Articles 5.22.2005

The Hartford County News, MD, reports on a Memorial Day service involving a 2nd BCT soldier. Capt. William Jones, of the 1-506th, was wounded in November, 2004, and is currently rehabilitating in the U.S. He is giving a talk entitled "Remembering Iraq: A Soldier's Journey" at the local Unitarian Universalist Fellowship during their Memorial Day service.
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The Battle Creek Enquirer, MI, and NY Times (reg req'd) carry articles from American citizens who were in Ramadi between 2002 and 2004. In the Enquirer article, a retired Air Force Colonel working with the Army Corps of Engineers in Iraq. He describes meeting with a Sheik from Ramadi in late 2004 who was interested in construction contracts for his tribe. He later learned that the Sheik had been killed by insurgents. The NY Times article is written by a journalist who rented an apartment for a while in Ramadi. He discusses his views on the complex composition of the Sunni Arabs in Iraq.
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Other articles from the region:
- NY Times (reg req'd): Sunni Arabs Are Uniting to Compete With Shiites
- Washington Post: Sunnis Close Mosques to Protest Killings
- Washington Post: Sunnis Step Off Political Sidelines
- AFP: Iraqis high and dry as summer inferno nears
- LA Times (reg req'd): Iraq's Sunni Arabs Seek to Unite to Build Political Clout