08 Dec 2003 - Today’s Military, Veteran, War and National Security News

08 Dec 2003 - Today’s Military, Veteran, War and National Security
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Ex-POW leads holiday parade
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/localne...721dc00c5.html

Former Iraqi POW Reunited With Aunt In Wellington
http://www.thewpbfchannel.com/news/2689083/detail.html

New book tells of battle beyond Pearl Harbor
http://www.news-record.com/news/loca...jim_120803.htm

Area veterans' personal mementos on display in Massillon gallery
http://www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/news/7440807.htm

Marine CID agents awarded for role in drug investigation
http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?...&article=19157

Army major from Montana proud of rebuilding in Iraq
http://www.montanaforum.com/rednews/...cher.php?nnn=6

Pentagon takes up rape case
http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/news/7438925.htm

443rd MP is back in U.S.
http://www.publicopiniononline.com/n...news/2030.html

War changes young soldier, By Bill Cissell, Journal Staff Writer
http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/arti...cal/news03.txt

Aide Defends Bush on Iraq
http://www.newsday.com/news/nationwo...8q3575581dec08,
0, 4784258.story?coll=ny-nationalnews-print

Pearl Harbor survivors: the men of ’41
http://home.hamptonroads.com/stories...248&ran=121379

Anti-war parents of American soldiers brave hostility at home to see
the real story in Iraq
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/...p?story=471137

After Attack, S. Korean Engineers Quit Iraq
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...-2003Dec7.html

Afghan Village Angry After Gunship Attack
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...-2003Dec7.html

US Launches Military Talks with Allies
http://www.voanews.com/article.cfm?o...F807211F3EF63D

Fort Lewis chaplain will face military hearing today
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/htm...0_yee08m0.html

Bikers give to military kids
http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/mld...al/7441037.htm

US military works on better uniforms
http://www.spacewar.com/2003/031207213509.fbjtxrjp.html

Holidays are hard on military families
http://www.floridatoday.com/!NEWSROOM/localstoryN1208DELTA.htm

Red Cross Helps Military Families Send Holiday Wishes to Loved Ones
Around the World
http://www.nassauredcross.org/press/...c_holiday.html

Navy Announces Need to Separate Some Junior Officers
http://www.news.navy.mil/search/disp...story_id=10952

Navy Ships Rescue Injured Diver During Counter-Narcotics Operations
http://www.news.navy.mil/search/disp...story_id=10933

George Kenyon, NASA pioneer and Military Brat
http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercuryne...al/7441281.htm

Paying tribute to vets past, present
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/m..._1m8pearl.html

Marines, sailors handle wide range of operations, dangers
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/m...1m8strike.html

Army chief leads Soldiers to be `adaptive'
http://www4.army.mil/ocpa/read.php?story_id_key=5481

Vignette: William McKinley and the Civil War
http://inside.c-spanarchives.org:808...=dfullschedule

U.S. Adopts New Tactics in Iraq Guerrilla War
http://wireservice.wired.com/wired/s...n_wi re_story

Send a Veteran a Christmas Present of The War Directory
http://members.aol.com/veterans/xmasdir.htm


http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/Ottawa...08/280463.html
Troops receive top honour The Edmonton Sun

http://www.canoe.ca/EdmontonNews/es.es-12-08-0020.html
Soldier living with scars The Edmonton Sun

http://www.canoe.ca/EdmontonNews/es.es-12-08-0021.html
Bronze Star awarded posthumously The London Free Press

http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/London...08/280468.html
Soldiers' marathon march helps fill Santa's sack Sun Media

http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/Ottawa...08/280427.html
Low-level flying programme in big trouble

http://www.capitalnet.com/~pmogb/web...raining_e.html
GBFMT The Toronto Sun

http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/Toront...07/279743.html
Joint force on guard -

http://www.canadianembassy.org/defen...p?format=print
BPG -

http://www.forces.gc.ca/dsa/app_bio/...Friendly=dummy
Fraser The Toronto Sun

http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/Toront...07/279745.html
King of the mountain -

http://www.norad.mil/index.cfm?fusea...fact_agreement
NORAD -

http://www.forces.gc.ca/dsa/app_bio/...Friendly=dummy
Hunter CanWest News Service

http://www.canada.com/national/natio...c-d58ad8fa7b9c
Canadians too patriotic, Americans say Canadian Commentary Editorial
-- The Herald

http://www.herald.ns.ca/stories/2003...al101.raw.html
In defence of our nation Scott Taylor -- The Herald

http://www.herald.ns.ca/stories/2003.../fOpinion.html
All is quiet on the Balkan front, for now Editorial -- The Ottawa Sun

http://www.canoe.com/OttawaSun/editorial.html
Resolving the helicopter impasse

http://www.airforce.forces.ca/news/2003/11/14_e.htm
Hadfield Editorial -- The Globe and Mail

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servl...Q08/TPComment/
Not right for Iraq Sally Armstrong -- Maclean's

http://www.Macleans.ca/topstories/wo...15_71489_71489
Our Man in Kabul: Chris Alexander has lofty goals International
Commentary Lawrence J. Korb -- The Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...-2003Dec7.html
A War of Choice or of Necessity? Editorial -- The Christian Science
Monitor

http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/1208/p08s01-comv.htm
An Army of How Many? Christian Lowe -- The Weekly Standard

http://www.weeklystandard.com/Utilit...55&R=79E814456
What kind of troops will be in Iraq this spring? Sue Diaz -- The
Christian Science Monitor

http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/1208/p09s02-coop.htm
A Baghdad Christmas Scrapbook -- The Weekly Standard

http://www.weeklystandard.com/Utilit...60&R=79E814529
Thanksgiving in Baghdad and more Ewen MacAskill -- The Guardian

http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/st...102198,00.html
Jihad has worked - the world is now split in two William Raspberry --
The Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...-2003Dec7.html
Democracy, Not Off-the-Shelf Andrea Grande-Capone -- The Associated
Press

http://www.gazettenet.com/story.cfm?id_no=12030022
Book gives Pfc. Jessica Lynch her say

http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com...3374115105.jpg
Photo Thomas L. Friedman -- The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/07/op...&partner=ASAHI
Presidents Remade by War Lucian K. Truscott IV -- The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/07/op...&partner=ASAHI
A Million Miles From the Green Zone to the Front Lines Editorial --
The Christian Science Monitor

http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/1208/p08s03-comv.htm
Middle East Ends and Means Editorial -- The Boston Globe

http://www.boston.com/news/globe/edi...ord_in_rwanda/
For the record in Rwanda Editorial -- Deseret Morning News

http://www.deseretnews.com/dn/view/0...036819,00.html
Brothers had Wright stuff International News The Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...-2003Dec7.html
U.S. Is Slow to Upgrade Airport Security Systems Los Angeles Times

http://www.deseretnews.com/dn/view/0...036858,00.html
Iraq duty stretches U.S. Army to its limits The Associated Press

http://www.deseretnews.com/dn/view/0...037305,00.html
Rumsfeld weighs Iraqi forces

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/ar...diness?mode=PF
More BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3291515.stm
US revamps military The Associated Press

http://www.newsday.com/news/nationwo...onalnews-print
Aide Defends Bush on Iraq Reuers News

http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml...ryID =3950815
Militant Attack Is Worst Nightmare for U.S. Ports The Washington Times

http://washingtontimes.com/national/...3627-3333r.htm
Guarding America's border

http://washingtontimes.com/national/...3634-9177r.htm
More The Virginian-Pilot

http://home.hamptonroads.com/stories...248&ran=121379
Pearl Harbor survivors: the men of '41

http://www.deseretnews.com/dn/view/0...037190,00.html
More Honolulu Advertiser

http://www.deseretnews.com/dn/view/0...037013,00.html
Pearl Harbor civilians honored Deseret Morning News

http://www.deseretnews.com/dn/view/0...036851,00.html
Utah soldier buried with full honors CBC News

http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2003/12/07...ism_trac031207
U.S. convicts few terrorism suspects

http://www.deseretnews.com/dn/view/0...037178,00.html
More

http://washingtontimes.com/national/...3633-9086r.htm
More

http://trac.syr.edu/tracreports/terr...ort031208.html
TRAC The Telegraph

http://portal.telegraph.co.uk/news/m.../08/nmod08.xml
British defence spending 'will be raised'

http://www.guardian.co.uk/military/s...102166,00.html
More The Telegraph

http://portal.telegraph.co.uk/news/m...08/nmod108.xml
Trafalgar Day needs private cash BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/e...es/3301419.stm
Green group wins 'ghost fleet' ruling The Independent

http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/leg...p?story=471146
Foreign Office snubs Guantanamo families The Scotsman

http://www.news.scotsman.com/uk.cfm?id=1344932003
Iraq veteran to receive Dickin Medal

http://www.petplanet.co.uk/petplanet...article_id=406
Buster

http://www.pdsa.org.uk/pages/page01_13.cfm
DM The Guardian

http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/...102165,00.html
Europe and US clash on satellite system The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/08/in...&partner=ASAHI
The Great Divide: The U.S. and Europe Stretch to Close It The
Associated Press

http://www.guardian.co.uk/Kosovo/Sto...102196,00.html
Kosovo: Peacekeeper bracing for the unbearable Reuters News

http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml...ryID =3955360
Greek Nov. 17 Verdicts Help Lift Terrorism Shadow

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3299349.stm
More BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3299459.stm
Terror group murdered UK brigadier Chicago Tribune

http://www.deseretnews.com/dn/view/0...037069,00.html
Russians frustrated by spate of attacks BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3298803.stm
Burundi rebels say sorry for war BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3301277.stm
Liberians riot over weapons cash The Associated Press

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...-2003Dec7.html
Liberian Fighters Begin Disarmament Reuters News

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servl...International/
Government troops slain, Sudanese rebels say The Associated Press

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...-2003Dec7.html
Turkey Charges 3 More in Istanbul Attack Reuters News

http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml...ryID =3955739
Lebanon Charges 10 for Bombing McDonald's and Pizza Hut The Jerusalem
Post

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satelli...=1070775780260
Yaalon: Syria and Iran involved in Palestinian terror The Globe and
Mail

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servl...International/
Israel floats 'ideological bombshell'

http://www.boston.com/news/world/art...l_plan?mode=PF
More The Jerusalem Post

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satelli...=1070775782255
Israel: National underground shelter being readied The Jerusalem Post

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satelli...=1070775782230
Panel lowers IDF reserve duty age to 40 The Associated Press

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...-2003Dec8.html
Roadside Bomb Kills U.S. Soldier in Iraq The Jerusalem Post

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satelli...=1070775782233
US forces in Iraq adopt IDF strategy The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/08/in...&partner=ASAHI
Iraq to Create Its Own War Crime Tribunal The Telegraph

http://portal.telegraph.co.uk/news/m.../08/wirq08.xml
Iraqi troops given chemical arms, claims ex-colonel

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/...p?story=470910
More The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/08/in...&partner=ASAHI
General Sees More Attacks as Iraqi Elections Near The Independent

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/...p?story=471130
WMD claims of Iraqi 'colonel' treated sceptically

http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story...102097,00.html
More The Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...-2003Dec7.html
Italy Was Warned of Iraq Attack The Independent

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/...p?story=471137
Anti-war parents of American soldiers in Iraq The Guardian

http://www.guardian.co.uk/saudi/stor...102253,00.html
Saudi raids net expat teachers BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3300397.stm
Police kill Saudi 'most wanted' BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3257203.stm
Saudi Arabia: Uncertain front in war Reuters News

http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml...ryID =3951356
Qaeda Shifting to Iraq from Afghanistan The Times

http://www.msnbc.com/news/1002197.asp?0cv=KB10
Bin Laden's reps give bad news to the Taliban The Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...-2003Dec7.html
S. Korean Engineers Quit Iraq The Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...-2003Dec7.html
Bout of Violence Rattles Afghans Reuters News

http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml...ryID =3956390
U.S. launches Operation Avalanche in eastern and southern Afghanistan
The Associated Press

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...-2003Dec7.html
Afghan Village Angry After A-10 Warthog Attack

http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/...hotos&p=Hutala
Photos The Telegraph

http://portal.telegraph.co.uk/news/m.../08/wafg08.xml
US apology for killing nine Afghan children

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3298945.stm
More BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3300793.stm
DNA tests hold key to Afghan raid The Associated Press

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/08/in...&partner=ASAHI
Afghan Warlord Arrested The Scotsman

http://www.news.scotsman.com/interna...?id=1346312003
Indonesia's security forces prepare for the worst Reuters News

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...-2003Dec7.html
Indonesia Says U.S. Policy in Iraq Becoming Debacle The Associated
Press

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...-2003Dec7.html
Senior Abu Sayyaf Commander Robot Arrested

http://www.boston.com/news/world/asi...ture?m ode=PF
More

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3300369.stm
More The Associated Press

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...-2003Dec7.html
Argentina Demands Apology From Britain The Associated Press

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...-2003Dec7.html
Second Faction Disarms in Columbia The Associated Press

http://www.deseretnews.com/dn/view/0...037226,00.html
Britain qualifies revelation on Falklands The Washington Times

http://washingtontimes.com/national/...3627-3411r.htm
U.S. helps Colombia take down guerrillas !-- Obituaries --
Obituaries The Globe and Mail

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servl.../TPObituaries/
Major-General F.F. Worthington died aged 77

http://www.mapleleafup.org/vehicles/cac/
More !-- /Obituaries -- History Sympatico

http://www1.sympatico.ca/news/otd/otd.98.12.08.html
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The American War Library
http://www.americanwarlibrary.com