I Want My HD-DVD

Paramount Home Entertainment on Sunday staked out the middle ground in the format wars that have seen most major studios, high-tech vendors, and consumer electronics companies pick a side in the HD-DVD versus Blu-ray optical technology war.
Good read today at RedHerring.com ‘Paramount Splits DVD Choice’
AubreyJ says: I WANT MY HD-DVD!!!

Progress Being Made in Iraq

“There's a large and growing movement across the Middle East that's clamoring for democratic-style government and reforms. Therefore, the Sunnis likely will participate in Iraq's new political process.”
Army Gen. John Abizaid
October 02, 2005
"Progress is being made" in Iraq, Abizaid said on the NBC's Sunday television talk show Meet the Press.
Read more by Gerry J. Gilmore at DoD ‘American Forces Press Service’

Abu Azzam to Zarqawi-- move Arab fighters to the countries they came from

Interior Minister Bayan Jabor said documents found with Abu Azzam signaled a plan to send foreign Arab Sunni militants back home to widen the battlefield beyond Iraq.
Great read on this at ABC NEWSONLINE: Militants to 'spread out' after Iraq training

Tom Delay and Arnold Schwarzenegger

What does Tom Delay and Arnold Schwarzenegger have in common???
I’ll be BACK!!!
(Sorry-- couldn’t resist myself!!!)
AubreyJ………

Photo for the Day- October 01, 2005

A picturesque, nighttime skyline view of New Orleans, La., from aboard Military Sealift Command Hospital Ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) as the ship floats up the Mississippi River Sept. 28, 2005. Comfort is positioned to assist in the relief effort in the aftermath of both Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita. The Navy's involvement in the humanitarian assistance operations are led by the Federal Emergency Management Agency in conjunction with the Department of Defense. (Courtesty of DoD)
U.S. Navy photo by Hospital Corpsman 3rd class Melissa Haggerty

IRAQ: Operation Iron Fist begins

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Operation Iron Fist begins
CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, AR RAMADI, Iraq

A force of approximately 1,000 Marines, Soldiers and Sailors from Regimental Combat Team-2 launched an operation against a known terrorist sanctuary in the western al Anbar province town of Sadah, in the al Qaim region approximately 12 km. from the Syrian border.

Operation Kabda Bil Hadid, or Iron Fist in English, began in the early morning hours in order to root out al Qaeda in Iraq terrorists operating in the area and to disrupt terrorist support systems in and around the city.

For the past several months, terrorists within Sadah have escalated their intimidation and murder campaign against the local populace and city government officials. The resulting effect was an increased ability to move freely within the area and a base for them to launch attacks against innocent civilians, Iraqi Security forces and Coalition forces.

By interdicting foreign fighters flowing in from the Syrian border, the operation will also serve as a way to provide security for the upcoming referendum.

As with all coalition operations, strict measures are taken to prevent civilian casualties and unnecessary collateral damage to property.
More information will be released as it becomes available.
(Taken from Press Release by MNF-Iraq Combined Press Information Center)

AubreyJ says: It has been said by some… that this is the area that Abu Musab al-Zarqawi holds up in. God I hope they get that SOB this round… I’ll also add that sooner than later-- we’re going to have to go across that boarder and clean some house…

U.S.-led coalition must not falter or fade in Iraq

“The choice we face in Iraq is, thus, stark. If we quit now, we will abandon Iraq's democrats at their time of greatest need. We will embolden every enemy of liberty and democracy across the Middle East. We will destroy any chance that the people of this region have of building a future of hope and opportunity. And we will make America more vulnerable. If we abandon future generations in the Middle East to despair and terror, we also condemn future generations in the United States to insecurity and fear.”
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
September 30, 2005
Read transcript of Rice's remarks when she was at Princeton University: ‘USINFO.STATE.GOV’

Bombs go off in Indonesian resort island of Bali

Some western tourists were feared among the dead after a series of bombings rocked the Indonesian resort island Bali today. Officials in Bali say this is definitely the work of Terrorists.
The last I saw was 19 Dead and 51 Wounded.
More on this topic below:
>> Evening Star ‘Three bombs rock Bali’
UPDATE: 2:45pm EDT............
>> AlertNet.org ‘Three bomb attacks rock Indonesia's Bali, 25 dead’