Articles 5.31.2005
Several articles on Memorial Day Services pay tribute to fallen 2nd BCT soldiers:
- The Seattle Post-Intelligencer indicates that 28 names have been engraved onto the state of Washington's Garden of Remembrance wall at Benaroya Hall, including Pfc. Andrew Ward of the 44th Engineers, who was killed in Ramadi on 12.5.2004, and SSG Kyle Eggers of the 1-506th, who was killed in Habbaniyah on 12.5.2004. Several of Pfc Ward's family members attended the ceremony and were quoted in the article.
- The South Florida Sun-Sentinel reports on a West Palm Beach Memorial Day service. One attendee quoted is the mother of Pfc. Chassan S. Henry, of the 1-9th, who was killed in Ramadi on 2.25.2005. One quote: "Being among so many veterans, the mother said she felt at home and not alone. "It's comforting to know people care and that he didn't die in vain and was forgotten," she said." In a longer article in the paper, Pfc Henry's mother shares recollections of her sons life and they day she learned of his death.
- The Columbus Dispatch has an article on an Ohio business who made a memorial tribute of crosses for each Ohio soldier killed in this war, including Pfc. Nicolas E. Messmer, of the 1-506th, who was killed in Khalidiyah on 5.8.2005.
- The Denver Post features immigrant Soldiers who have been killed in Iraq. One Soldier featured is Pfc. Jesus Fonseca, of the 1-503rd, who was killed in Ramadi on 1.17.2005. Pfc Fonseca, a native of Mexico, received a posthumous citizenship. The article indicates that "There are some 37,000 immigrant soldiers serving in the U.S. armed forces, up from 28,000 five years ago."
- A Santa Maria Times article on fallen Servicemen in the area includes Cpl. Garry Wesley Tan Rimes, of the 1/5 Marines, who was killed in Ramadi on 4.1.2005.
- The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (reg req'd) has an article on 1st Lt. Tyler Brown, of the 1-9th, who was killed in Ramadi on 9.14.2004. His family has set up a scholarship at Georgia Tech in his name.
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KRDO News, CO, reports that 100 Soldiers of the 2nd BCT are due to arrive at Ft Carson today. The brief article gives no other details on the composition or duties of this advance party.
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A Marine Corps news article follows a patrol of the 1/5 Marines in Ramadi as they hand out candy and toys to Iraqi children.
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Knight Ridder News has an article on the struggles of the Anbar University in Ramadi. The campus traditionally supported 8,000 students. 800 of those have dropped out in the last year. The Agricultural College is now a U.S. Army base (previously reported to be Camp Corregidor). Up to 30 students remain in U.S. custody. The University president was kidnapped and released after a ransom was paid, and insurgents have kidnapped additional students and allegedly recruited on campus. Through all of its troubles, the university remains open and students continue to face the daily dangers. One quote from an official in the Ministry of Higher Education: "there's no choice but to keep the university open to students so desperate for an education that they'll risk death in hopes of a future that lifts them from Iraq's vast unemployment problem, which is blamed for fueling the insurgency." Time Magazine also has a feature on escalating violence at the Iraqi Universities.
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Reuters reports that the governer of the Anbar Province has been found dead, apparently a collatoral victim of a firefight between his insurgent captors and US forces in the town of Rawa (43 miles from Al Qaim in western Anbar). Previous reports that he had been released appear to have been incorrect.
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An AFP photographer in Ramadi published a few photos of "a protest in Ramadi. Iraqis demonstrated against the arrests of religious and tribal leaders." One of the pictures shows a Humvee on patrol passing the protest.
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Reuters reports that the UN is moving 3100 Iranian Kurd refugees from the Al Tash refugee camp near Ramadi (which has been a refugee camp since the 1980s) to a separate camp near Sulaimaniya in northern Iraq. According to the article, "Refugees have endured chronic insecurity and cuts in electricity, water supplies and medical care, UNHCR says. Its local staff have been only able to make sporadic visits." 3200 refugees fled Al Tash for the northern regionl last November following attacks by insurgents. (Media reports in January featured 2nd BCT units providing aid to the refugee camp).
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Other articles from the region:
- NY Times (reg req'd): Facing Chaos, Iraqi Doctors Are Quitting
- LA Times (reg req'd): Long Jailings Anger Iraqis
- NY Times (reg req'd): Iraqi Offensive Met by Wave of New Violence From Insurgents
- Associated Press: Sunni leader mistakenly arrested
- LA Times (reg req'd): Risk of Civil War Spreads Fear Across Nation
- Multi-National Force-Iraq: Operation New Market ends in Haditha
- Washington Post (reg req'd): Allawi Plans for a Secular Iraq
- Washington Post (reg req'd): Iraqi Forces Begin Major Sweep in Baghdad
- The Seattle Post-Intelligencer indicates that 28 names have been engraved onto the state of Washington's Garden of Remembrance wall at Benaroya Hall, including Pfc. Andrew Ward of the 44th Engineers, who was killed in Ramadi on 12.5.2004, and SSG Kyle Eggers of the 1-506th, who was killed in Habbaniyah on 12.5.2004. Several of Pfc Ward's family members attended the ceremony and were quoted in the article.
- The South Florida Sun-Sentinel reports on a West Palm Beach Memorial Day service. One attendee quoted is the mother of Pfc. Chassan S. Henry, of the 1-9th, who was killed in Ramadi on 2.25.2005. One quote: "Being among so many veterans, the mother said she felt at home and not alone. "It's comforting to know people care and that he didn't die in vain and was forgotten," she said." In a longer article in the paper, Pfc Henry's mother shares recollections of her sons life and they day she learned of his death.
- The Columbus Dispatch has an article on an Ohio business who made a memorial tribute of crosses for each Ohio soldier killed in this war, including Pfc. Nicolas E. Messmer, of the 1-506th, who was killed in Khalidiyah on 5.8.2005.
- The Denver Post features immigrant Soldiers who have been killed in Iraq. One Soldier featured is Pfc. Jesus Fonseca, of the 1-503rd, who was killed in Ramadi on 1.17.2005. Pfc Fonseca, a native of Mexico, received a posthumous citizenship. The article indicates that "There are some 37,000 immigrant soldiers serving in the U.S. armed forces, up from 28,000 five years ago."
- A Santa Maria Times article on fallen Servicemen in the area includes Cpl. Garry Wesley Tan Rimes, of the 1/5 Marines, who was killed in Ramadi on 4.1.2005.
- The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (reg req'd) has an article on 1st Lt. Tyler Brown, of the 1-9th, who was killed in Ramadi on 9.14.2004. His family has set up a scholarship at Georgia Tech in his name.
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KRDO News, CO, reports that 100 Soldiers of the 2nd BCT are due to arrive at Ft Carson today. The brief article gives no other details on the composition or duties of this advance party.
=========
A Marine Corps news article follows a patrol of the 1/5 Marines in Ramadi as they hand out candy and toys to Iraqi children.
=========
Knight Ridder News has an article on the struggles of the Anbar University in Ramadi. The campus traditionally supported 8,000 students. 800 of those have dropped out in the last year. The Agricultural College is now a U.S. Army base (previously reported to be Camp Corregidor). Up to 30 students remain in U.S. custody. The University president was kidnapped and released after a ransom was paid, and insurgents have kidnapped additional students and allegedly recruited on campus. Through all of its troubles, the university remains open and students continue to face the daily dangers. One quote from an official in the Ministry of Higher Education: "there's no choice but to keep the university open to students so desperate for an education that they'll risk death in hopes of a future that lifts them from Iraq's vast unemployment problem, which is blamed for fueling the insurgency." Time Magazine also has a feature on escalating violence at the Iraqi Universities.
=========
Reuters reports that the governer of the Anbar Province has been found dead, apparently a collatoral victim of a firefight between his insurgent captors and US forces in the town of Rawa (43 miles from Al Qaim in western Anbar). Previous reports that he had been released appear to have been incorrect.
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An AFP photographer in Ramadi published a few photos of "a protest in Ramadi. Iraqis demonstrated against the arrests of religious and tribal leaders." One of the pictures shows a Humvee on patrol passing the protest.
=========
Reuters reports that the UN is moving 3100 Iranian Kurd refugees from the Al Tash refugee camp near Ramadi (which has been a refugee camp since the 1980s) to a separate camp near Sulaimaniya in northern Iraq. According to the article, "Refugees have endured chronic insecurity and cuts in electricity, water supplies and medical care, UNHCR says. Its local staff have been only able to make sporadic visits." 3200 refugees fled Al Tash for the northern regionl last November following attacks by insurgents. (Media reports in January featured 2nd BCT units providing aid to the refugee camp).
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Other articles from the region:
- NY Times (reg req'd): Facing Chaos, Iraqi Doctors Are Quitting
- LA Times (reg req'd): Long Jailings Anger Iraqis
- NY Times (reg req'd): Iraqi Offensive Met by Wave of New Violence From Insurgents
- Associated Press: Sunni leader mistakenly arrested
- LA Times (reg req'd): Risk of Civil War Spreads Fear Across Nation
- Multi-National Force-Iraq: Operation New Market ends in Haditha
- Washington Post (reg req'd): Allawi Plans for a Secular Iraq
- Washington Post (reg req'd): Iraqi Forces Begin Major Sweep in Baghdad
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