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For Md. families, 'it's good news and scary news'
Sun StaffAfter days of waiting, the start didn't arrive as they expected. There was no "shock and awe," no barrage of bombs to announce to the Maryland families of Iraq-bound soldiers that their loved ones were indeed at war. But the start came nonetheless....Tags: Defense, Entertainment, Disasters and Accidents, Baghdad (Iraq), Transportation
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FBI chief: Al-Qaida troops may be in Iran
Chicago Tribune staff reporterFBI Director Robert Mueller voiced concern Thursday that fighters from Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida network may have slipped out of Afghanistan through Iran. Mueller also said U.S. officials still do not know the whereabouts of bin Laden. "I'm not certain...Tags: Heads of State, Guerrilla Activity, Civil Unrest, Armed Conflicts, Hotels and Accommodations
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Identity change on bin Laden video
The Washington PostThe Saudi shown talking with Osama bin Laden about the attacks against the U.S. on a videotape released by the Bush administration last week is not a religious scholar, as originally thought, but a former anti-Soviet guerrilla in Afghanistan and a...Tags: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Osama bin Laden, Civil Unrest, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Afghanistan
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Chicagoan accused of aiding al-Qaida official
Chicago Tribune staff reportersA Chicago-area man under investigation for operating an Islamic charity to benefit terrorists used leaked intelligence information to help a leading al-Qaida operative escape arrest in Bosnia, prosecutors here said Tuesday. The alleged 1998 dealings...Tags: Washington (U.S. state), Trips and Vacations, Prisons, Charity, Germany
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Suicide blast kills soldier in Iraq
Associated PressBAGHDAD, Iraq - Three suicide bombers in a furniture truck blew themselves up at the gates of a U.S. Army base yesterday, killing one soldier and wounding 14. It was the third suicide attack on American forces in Iraq this week. Three wounded soldiers...Tags: U.S. Military, Hotels and Accommodations, Vehicles, U.S. Army, Health
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Fort Story suffers first Iraq death
A Fort Story soldier died at a military hospital in Baghdad on Friday of wounds he suffered in a rocket attack in Fallujah. Sgt. Carlos M. Camacho-Rivera is Fort Story's first casualty in the war. The 24-year-old cargo handler, whose parents, wife and...Tags: Fort Eustis, Civil Unrest, Baghdad (Iraq), Transportation, Health
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Who's Dying in Our War?
![Some months after the Americans took over the sprawling Balad Air Base, about 50 miles north of Baghdad, someone posted an enigmatic sign on the main gate asking: "Is Today the Day?" Soldiers at the base, which the U.S. military renamed Logistics Support Area Anaconda, or Camp Anaconda, take turns speculating about what the sign means. In the tense months leading up to today's planned national elections in Iraq, the population at the base has swollen to more than 22,000 soldiers and civilian contractors. Some Camp Anaconda residents—installed in relative comfort inside the 15-square-mile compound that now features four dining halls, two swimming pools, a first-run movie theater and a Burger King franchise—have concluded that the sign is a military safety message: "Stay Alert!"](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/photo/2005-01/16051828.jpg "Some months after the Americans took over the sprawling Balad Air Base, about 50 miles north of Baghdad, someone posted an enigmatic sign on the main gate asking: "Is Today the Day?\" Soldiers at the base, which the U.S. military renamed Logistics Support Area Anaconda, or Camp Anaconda, take turns speculating about what the sign means. In the tense months leading up to today's planned national elections in Iraq, the population at the base has swollen to more than 22,000 soldiers and civilian contractors. Some Camp Anaconda residents—installed in relative comfort inside the 15-square-mile compound that now features four dining halls, two swimming pools, a first-run movie theater and a Burger King franchise—have concluded that the sign is a military safety message: \"Stay Alert!\"")
Times Staff WriterSome months after the Americans took over the sprawling Balad Air Base, about 50 miles north of Baghdad, someone posted an enigmatic sign on the main gate asking: "Is Today the Day?" Soldiers at the base, which the U.S. military renamed Logistics...Tags: U.S. Military, Gaming, Natural Resources, Entertainment, Sports
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Afghanistan yields lessons for Pentagon's next targets
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterLike most Northern Alliance generals, Abdul Rashid Dostum's experience with Russian bombers during the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in the 1980s left him skeptical about calling for help from the air. You never knew when -- or even where -- the bombs...Tags: Police Investigations, U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Department of State, Osama bin Laden, Air and Space Accidents
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War's swing south changes U.S. focus
Tribune staff reportersWith stunning rapidity, the Afghan war has shifted south, presenting the Pentagon with new challenges and opportunities. Yet as fighting moves to southern Afghanistan, the Taliban gains a home-field advantage, facing U.S. and anti-Taliban forces in a...Tags: U.S. Military, Washington (U.S. state), Georgetown, Kitty Hawk, Osama bin Laden
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Reagan dies
Ronald Wilson Reagan, who grew up a shoe salesman's son in northern Illinois, became a movie star in the golden days of Hollywood and emerged as a conservative icon and a two-term president who helped end the Cold War, died Saturday after suffering from...Tags: Walter Mondale, Bars and Clubs, Parties and Movements, U.S. Army, Nancy Reagan
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Bush softens opposition to Israeli wall
Sun National StaffWASHINGTON - President Bush softened his criticism of an Israeli security barrier in the West Bank yesterday after Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon rejected U.S. and Palestinian demands that the project be halted. Four days after describing the...Tags: Defense, Washington (U.S. state), Judaism, Armed Conflicts, Government
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The hunt for bin Laden, the search for peace
Sun Foreign StaffAKIKH, Afghanistan -- The 14-year-old boy knelt on the rocky ground in these arid mountains near the Pakistan border, arms folded on his chest. Spread out before him was a small arsenal: a rocket-propelled grenade launcher, a mortar, two assault rifles,...Tags: U.S. Military, Trips and Vacations, Sports, Mountains, Islam
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