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03/30/2005
Iraq
chat with John E. Mulligan
John Mulligan :My impression from the soldiers,
Marines and airmen that I met is that their needs fall into these three categories:
03/29/2005
Cautionary
tale on Iraq, courtesy of an Easter egg
ALI AL SALEM AIR BASE, Kuwait -- It is Easter night
in a tent in the desert on the Arabian Peninsula and, amazingly, the chocolate
egg is here.
03/28/2005
Army
leader offers upbeat outlook for Iraq's future
MOSUL, Iraq -- The commander of American forces
in the Persian Gulf said yesterday that he is "cautiously optimistic" about
prospects for Iraq's emerging democracy.
Easter
Sunday celebrated in a former Saddam palace
Easter Sunday sunrise in Baghdad was a scene fraught
with irony and cultural dissonance.
03/27/2005
Marines:
Fallujah turned war for U.S.
CAMP FALLUJAH, Iraq -- The commander of the Marine force that drove Iraqi insurgents from Fallujah last fall declared yesterday that the town will become a model for how democracy can take hold in Iraq.
Father, son serve together in Iraq
BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq -- When Sgt. Vincent Micucci was a little boy in Pearl Harbor, he would stand on the pier and wave goodbye to the sailor who was his father.
03/26/2005
R.I.
troops, Reed report: Iraqi forces improving
BAGHDAD -- When Capt. Glenn Colby's unit of the Rhode Island National Guard arrived in Iraq almost a year ago, one of its first jobs was to protect the 150-man force at the police station in nearby Al Karkh.
Familiar
face oversees troop movements
First in line to greet Sen. Jack Reed when he arrived late Thursday night in Doha, Qatar, was U.S. Ambassador Chase Untermeyer. Second was a transplanted Rhode Islander, Col. Michael G. Cheston, a Marine reservist and intelligence officer by...
03/25/2005
In
return to Iraq, Reed seeking signs of progress
DOHA, Qatar -- Sen. Jack Reed and Army Gen. John
Abizaid, the top U.S. military commander in the Persian Gulf, are in Iraq to
spend Easter weekend touring bases to see firsthand how the war is going.
Share messages with American troops around the globe.
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