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Another Hot Day No movements out on the roads today we stayed in. Not much to say about the roads except that they have continued to remain as dangerous as ever. Had time to read through what's happening around us. Sorry, about this but I think it's important and the national figures for Iraqi citizens and insurgents are unfortunately not accessible on a daily basis. Follow me then... Casualties to Date (From "The Stars & Strips): US: 3,055 British: 168 Italy: 33 Ukraine: 18 Poland: 21 Bulgaria: 13 Spain: 11 Denmark: 7 El Salvador: 5 Slovkia: 4 Latvia: 3 Estonia, Netherlands, Thailand: 2 Australia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Romaina, South Korea: 1 Baghdad - Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has ordered a six-month suspension of activities by his Mahdi Army militia in order to reorganize the force, and it will no longer attack U.S. and coalition troops, aides said Wednesday. Full story here: http://friendfinder.com Did you know that the Union forces in the American Civil War delt with insurgents in a most cruel and merciless way; depopulating whole counties and removing all belongings, livestock, crops and burining thier homes to the ground. Specifically rebel supporters in support of William Clark Quantrill of "Quantrill's Raiders" In an excellent article "The Essence of War", written by Timothy Birdnow, you can find some interesting facts about how Americans have delt successfully with insurgent activities in the past http://friendfinder.com tualconservative .com/2007/ 08/29/the- essence-of- war/ Staff Sgt.Brandon Zylstra of the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment earns the "Silver Star" http://friendfinder.com wordpress. com/2007/ 08/17/504th- pir-paratrooper- earns-sil Inquiry Board Recommends Dismissal A military investigator has recommended dismissing all charges against a Marine Corps infantryman accused of killing Iraqi civilians, including womenm and , in a house-to-house raid in Haditha in late 2005. The infantryman, Lance Cpl. Stephen B. Tatum, was charged in December with unpremeditated murder of two people and negligent homicide in the deaths of four others near the site of a roadside bomb attack on a Marine convoy. The dead were among 24 people who Marine prosecutors said were civilians killed by three members of a Marine squadron after the bomb attack, which killed a lance corporal, on Nov. 19, 2005. But in his report yesterday to the general who will decide whether to pursue a case against Lance Corporal Tatum, the lawyer who presided over a hearing of the evidence recommended dropping all charges because of insufficient evidence to show that he acted outside the rules of engagement. "LCpl. Tatum shot and killed people in houses 1 and 2," wrote the marine lawyer, Lt. Col. Paul J. Ware, "but the reason he did so was because of his training and the circumstances he was placed in, and not to exact revenge and commit murder." Lance Corporal Tatum is one of three enlisted marines charged with murder in the case. Last month, Colonel Ware recommended dropping charges against another of the marines, Lance Cpl. Justin L. Sharratt. http://friendfinder.com .com/ top/reference/ timestopics/ people/z/ paul_von_ zielb auer/index.html? inline=nyt- per> von ZIELBAUER I'm trying to find those good life stories but they are very low on the income producing spectrum. I did find the other day and excellent local military paper that described some of the projects being done in thier area, so, hopefully I'll be able to bring you some of those. So long for today these were the most intersting hope you find them so. Mirin123 
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FF won't let you post URLs, you have to disguise them a little to get them past the auto-censor. Welcome to the bloggyverse m9.
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