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Tony Blair compared the
results associated with the issue of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction to the
overall results of the war. Simultaneously with Mr. Blair's appearance at
Congress came a Washington think-tank report on Iraq, which called for much
greater urgency in reconstruction.
Report's
recommendations
- 1. Public safety must be
established in all parts of the country - Iraqis must be recruited to a
"Facility Protection Service" to guard buildings and ex-soldiers and militias
re-integrated into the new Iraqi army.
- 2. Iraqis must be brought in the
rebuilding process at every level - local councils must be linked to the new
Iraqi Governing Council, for example.
- 3. "Idle hands must be put to
work" - there should be a public works program for a start.
- 4. Decentralization is essential
- and more civilian experts, foreign if need be, must be hired to help.
- 5. "A profound change in the
Iraqi frame of mind" must be undertaken to change "suspicion to trust" - this
would include setting up a "headline news" TV channel to counter rumor and get
the message over.
- 6. The US needs to mobilize a new
international reconstruction coalition to help counter "rising
anti-Americanism".
- 7. More money must be provided
and be spent quickly - "business as usual" is not an option.
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Comment (HFY): This next BBC
news article has to be considered analysis and in my opinion close to a
somewhat biased editorial. I had trouble in extracting anything to use as a
summary. So instead I provided the points of the think-tank report also
included in the article as a cut and paste into the above summary.
The
BBC of late is behaving in ways that make me wonder if they are becoming very
skillful in what I call Impressionist News Reporting. One aspect
of Impressionist News Reporting occurs when a reporter interviews a person they
know holds the same personal/political opinions as the reporter. Let's say you
are the reporter practicing Impressionist News Reporting. As this reporter you
must appear objective, so if you want certain opinions expressed you
just interview someone that you know will best convey your opinions while you
"interview" them along making sure you ask the questions in a way that does not
show your enthusiasm for the answers you know you are going to get. This is
staged, sinister and manipulative when done on purpose. I am not saying that
the BBC does that, only that I get the impression they might be doing this.
Then there is aspect of the selective interviews. Here the reporter just
interviews people that present the same negative or critical interpretation
that closely aligns to what the reporter wants the public to hear. This latter
case is different from the former, although they are closely related. In the
former case you know what answers you are going to get. In the latter
case you are looking for those that seem supportive of your opinions through
the expression of their criticisms or approval. It is their emotive response
that you are interested in exposing to the public. Of course in the latter case
your effort at interviewing those having opinions or reactions contrary to
yours are simply minimized or altogether ignored. Again, I have of late
observed a repeating cycle of interviews where oddly enough most if not all
those interviewed had very similar opinions on the same subject. Maybe there is
some purpose the BBC has in parading interviewee after interviewee before the
public with most if not all saying essentially the same thing. Or maybe it is
just a great big coincidence and I watch their programming at the wrong time to
witness a diversity of opinion. I just find it difficult to believe there is
only one opinion to be heard. Maybe it is not the BBC's fault but I get upset
when I think an opinion is being rammed down my throat. When I hear only one
viewpoint I rapidly get this impression. This next scenario of Impressionist
News Reporting takes the cup for deceptive style. This is the interview
scenario where the very questions are loaded with implications all of
which the person being interviewed never gets a chance to adequately respond
before another loaded question rolls out of the mouth of the reporter. Here is
a far out example. The reporter says, "Mr. Smith, when you murdered your wife,
what did the lawyer give you in the way of advice?" "All right then, you
maintain you did not murder your wife but why was your sister with you during
the time of the alleged murder?" This accusative and condemning style leaves
the public with a nasty taste regarding, not the reporter, but the person being
interviewed or the representative associated with some organization or event.
Notice I am being very general here. I have not accused the BBC of doing any of
these things, I am only expressing the impression I get from watching the
televised programming.. There are very few people being interviewed that
realize they are being somewhat manipulated in this fashion, at least they
don't realize this during the interview because the style is overwhelming in
character. Similar tactics take place when publishing a report except now the
public is at the mercy of the reporter writing the report. Fortunately we have
an example of a report and you will have to judge for yourself whether any of
this techniques have been applied.. By strange coincidence it is a BBC report.
The reporting style that we give our attention to next is when you get the
manipulative tactics where implication and distortion are accomplished by
loading statements with all kinds of implications and suggestions to which
there is no interactive response to these implications and suggestions. Take
for example, the first line of the following BBC article, "Tony Blair did what
he intended to do in Washington - he switched attention, or
tried to at least, from the issue of supposed..." To me, if words
had a smell, this smells like "I'm going to get Tony Blair today." Do you
agree? Maybe I'm just paranoid. This statement has the effect on me that
although Tony Blair feels and says one thing, what the public gets as a first
impression from this below report is that Tony Blair is sneaky and not to be
trusted and the word "supposed" casts doubt on the whole WMD issue. Like I
said, this is just my impression of the statement and it reminds me of this
style we are now addressing. That does not mean the report is using that style.
I just get that impression. All that in one short sentence, clever eh? Notice
that I did not say manipulative. I called that first sentence "clever". So if
this gets by the reader and the reader takes it the same way that I did, then
the perception of the reader is already predisposed to viewing anything Tony
Blair says or does as sneaky and suspicious. Most people reading news articles
exercise a degree of faith in the report to be strictly objective. But since
this below article is the BBC version of an editorial the reporter can say
almost anything he or she wants almost any way they want as long as their
remarks are not legally defamatory. Remarks that can be taken 2 ways make the
charge of defamation difficult and any negative reaction can be written off as
paranoid. So I guess that makes me paranoid, maybe I'd better see a doctor. No
one at the BBC would use these styles. What's wrong with me wondering as I do
that they might be using these techniques. I personally don't know where this
reporter got their crystal ball mind reading experience from. We see this in
the statement, "Tony Blair did what he intended to do in Washington". But the
context and the way the statement is made, shelters the reporter from being
defamatory or claiming to be a mind reader, which he certainly is not. Notice
that I said the reporter is not a mind reader. So I am not accusing him of
reading Tony Blair's mind. Sounds innocent enough but most people would
unconsciously take this to mean that Tony Blair had a secret agenda of
manipulating those in Washington, which he successfully accomplished. And
finally there is the indignant reporter scenario where the reporter actually
accuses the person being interviewed but does so as a loaded question that sets
most people being interviewed off guard and into a defensive mode which makes
them look guilty. There is an old story that has been around for ever that
those that object too strongly must be guilty. In the article below, the first
sentence comes across almost as an accusation. Very clever writing but a bit
obvious. In my view this report is obvious enough on this subject that I will
view any additional writing from this reporter on this subject as well as the
BBC in general, on this subject, with very careful scrutiny. I was wondering if
my question to the BBC should maybe be, when did mind altering reporting become
such a trendy thing. But I can't ask that question because it would be
defamatory and of course I don't want to be that way. That is not my intention.
And then again, by mind altering, I simply mean planting seeds of doubt and
suspicion. But we all know that reporters don't have that degree of
intellectual grasp so how could they be planting seeds of doubt and suspicion.
They are not capable of doing that, or are they? So now I've backtracked and
you know I meant no harm, as I was just wondering about these things. But, I
will have to confess that I am not as skillful a writer as the person that
wrote the below report. Certainly he won't have to give a retraction because of
the skillful and clever way the article has been constructed. Maybe it would be
a good thing if I had this reporter's talent then I would not get into so much
trouble. I have trouble, as you can see, in being politically correct and
stating things so people can read my intent between the lines. No wonder Tony
Blair feels under pressure by the BBC. What am I saying, am I too a mind
reader? But as far as that goes, I keep wondering for some strange reason that
at least some of the BBC staff were against the Iraq war and now see the
present circumstances as an ideal situation to apply their mind altering
reporting techniques to get even. Now, I am not accusing them of this, I am
simply saying someone of my simple mentality might think that way. If you don't
agree with me then maybe I am completely wrong, but why should you wonder? Why
don't you, for every reporting circumstance you see coming from the BBC,
analyze it from the perspective of the above techniques and maybe you too will
come to wonder about the same things. Perhaps it is just a few reporters that
do this, perhaps none, you be the judge.
One last remark, in truth I
like the BBC reports as they come off their web site. That is why we feature
the unaltered content of some of their reports and give their reporters (when
known) credit for the articles we use. We do the same for the VOA. The BBC
coverage is excellent and comes with pictures and maps. They generally always
provide background information. They gather facts and figures to support their
more general statements. And there are a lot of other good features associated
with their web site reports. They also do an A1 job of investigative reporting.
There are of course exceptions as may be the following report. And in truth, I
do wonder about the BBC televised broadcasts as I watch them and review in my
mind the various techniques regarding what I call Impressionist News Reporting.
Personally speaking I think the BBC should review their televised broadcasting
and see if I really do have any concerns.
From a Christian
perspective, it seems to take a war to bring out the worst in all of
us. Most of us, Christian or otherwise, do not want or like the idea of a war.
But the bible teaches that wars are inevitable and that war express the social
conflicts that arise out of tensions between nations ultimately brought about
through the selfish, self-indulgent, self seeking, motivations of various
cultures and societies and driven by the natural predatory inclinations for
self survival. Sound ugly? It is ugly! And war is also inevitable. And as
ironic as it sounds, war often has to precede freedom and protect
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These he defined as the removal of a
"threat" and the extension of "liberty."
His speech went down well in the US
Congress, whose members, like Roman Senators, appreciate such sweeping
talk.
But in attempting to change the
agenda, Mr Blair has changed the nature of the "threat."
Look first at the language he used
in his key House of Commons speech on 18 March. Then he talked of Iraq's
"weapons" and said that claims that Iraq had destroyed all of them were
"palpably absurd."
Now the threat is more diffuse. Mr
Blair desribed it as one which "at its least is responsible for inhuman carnage
and suffering." This must refer to Saddam Hussein's' internal repression, his
invasion of Kuwait and his use of poison gas against Iran and the Kurds during
the Iran-Iraq war. It is not quite what the threat had been defined as before
this war.
But the removal of this threat
alone, said Mr Blair, would be enough even if "we are wrong" about the weapons.
"I am confident history will forgive", he declared.
History and his critics will
probably find it easier to forgive if Iraq is put together again.
'Turbo-charged' effort
Simultaneously with Mr Blair's
appearance at Congress came a Washington think-tank report on Iraq, which
called for much greater urgency in reconstruction.
"It requires that the whole effort
be immediately turbo-charged," the report concluded.
This is not just some academic document. It was
drawn up at the request of the US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld by a team
of five experienced former US government officials.
They were led by John Hamre, the
President of the Center for Strategic and International Studies and a Deputy
Secretary of Defence under President Clinton.
The team travelled in Iraq during 11
days this month and last and have come up with quite a gloomy assessment. It
says that "the next three months are crucial" in turning around the security
situation and that "the next 12 months will be decisive" in the overall
effort.
The report highlights seven areas
which it says "need immediate attention."
Report's
recommendations
1. Public safety must be established
in all parts of the country - Iraqis must be recruited to a "Facility
Protection Service" to guard buildings and ex-soldiers and militias
re-integrated into the new Iraqi army.
2. Iraqis must be brought in the
rebuilding process at every level - local councils must be linked to the new
Iraqi Governing Council, for example.
3. "Idle hands must be put to work"
- there should be a public works programme for a start.
4. Decentralisation is essential -
and more civilian experts, foreign if need be, must be hired to help.
5. "A profound change in the Iraqi
frame of mind" must be undertaken to change "suspicion to trust" - this would
include setting up a "headline news" TV channel to counter rumour and get the
message over.
6. The US needs to mobilise a new
international reconstruction coalition to help counter "rising
anti-Americanism".
7. More money must be provided and
be spent quickly - "business as usual" is not an option.
The report indicates, if any further
indications were needed, the magnitude of the task ahead. The success of that
task will help determine the final assessment of the war, and Mr Blair's part
in it, by history.
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Body Found Near London Matches
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Europe - Britain - @Southmoor - Re: Strange Death
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British
police believe they may have found the body of a Defense Ministry scientist who
has been a key figure in the dispute over intelligence regarding Iraq's weapons
of mass destruction. The man was named as the possible source of a BBC report
claiming the British government exaggerated the threat from Iraq's weapons. He
denied being the source, and this week, a British parliamentary committee said
it was unlikely he was. Police found the body that matches the scientist's
description near his home outside of London. The biological weapons expert,
David Kelly, had been missing since Thursday, two days after he faced
questioning by a parliamentary committee.
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Ministry scientist who has been a key figure in the dispute over intelligence
regarding Iraq's weapons of mass destruction. The man was named as the possible
source of a BBC report claiming the British government exaggerated the threat
from Iraq's weapons. He denied being the source, and this week, a British
parliamentary committee said it was unlikely he was.
Police
found the body that matches the scientist's description near his home outside
of London. The biological weapons expert, David Kelly, had been missing since
Thursday, two days after he faced questioning by a parliamentary
committee.
The lawmakers concluded he was probably not the key source behind a
BBC report that alleged that Prime Minister Tony Blair's government hyped
intelligence to make the case for war against Iraq.
An opposition Conservative party member of the committee,
Richard Ottaway, says the scientist's death raises more questions about the
integrity of Mr. Blair's government, and specifically the way Dr. Kelly was
treated.
"I thought we gave him a fair hearing, and actually we were
quite sympathetic to him. What I do regret is the way that he was quite
obviously used by the government and the Ministry of Defense in this
situation," he said.
At the center of this controversy is the claim made by the
government that Saddam Hussein could launch weapons of mass destruction with 45
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Americas - USA - Washington - White House - Re:
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President Bush and
British Prime Minister Tony Blair have defended their decision to take military
action against Iraq, saying they will be proven right about Saddam Hussein's
weapons programs. Appearing at a joint news conference at the White House
Thursday, the two leaders dismissed criticism that no weapons of mass
destruction have yet been found, and the contention that the decision to wage
war was based on disputed intelligence information. President Bush said he was
certain that banned weapons will be found, and that such discoveries will end
what he called "speculation" about whether military action was based on
disputed intelligence information. Mr. Blair said no responsible leader could
ignore the evidence that Iraq's weapons posed a threat to the world. The
British prime minister also addressed a joint session of the U.S. Congress
Thursday, a rare honor for a foreign leader. He told the U.S. lawmakers that
history would not have forgiven the United States and Britain if they had
failed to confront the threat posed by Saddam Hussein's regime.
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President Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair have defended
their decision to take military action against Iraq, saying they will be proven
right about Saddam Hussein's weapons programs.
Appearing at a joint news conference at the White House Thursday, the
two leaders dismissed criticism that no weapons of mass destruction have yet
been found, and the contention that the decision to wage war was based on
disputed intelligence information.
President Bush said he was certain that banned weapons will be found,
and that such discoveries will end what he called "speculation" about whether
military action was based on disputed intelligence information. Mr. Blair said
no responsible leader could ignore the evidence that Iraq's weapons posed a
threat to the world.
The
British prime minister also addressed a joint session of the U.S. Congress
Thursday, a rare honor for a foreign leader. He told the U.S. lawmakers that
history would not have forgiven the United States and Britain if they had
failed to confront the threat posed by Saddam Hussein's
regime.
Mr.
Blair suggested the war in Iraq was worth fighting even if no banned weapons
are found, because a government responsible for inhumane carnage and suffering
was destroyed.
The
prime minister, who was only the fourth British government leader to speak
before the U.S. Congress, also said that terrorism would not be defeated until
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President George W. Bush speaks during a news conference with British Prime
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The United States and Britain are opposing the ideology of terrorism with a
belief in freedom and liberty, President Bush said during a White House press
conference today with his British counterpart.
The press conference came after British Prime
Minister Tony Blair addressed a joint session of Congress.
"The United States and Great Britain have conducted a
steady offensive against terrorist networks and terror regimes," Bush said. "We
are dismantling the al Qaeda network leader by leader, and we're hunting down
the terrorist killers one by one. In Afghanistan, we removed a cruel and
oppressive regime that had turned that country into a training camp for al
Qaeda, and now we are helping the Afghan people to restore their nation and
regain self-government.
"In Iraq, the United
States, Britain and other nations confronted a violent regime that armed to
threaten the peace, that cultivated ties to terror and defied the clear demands
of the United Nations Security Council," he said. "Saddam Hussein produced and
possessed chemical and biological weapons and was trying to reconstitute his
nuclear weapons program."
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values of liberty and freedom are America's and Great Britain's best weapons
against terrorism, British Prime Minister Tony Blair told a joint meeting of
Congress July 17.
Blair, interrupted by
standing ovations a number of times, told legislators the spread of freedom is
the best security for the free.
"It is our last
line of defense and our first line of attack," he said. "And just as the
terrorist seeks to divide humanity in hate, so we have to unify around an idea.
And that idea is liberty."
Blair went right
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MOSUL, Iraq The remains of an estimated 200
people were found by soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault)
recently in a mass grave in Al Hatra, about 40 miles south of Mosul, according
to U.S. Central Command.
A mass grave assessment team,
including members of the division's Criminal Investigation Division and
Division Surgeon sections, confirmed the find by partially excavating the site
located on a slight depression on the edge of a wadi, or dry riverbed.
Two pieces of clothing were found at about six-feet
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Division seized an extensive amount of weapons in Operation Soda Mountain in
support of the effort to create a secure environment in Iraq, according to U.S.
Central Command officials.
In the last 24
hours, the 4th Infantry Division conducted 14 raids which resulted in 282 AK
47s, 501 grenades, 10 pistols, 20 mortar rounds, 54 crates of C4 explosives,
250,000 blasting caps, and a large amount of small arms ammunition confiscated
and 30 individuals detained.
Since the
beginning of the operation on July 12, the 4th ID has conducted 85 raids and
detained 482 individuals, including 48 individuals identified as key former
regime loyalist leaders.
The 1st Armored
Division secured 437 sites and conducted 1,059 patrols. The division detained
61 people. Additionally, the 1st AD conducted 92 special escort missions. Some
of the special escort missions include escorting members of the New Iraqi Army
to their training sites, escorting VIP visitors escorting new Baghdad city
council members and escorting government employees.
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Cutter Boutwell returns home to Alameda, Calif., July 14, to fanfare and a
water display from an Oakland and San Francisco fire boat. Boutwell left
Alameda on Jan. 3 in support of U.S. operations in the Persian Gulf and
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WASHINGTON, July 16, 2003 "We
can either fight this battle against terrorism at home, or we can fight it
abroad," U.S. Army Gen. John Abizaid said today. "Our soldiers have to know in
their heart of hearts that they've got to fight it abroad."
The new commander of Operation Iraqi Freedom met
with Pentagon reporters on the eve of his departure for the Persian Gulf.
Abizaid, who assumed command of U.S. Central Command July 7, gave an update on
the security situation in Iraq.
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WASHINGTON, July 16, 2003 U.S.
and coalition forces are facing organized opposition by Baathist remnants
throughout Iraq, Army Gen. John Abizaid told reporters at the Pentagon.
On the eve of his departure to the region, the new
commander of Operation Iraqi Freedom and U.S. Central Command joined Larry Di
Rita, special assistant to the Secretary of Defense, at the podium to give an
update on the security situation in Iraq.
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 BAGRAM, Afghanistan Since the fall
of the Taliban, many Arabic publications within Afghanistan have reported on
the vast changes and progress within Afghanistans social and political
framework.
During this time, U.S.-led
coalition forces have taken a leading role in the task of rebuilding and
stabilizing the country, and in an effort to inform Afghani citizen of the
their intentions, 8th Psychological Operations Battalion, Combine Joint Task
Force-180, were given the mission of creating a publication of their own.
The idea they came up with was an 8-page, free
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Battery, 1-9th Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division (Mechanized),
unloads medical supplies at a clinic in Kandari, Iraq, during Operation Iraqi
Freedom, July 3, 2003. The 1-9th performs many aid missions for the villages in
their sector, including the delivery of water and medical supplies. U.S. Army
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KUT, Iraq, July 13, 2003 Standing in tight formation, 50 men in identical green
T-shirts waited outside the former governor's mansion for the bus ride to the
firing range.
With heads high, chins up and
chests out, the participants could be part of any military formation, but those
in line are filling a far different role.
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Defense Dept. Police Add
Motorcycle Unit at
Pentagon |
WASHINGTON - BMW of North America has
donated six BMW R 1100 RT-P ("P" for police) authority motorcycles to the
Defense Department's police force, which enables the Pentagon law enforcement
agency to create its first motorcycle unit.
Credit for obtaining the motorcycles goes to Officers William Caouette and Chad
Wyble.
"We thought that due to the amount
of traffic we have, motors would be useful for responding to emergencies and
incidents," Wyble said.
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Navy Parachute Riggers:
Keeping Aircrews Safe
over Iraq |
| NAVAL AIR FACILITY ATSUGI, Japan
(NNS) -- The fathers of naval aviation, outfitted only in leather helmets and
Mae West flotation devices, would not know what to make of their descendants.
Fitted in almost 40 pounds of personal survival gear, tactical aviators now
carry equipment that is more complex and advanced than the earliest airplanes.
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Harriers Vital to Marine Corps
Aviation During
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MARINE CORPS AIR STATION, Yuma, Ariz. One
of the biggest challenges for Marine Corps fixed-wing aviation during Operation
Iraqi Freedom was the scarcity of airfields within the theater of operations.
Commanders were aware of this fact before
operations began overseas. More than 400 aircraft deployed with the 3rd Marine
Aircraft Wing, most of which require traditional airfields to operate from,
said Col. Mark Savarese, commanding officer, Marine Aircraft Group 13.
In order for the Marine Corps to bring the combat
power necessary to support ground troops, the only option was to base attack
jets on ships, he said. However, with traditional aircraft carriers already
loaded with Naval aircraft and only a limited space available at Ahmed Al Jaber
Air Base, Kuwait, the only place to base those jets were the LHD class ships, a
type of miniature aircraft carrier designed for amphibious assault.
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Air Base Equipment
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PRINCE SULTAN AIR BASE, Saudi
Arabia As the 363rd Air Expeditionary Wing here draws down and inactivates this
summer, there is a large amount of equipment that must be accounted for,
organized and disposed of.
That job falls to four
airmen from the bases 363rd Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron who
oversee the defense reutilization and marketing office yard.
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Reservists Put Deployed
Troops in Touch
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| ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga.
Trading New Yorks spring chill for sweltering Southwest Asia heat wasnt a shock
to reservists from the 914th Airlift Wing, even though they had left the frigid
Northeast only a few days before. The shock of Operation Iraqi Freedom came
when they arrived at their deployed location and learned there was a ban on
morale calls, no e-mail capability for the general base populace and no
standard mail service.
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Marine Support Unit
Keeps Convoys
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| NEAR CAMP LEMONIER, Djibouti
One of the most difficult things for a military unit to maintain is tactical
communications. In a desert environment, blowing dust and extreme heat can
wreak havoc on communications equipment. For the Marines and sailors of the
26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) who began training
in Djibouti, the challenges of operating in the desert are now very real.
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| PORT SIDE Members of the Navy's | | | | | | |
The next
three months are crucial 
BAGHDAD, Iraq The Baghdad Business Center
here, supported by the soldiers with the economy and commerce team, 354th Civil
Affairs Brigade, is helping local businesspeople find work. The 354th Civil
Affairs Brigade is an Army Reserve unit based in Riverdale, Md.