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No. 248-08 March 28, 2008 DoD Identifies Army Casualty
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Staff Sgt. Joseph D. Gamboa, 34, of Yigo, Guam, died March 25th of wounds suffered when he came under indirect fire in Baghdad, Iraq. He was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, Vilseck, Germany. For more information media may contact the U.S. Army, Europe, public affairs office at 011-49-6221-57-5816 or 8694, or email: http://www2.blogger.com/ocpa.pi@eur.army.mil.
No. 243-08 March 26, 2008 DoD Identifies Army Casualties
The Department of Defense announced today the death of four soldiers who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. They died March 24th in Baghdad, Iraq, from wounds suffered when their vehicle encountered an improvised explosive on March 23rd. They were assigned to the 4th Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.
Killed were: Pvt. George Delgado, 21, of Palmdale, Calif. Staff Sgt. Christopher M. Hake, 26, of Enid, Okla. Pfc. Andrew J. Habsieger, 22, of Festus, Mo. Spc. Jose A. Rubio Hernandez, 24, of Mission, Texas.
For more information media may contact the Fort Stewart public affairs office at (912) 767-2479.
Iraqi Forces... Loyal Shi’ite Cleric Moqtada al-Sadr Militants Clash in Basra Wednesday, March 26, 2008 *****************
Iran is Shi’ite - al Qaeda is Sunni
With the success of the U.S. Surge... one can safely say al Qaeda in Iraq has been given a massive blow and is now on the run and almost out. With that said... one can also say that it is now Iran’s turn to be forced out of Iraq and out of its fragile government.
So let it be said today... that this new major operation, by the Iraqi Army mind you, in the southern oil-export city of Basra... could very well be the defining battle against the Shi'ite militias in Iraq. AubreyJ.........
**************************** Let’s see how the MSM
is reporting Day Two of this ongoing battle...
* International Herald Tribune... Militants loyal to Shi’ite Cleric Moqtada al-Sadr clashed with Iraqi security forces in Basra and Baghdad for a second day on Wednesday in fighting that has killed more than 50 people and wounded hundreds... The fighting between government forces and Sadr's followers has spread to other towns in the south where Sadr wields wide influence, as a ceasefire he imposed on his Mehdi Army militia last August unraveled... Read this report in full atIHT.com
* MEtimes.com... ... Police said 218 militiamen had been detained since the launch early Tuesday of the security sweep, which has been codenamed Saulat al-Fursan (Charge of the Knights) and is being overseen personally by Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki... Fighting Rages for Control of Oil-Hub Basra
* RFERL.org... ... The operation in Al-Basrah looks like a bold display of force by the Iraqi government. It could signal the government's increasing assertiveness as it takes over greater security responsibilities from the British, who handed much of the governorate over last year. The operation was planned and carried out entirely by the Iraqi military -- aside from some air cover by multinational forces -- and it could provide a crucial test of the government's ability to stand on its own... Success could hand Iraqi Prime Minister al-Maliki and his beleaguered government a major political victory. Critics have maligned Al-Maliki as a weak and ineffectual leader, and a decisive victory in Al-Basrah could strengthen his position in the eyes of Iraqis and the broader Arab world... Iraq: Al-Basrah Clashes Could Prove Ominous
* Gulf-Daily-News.com... Shi'ite radical leader Moqtada Al Sadr yesterday [Wednesday] called for talks to end the crisis in Basra as his militiamen fought new deadly battles with Iraqi forces in the southern port city and other Shi'ite areas... More than 80 people died and hundreds wounded in the fighting, including 20 killed in Sadr City, centered on the southern oil hub of Basra and parts of Baghdad where Sadr's followers hold sway, and spreading to the towns of Hilla, Kut and Diwaniya in the south... Sadr calls for talks as 80 die
********************************** * Fighting Erupts in Critical Iraqi Oil City *
About this News Video: Fighting in Basra and around Iraq is on the rise as followers of anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr take to the streets. (March 26) News Video posted on YouTube byAssociatedPress ******************************************
> Jason at the Blog,PoliGazette, put up a good post today and it starts off like this...Heavy fighting has broken out in the southern Iraqi city of Basra and naturally many among the anti-war left are joyfully claiming vindication at what they see as the impending failure of the “surge”, linking it yet again to their own domestic partisan obsessions. What these thoroughly predictable ideologues overlook, however, is who is really doing the fighting—Iraqis... Silver Lining
Watch Space Shuttle Endeavour Landing * LIVE this evening * On NASA TELEVISION Wednesday evening, March 26, 2008
Image above: Space shuttle Endeavour's second landing opportunity at Kennedy Space Center, Fla., occurs on orbit 249. Image Credit: NASA *****************
1st Landing Attempt at 6:05pm CDT Delayed Next Opportunity at 7:39pm CDT
Unstable weather in the Kennedy Space Center area forced flight controllers to pass on STS-123’s first landing opportunity.
The Spaceflight Meteorology Group continues to monitor weather conditions at and around the Shuttle Landing Facility at the Florida spaceport.
If flight controllers give STS-123 the go-ahead to land on the second opportunity, Orbit 249, Commander Dominic Gorie and Pilot Gregory H. Johnson will fire Endeavour’s thrusters at 6:33pm CDT to begin the descent to Florida for a landing at 7:39pm CDT. UPDATE:6:40pm CDT Space Shuttle Endeavour Coming Home!!! Space shuttle Endeavour has fired its engines, slowing it enough to drop out of orbit. Commander Dominic Gorie and Pilot Gregory H. Johnson are guiding the shuttle on its descent to Kennedy Space Center, Fla., where it is scheduled to land at 7:39pm CDT...
Info taken from the NASA.gov website ****************************
No. 240-08 March 26, 2008 Soldier Missing in Action from the Korean War is Identified
TheDepartment of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office announced today that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, missing in action from the Korean War, have been identified and will be returned to his family for burial with full military honors.
He is: U.S. Army Sgt. Harry J. Laurence of Cleveland, Ohio. He will be buried April 9 in Arlington National Cemetery near Washington, D.C.
Representatives from the Army met with Laurence's next-of-kin to explain the recovery and identification process, and to coordinate interment with military honors on behalf of the secretary of the Army.
Laurence was a member of L Company, 31st Infantry Regiment, then making up the 31st Regimental Combat Team (RCT), 7th Infantry Division. The team was engaged against the Chinese People's Volunteer Forces near the Chosin Reservoir, North Korea, from Nov. 27-Dec. 11, 1950. The unit was forced to retreat to the south due to intense enemy fire. Laurence was among many soldiers reported missing in action.
In 2001, joint U.S. and Democratic People's Republic of Korea teams, led by the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC), conducted two excavations of a mass grave near the Chosin Reservoir. The site correlates closely with defensive positions held by the 31st RCT at the time of the Chinese attacks. The teams recovered remains believed to be those of 11 U.S. servicemen. Analysis of the remains subsequently led to the identifications of three individuals, including Laurence.
Among other forensic identification tools and circumstantial evidence, scientists from JPAC also used dental comparisons in Laurence's identification.
For additional information on the Defense Department's mission to account for missing Americans, visit the DPMO Web site at http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo or call (703) 699-1169.
No. 239-08 March 26, 2008 DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Lance Cpl. Dustin L. Canham, 21, of Lake Stevens, Wash., died March 23rd from a non-hostile incident in Djibouti.He was assigned to Marine Forces Reserve's 6th Engineer Support Battalion, 4th Marine Logistics Group, Portland, Ore. The incident is under investigation. Media with questions about this Marine can contact the Marine Forces Reserve public affairs office at (504) 678-6539.
Fighting Rages Across Iraq as Battles Erupt with Mahdi Army Tuesday, March 25, 2008 .... Fighting erupted today in the southern oil-export city of Basra where Iraqi forces have launched a major crackdown on the Muqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi Army...
. *PBS.org has this troubling report out on the story and it starts off like this...Iraqi police and soldiers battled Muqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi fighters Tuesday for control of key neighborhoods in Basra, the country's second-largest city, as the radical Shiite cleric threatened a countrywide campaign of civil revolt... Read this report in full HERE
************************************* * As CBS News' Sharyl Attkisson reports,Hillary Clinton's 1996 visit to war-torn Bosnia wasn't quite the harrowing experience that she recounted in a campaign speech last week. While campaign "embellishments" aren’t exactly a novel part of politics, their unveiling can be especially damaging when it involves the underlying argument a candidate is selling... Read this news article in full at CBSNews.com
* CNN.com reports it this way...Senator Hillary Clinton said she "misspoke" last week when she gave a dramatic description of her arrival in Bosnia 12 years ago, recounting a landing under sniper fire... Clinton says she 'misspoke' about sniper fire
News video posted on YouTube bykitchenfloorconflict *********************************** My take is this... President Bush did NOT lie about the Iraq War like you Dems have preached, with passion I might add, over and over again.
Now... if you want to KNOW what a flat-out lie is... well... this is a perfect example!
MISSPOKE MY BUTT!!! AubreyJ.........
Another thought... We KNOW what thecomedian Sinbadhad to say about all of this, (being he and Cheryl Crow were both with Hillary during this trip,) but we have not heard a word out of Cheryl Crow as of yet...
No. 248-08 March 28, 2008
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