Soldiers' Angels Germany (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
LTC Tim Karcher and family.Wonderful update on LTC Tim Karcher, Commander of the 1st Cavalry Division’s 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, wounded June 28 in Sadr City. 4 weeks later, after fighting for his life in Iraq, here in Germany, and at Walter Reed, the loss of both legs was the least of his problems: Karcher lost 120 pounds, dropping from his original weight...
Islamization Watch (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
Three of Iraqi's finest young men - come up to greet one of U.S.'s finest. Charlie Company of the 2-5 Cav is one of the few U.S. units still operating inside Baghdad. After June 30th, most American troops left Iraqi cities and withdrew to larger bases on the perimeters. But a limited number remain behind at smaller bases in urban areas to train and support Iraqis. Our Fox crew embedded this week with...
DVIDS RSS 2.0 Feed (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Commander of the Gulf Region District, Col. Dan Anninos, visited the Sadr City R3 Water Treatment Plant and its workers to check up on how well the plant was functioning, recently.
Law.com - Inside Opinions: Legal Bl (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
A lawyer and U.S. Army colonel who has spent much of the last two years in Baghdad on a special assignment to improve the legal rights of women was named this week to a judgeship in Massachusetts. Gov. Deval L. Patrick nominated Col. George F. Phelan to be a judge of the Probate and Family Court on the island of Nantucket. Phelan is on special assignment to the U.S. State Department as Rule of Law...
Villainous Company (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
Jules Crittenden offers an inspiring glimpse into a battle waged far from Afghanistan and Iraq: What does it mean to be a Marine when you are one of the maimed at Walter Reed on Veterans Day? “Everything,” Cpl. Peter Bagarella, 21, of Falmouth said simply. Theirs is the story of service and sacrifice behind the statistics. “This place is awesome. They gave me my eyes back,”...
Department of Defense (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
The Army Corps of Engineers has completed more than $1 billion in projects in Iraq this year, with none more critical than a new water treatment plant in Baghdad.
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
On one of his first days in America, Hussein Albayati visited the Statue of Liberty.
ABC 7 News - Latest Headlines (Free subscription) | 10/10/2009
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Examiner (Free subscription) | 10/10/2009
On one of his first days in America, Hussein Albayati visited the Statue of Liberty.
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 10/10/2009
On one of his first days in America, Hussein Albayati visited the Statue of Liberty.
Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 10/10/2009
It was the start of Albayati's remarkable journey. He moved from the squalor of Sadr City to the scenic beauty of Monterey, Calif. He went from unemployment to grueling labor at a chicken plant and construction sites to his current job as instructor at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center, located on the California coast.
Angry Arab News Service (Free subscription) | 10/08/2009
" "I never expected we'd come to this point," said Shama, the head of the Sadr City District Council. "The U.S. Army and the U.S. Embassy have abandoned us. After six years of very hard work, we're worthless. They call us agents, spies for the Americans.""
BLACKFIVE (Free subscription) | 10/02/2009
Bill Roggio notes more of the help that Iran is offering in Iraq Iraqi police detained a senior member of an Iranian-backed terror group in Sadr City in Baghdad. Paramilitary police from the National Emergency Response Brigade detained Khalid Masur Isma’il, who is also known as Abu Mustafa, during a raid in the Shia slum of Sadr City recently, the US military said in a statement. The exact date...
THE TENSION (Free subscription) | 10/02/2009
D ispatches from the Front: WASHINGTON, Oct. 1, 2009 -- Iraqi forces, with U.S. advisors, in recent days have arrested an alleged terrorist financier and recruiter, as well as five suspects in a roadside bomb network, military officials reported. In Balad, the Iraqi army's emergency response brigade arrested alleged Khitab Hezbollah financier and recruiter Khalid Masur Ismail in Baghdad's Sadr City...
The Fourth Rail (Free subscription) | 10/01/2009
A Hezbollah Brigades financier and recruiter was captured by Iraqi paramilitary police in Sadr City. The US continues to release Iranian-backed terrorists.
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