Articles 6.10.2005

The Home News Tribune, NJ, has an article on Pfc. Louis Niedermeier, of the 2-17th, who was killed in Ramadi on 6.1.2005. According to his parents, Pfc Neidermeier decided to join the Army on the day of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. At the time, he was 17 years old, and his parents made him wait to enlist until he was 18. Pfc Neidermeier will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery on 6.17.2005. The "MJ Morning Show", FL, is soliciting donations for Pfc. Niedermeier's family.
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globalsecurity.org has a report on IEDs in Iraq. Included in the report is map of all the IED attacks between Baghdad and Ramadi "as of mid-May 2004," well before the 2nd BCT arrived, but indicative of the likely pattern. Presumably, the distribution of points has likely densified along those corridors.
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Other articles from the region:
- Reuters: Iraq Sunnis reject compromise on constitution body
- USA Today: Iraq has forced Army to reorganize on the go
- NY Times (reg req'd): As Africans Join Iraqi Insurgency, U.S. Counters With Military Training in Their Lands
- LA Times (reg req'd): NATO to Expand Training of Iraqis
- Boston Globe: Insurgency seen forcing change in Iraq strategy
- Washington Post (reg req'd): Building Iraq's Army: Mission Improbable