Articles 4.9.2005
The Santa Cruz Sentinel has an article on a California memorial service held for Staff Sgt. Jason Hendrix, of the 1-9th, who was killed in Ramadi on 2.16.2005. SSG Hendrix was buried last week in Oklahoma. Nearly 100 friends and relatives attended the memorial service at a local VFW. On that February day, two roadside bombs hit a pair of Bradley Fighting Vehicles. After SSG Hendrix assisted and accounted for all of his soldiers, a third bomb exploded, killing him. The family found out three weeks after his death that he "had fallen in love with a Kurdish woman in Iraq, a woman who had served as an Army interpreter." According to the article, the "ceremony that was marked by nothing but good memories of [SSG Hendrix]: His affable spirit, his willingness to put others before himself; his obsession for always maintaining an impeccable appearance; his unshakable faith in God and family."
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The Olney Daily Mail, IL, has an article on a care package program initiated by Emergency Medical Service workers during National EMS Week. According to the article, the packages with be send to medics in the 503rd.
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An Associated Press article reports on protests held around Iraq. Thousands of Shiites who back the cleric Muqtada al-Sadr protested against the U.S. military presence in Baghdad on the 2 year anniversery of the fall of Baghdad. In Ramadi, "thousands of protestors demonstrated in the al-Sufayaa neighborhood and at Anbar University, demanding that U.S.-led coalition forces set a withdrawal date." Protests were also held in other cities.
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Blackanthem.com has an article on Iraqi forces. Approximately 700 predominantly Sunni soldiers recruited into the Iraqi National Guard in Ramadi have been sent for additional training, and will be merged into units of the Iraqi Army. According to the article, "Approximately 40,000 ING Soldiers will become part of the Iraqi Army as a result of actions initiated at the Ministry of Defense earlier this year."
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Other articles from the region:
- LA Times (reg req'd): Projects in Iraq to Be Reevaluated
- Reuters: Iraq's President Expects Constitution by August
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The Olney Daily Mail, IL, has an article on a care package program initiated by Emergency Medical Service workers during National EMS Week. According to the article, the packages with be send to medics in the 503rd.
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An Associated Press article reports on protests held around Iraq. Thousands of Shiites who back the cleric Muqtada al-Sadr protested against the U.S. military presence in Baghdad on the 2 year anniversery of the fall of Baghdad. In Ramadi, "thousands of protestors demonstrated in the al-Sufayaa neighborhood and at Anbar University, demanding that U.S.-led coalition forces set a withdrawal date." Protests were also held in other cities.
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Blackanthem.com has an article on Iraqi forces. Approximately 700 predominantly Sunni soldiers recruited into the Iraqi National Guard in Ramadi have been sent for additional training, and will be merged into units of the Iraqi Army. According to the article, "Approximately 40,000 ING Soldiers will become part of the Iraqi Army as a result of actions initiated at the Ministry of Defense earlier this year."
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Other articles from the region:
- LA Times (reg req'd): Projects in Iraq to Be Reevaluated
- Reuters: Iraq's President Expects Constitution by August
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