of Muhammadiya, west of Ramadi. "Police and a hospital official said the victims had worked at an American military base."
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Other articles from the region:
- BBC: Shia named as Iraq prime minister
- LA Times (reg req'd): After Weeks of Arguing, Iraq's New Premier Named
- LA Times (reg req'd): Army May Shorten Tours in Iraq and Afghanistan
- Christian Science Monitor: Thorny issues loom for Iraq leaders
- Christian Science Monitor: Iraq is becoming 'free fraud' zone
- Washington Post: Talabani Offers Amnesty to Insurgents
- Washington Post: An Old U.S. Foe Rises Again in Iraq