07 Oct 2004 - Today’s Military, Veteran, War and National Security News
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Chaplain from NC sends letter from Iraq
http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/9860503.htm
Chaplain's Corner
http://www.dcmilitary.com/navy/journal/9_40/commentary/31499-1.html
Chaplain Chris Faria (Major)
http://www.koaa.com/features/2003/facesofcourage/view.asp?ID=140
Seven activists sentenced for Iraq protest
http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20041007-114339-1117r.htm
Military Draft
http://npr.streamsage.com/google/programlist/feature.php?wfid=4075024
Some say it's time to reinstate draft
http://www.lowellsun.com/Stories/0, 1413, 105~4746~2452358, 00.html
NC National Guard Soldier Pleads Guilty To Murder
http://www.nbc17.com/news/3791444/detail.html
Michigan National Guard deployments continue to increase
http://www.freep.com/news/latestnews/pm663_20041007.htm
Governor orders National Guard help for Roswell prison
http://kobtv.com/index.cfm?viewer=storyviewer&id=14152&cat=HOME
Voice of Vietnam vets sings at 'Moving Wall'
http://www.eastbayri.com/story/289499144268015.php
No compo outrages Vietnam veterans
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0, 2106, 3057383a10, 00.html
PSU to Remember Vietnam
http://www.wibw.com/home/headlines/1082451.html
Moving Wall Proves Emotional For Vietnam Vets And Public
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=13091966&BRD=1862&PAG=461&dept_id=152512&rfi=6
Guest Opinion: 'New' Vietnam syndrome's cost is 1, 000+ lives
http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/index.php?page=opinion&story_id=100704b5_guestvietnam
Vietnam vets to reunite
http://www.desertdispatch.com/2004/109715526437512.html
Vietnam veterans band together
http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041007/NEWS/410070497/1006/SPORTS
National veterans group endorses Burr's US Senate bid
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/politics/9852030.htm
Vietnam War still haunts reluctant soldiers family
http://independent.gmnews.com/news/2004/1005/Front_Page/050.html
Vandals Strike Waveland's Vietnam War Memorial
http://www.wlox.com/Global/story.asp?S=2394341
Agent Orange apology sought
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0, 2106, 3057703a11, 00.html
List of Ohio casualties in Iraq
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/special_packages/iraq/9852077.htm
Separate Space Military Force Has Few Supporters at Pentagon
http://www.space.com/news/space_force_041007.html
Submarine fiasco reflects military blight
http://www.canada.com/montreal/montrealgazette/news/editorial/story.html?id=139e33ea-bf05-4c95-be22-281ba078b53e
Military academy is a wake-up call for football players
http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/sports/9854322.htm
Loan scam is preying on military veterans, lawsuit alleges
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/business/9853778.htm
Military nominee pulls out
http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2004/Oct/07/ln/ln03p.html
Schools clarify law on military recruiting
http://www.theolympian.com/home/news/20041007/topstories/7703.shtml
US Considers Increasing Military Presence in Asia-Pacific Region
http://www.voanews.com/article.cfm?objectID=9C69D1D2-576F-45FA-8E53AC3482A912C0&title=US%20Considers%20Increasing%20Military%20Presence%20in%20Asia-Pacific%20Region%20%20%20&catOID=45C9C78B-88AD-11D4-A57200A0CC5EE46C&categoryname=Asia%20Pacific
WWI veteran's military burial gives family peace
http://www.sunherald.com/mld/thesunherald/9857234.htm
From Stubby to Private Hammer: mascots boost morale for military
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/state/9861218.htm
Military jobs don't necessarily equal combat
http://www.dailynebraskan.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2004/10/07/4164c2a58eca4
Japan Looks to Ease US Troops' 'Burden'
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/local/9861192.htm
Military Salute--Col. Karl Horst
http://www.wtoctv.com/Global/story.asp?S=2401997&nav=0qq6Rl1M
Families plan to skip military draft
http://www.mailtribune.com/archive/2004/1007/local/stories/08local.htm
US Eyes New Mobile Brigade for Germany from 2006
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=6440540
Vermont law students get a glimpse of military justice
http://www.timesargus.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041007/NEWS/410070328/1003/NEWS02
House Targets Expensive Military Loans
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/politics/9843694.htm
Task Force on Sexual Harassment at Military Academies begins West
http://www.midhudsonnews.com/News/MA_harass-07Oct04.htm
US Military Aid to Latin America Grows
http://www.antiwar.com/lobe/?articleid=3720
Naval Sea Cadet Corps gives teens opportunity to experience
http://www.kuam.com/thebeat/classof2005/news/10070402.asp
Civilians recruit military at Job Fair
http://www.jdnews.com/SiteProcessor.cfm?Template=/GlobalTemplates/Details.cfm&StoryID=26218&Section=News
Selective Service- Selective Truth
http://www.newscentral.tv/uploads/franchise/point/point-20041006.shtml
Museum showcases aviation
http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041007/NEWS08/410070315/1001/NEWS
Kerry assails Bush, Cheney on Iraq
http://www.boston.com/dailynews/281/politics/Kerry_assails_Bush_Cheney_on_I:.shtml
Bush Rejects View That Weapons Report Belies Case for War
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/07/politics/campaign/07CND-BUSH.html
Kerry takes lead over Bush
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0, 5744,
11009541%255E1702, 00.html
Bush defends war despite arms report
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=2&article_id=9094
US Examines Chance of Mexico Terror Link
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/world/americas/9861068.htm
Actor Jack Palance visits vets at VA Medical Center
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=13086558&BRD=2259&PAG=461&dept_id=455154&rfi=6
N.Va. Air Force general withdraws nomination to take over Pacific
http://www.wavy.com/Global/story.asp?S=2398025
VA transportation program growing
http://www.mlive.com/news/jacitpat/index.ssf?/base/news-10/1097165385140090.xml
Did ISRO scientist sight UFO?
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/874921.cms
Local artist restores painting for VFW
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=13090506&BRD=2253&PAG=461&dept_id=452265&rfi=6
Nashua VFW wins national award
http://www.1590.com/Stories/0, 1413, 222~23679~2452281, 00.html
Veterans post re-established
http://www.bgdailynews.com/articles/stories/public/200410/07/0ejC_top-news.html
VFW post planning open house
http://www.bgdailynews.com/articles/stories/public/200410/05/0eiM_news.html
U.S. 'Almost All Wrong' on Weapons
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12115-2004Oct6.html?
Program aims to help troops wounded in Iraq, Afghanistan find
civilian jobs
http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=24762
Air force's national museum to launch official name change
https://oaprod.hq.af.mil/saf/pa/misc/listserv.cfm
Air Force Print News for Oct. 6, 2004
Memorial Dedicated for 1st AD Soldiers Killed in Iraq
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Oct2004/n10072004_2004100701.html.
NavNews for Thursday, October 07, 2004
NNS041007-06. Navy's Top Three Recognize Navy's 229th Birthday --
http://www.news.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=15446
NNS041007-04. USS Taylor Sailors Safely Recovered --
http://www.news.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=15445
NNS041007-03. 2004 Fleet Week San Diego Begins --
http://www.news.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=15431
NNS041007-02. New Cryptology Rating Defends Information Threats --
http://www.news.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=15429
NNS041007-05. Two Enterprise Sailors Perform CPR, Save Lives --
http://www.news.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=15440
NNS041006-08. MMA Completes First Major Review --
http://www.news.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=15423
NNS041007-01. Daily News Update for Oct. 7, 2004 --
http://www.news.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=15437
NNS020709-02. This Day in Naval History - Oct. 08 --
http://www.news.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=2431
Eye on the Fleet - U.S. Navy Photo of The Day --
http://www.news.navy.mil/list_single.asp?id=18061
Albacore Crew Tells About Life Aboard Ship
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Oct2004/n10072004_2004100709.html.
The War Veterans Directory, Free
http://members.aol.com/veterans/freedir.htm
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20041007/SUBRESCUE07/TPFront/TopStories
Death on the Chicoutimi
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1096991616876_92400816/?hub=TopStories
Sailor dies after airlift from stranded sub
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20041007/SUBPROFILE07/TPFront/TopStories
Navy brass hail sailor as hero The Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20041007/SUBMAIN07/TPFront/TopStories
Ottawa struggles to explain how minor problem became major The Toronto
Star
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_PrintFriendly&c=Article&cid=1097099409843&call_pageid=968332188492
What happened? The Chronicle Herald
http://www.herald.ns.ca/stories/2004/10/07/f224.raw.html
Military families, friends rocked by sailor's death
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20041007/SUBEXPERTSB07/TPNational/Canada
Major sub fires considered rare CTV News
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1097105267781_92514467/?hub=Canada
Gov't faces rough seas over sub purchase CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2004/10/07/saunders041007.html
Government defends sub despite death of sailor The Chronicle Herald
http://www.herald.ns.ca/stories/2004/10/07/f188.raw.html
Commons offers condolences The Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_PrintFriendly&c=Article&cid=1097099409805&call_pageid=968332188492
Preparing for worst part of the routine The Edmonton Sun
http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/EdmontonSun/News/2004/10/07/pf-658991.html
A day out in Kabul The Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20041007/AIRSHIP07/TPNational/Canada
Not just blimps !-- End Canadian News -->
http://www.herald.ns.ca/stories/2004/10/07/fEditorial113.raw.html
Sorrow at sea Editorial -- The Toronto Sun
http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/TorontoSun/Editorial/
Sub cost turns tragic Editorial -- The Ottawa Sun
http://www.ottawasun.com/NewsStand/OttawaSun/Editorial/home.html
A tragic quest Editorial -- The Winnipeg Sun
http://www.winnipegsun.com/NewsStand/WinnipegSun/Editorial/home.html
Tragedy and neglect Editorial -- The Calgar ySun
http://www.canoe.com/CalgarySun/editorial.html
Unacceptable loss Editorial -- The Gazette
http://www.canada.com/montreal/montrealgazette/news/editorial/story.html?id=139e33ea-bf05-4c95-be22-281ba078b53e
Submarine fiasco reflects military blight Steve Hine -- The Toronto
Sun
http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/TorontoSun/Letters/home.html
It takes real guts to do what our troops do Mike Strobel -- The
Toronto Sun
http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/Columnists/Toronto/Mike_Strobel/2004/10/07/pf-658636.html
This ship changed history
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13426-2004Oct6.html?
Spread the Threat Glenn Kessler -- The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13150-2004Oct6.html?
War's Rationales Are Undermined One More Time Editorial -- The
Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13433-2004Oct6.html?
Weapons That Weren't There Editorial -- The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/07/opinion/07thu1.html?ex=1098149747&ei=1&en=74303bf4c3cdd246
The Verdict Is In Leader -- The Daily Telegraph
http://portal.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2004/10/07/dl0701.xml
Saddam's weapons of mass corruption Leader -- The Scotsman
http://news.scotsman.com/opinion.cfm?id=1166282004?
Saddam's duplicity exposed Ed Feulner -- The Washington Times
http://washingtontimes.com/commentary/20041006-101946-5539r.htm
Oil for corruption Leader -- Evening News
http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/opinion.cfm?id=1165322004?
A fig-leaf of credibility? Gerard Baker -- The Times
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,1-1297604,00.html
The war on terror has been a great success E. J. Dionne Jr. -- The
Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13425-2004Oct6.html?
Switching Stories William Hawkins -- The Washington Times
http://washingtontimes.com/commentary/20041006-101946-9508r.htm
Debating how to win the war Pat M. Holt -- The Christian Science
Monitor
http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/1007/p09s02-coop.htm
How long will it take to get over Iraq? Naomi Klein -- The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1321352,00.html
The making of a hero !-- End International Commentary -->
http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/1007/p02s01-usgn.html
Are terrorists 'casing' planes? The Christian Science Monitor
http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/1007/p13s02-wogi.html
Plutonium: rising terror threat The Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20041007/IRAQWEAPONS07/TPInternational/TopStories
Saddam's stockpile of weapons a fiction The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12115-2004Oct6.html?
U.S. 'Almost All Wrong' on Weapons The Christian Science Monitor
http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/1007/p01s04-usgn.html
A final take on Iraqi WMD The Daily Telegraph
http://portal.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/10/07/wmd07.xml
WMD: the final verdict BBC News
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3720520.stm
A huge failure of intelligence The Scotsman
http://news.scotsman.com/uk.cfm?
Saddam got rid of stockpiles but not his deadly ambition The Scotsman
http://news.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=1167592004?
Saddam and the French Connection BBC News
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3722306.stm
Iraq war debate fuelled by report The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13059-2004Oct6.html?
Conspiracy Theories Flourish on the Internet The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/students/pop/articles/07detroit.html
After Convictions, the Undoing of a U.S. Terror Prosecution The
Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13154-2004Oct6.html?
Water Probe Backs Marine Corps Defense The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13138-2004Oct6.html?
Pacific Command Nominee Withdraws; Army Pick Questioned
http://www.af.mil/bios/bio.asp?bioID=6314
Martin The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13174-2004Oct6.html?
Weapons Ban Eased At Airports The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13269-2004Oct6.html?
British Citizen Indicted on U.S. Terrorism Charges BBC News
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/3722902.stm
Crewman dies after submarine fire The Scotsman
http://news.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=1167482004?
Flicker of hope for regiments fades The Daily Telegraph
http://portal.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/10/07/narmy07.xml
Royal Scots axed in Army shake-up The Times
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,1-1298058,00.html
Army chiefs back merger of two Scots regiments The Scotsman
http://news.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=1166992004?
How Scots played key role in raising the Kursk The Daily Telegraph
http://portal.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/10/07/npic07.xml
TA private faces court martial over pictures
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,1-1297503,00.html
War wreck threatens Oslo fjord The Daily Telegraph
http://portal.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/10/07/wtraf07.xml
Trafalgar 'was a moral victory for the Spanish' The Christian Science
Monitor
http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/1007/p01s03-woaf.html
Sudan plays cat and mouse with West The Associated Press
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13157-2004Oct6.html?
Blair: Sudan Agrees to Withdraw Troops, Militias in Darfur BBC News
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3720218.stm
Guinea-Bissau army chief killed The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/students/pop/articles/07king.html
For His Royal Playfulness, Goats, Sheep, but Nary a Toy The Christian
Science Monitor
http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/1007/p06s01-wome.html
Israel takes U-turn on road map The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11236-2004Oct6.html?
Sharon Aide Says Goal of Gaza Plan Is to Halt Road Map
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/students/pop/articles/07mideast.html
More The Washington Times
http://washingtontimes.com/world/20041006-113556-6697r.htm
Rocket transport charge dropped The Times
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,1-1297863,00.html
Gaddafi calls for Bigley's freedom The Christian Science Monitor
http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/1007/p04s01-woiq.html
A close encounter with a roadside bomb The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13313-2004Oct6.html?
Saddam Used Oil to Dilute Sanctions The Daily Telegraph
http://portal.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/10/07/wmd307.xml
UN looked away as regime stole oil-for-food cash The Washington Times
http://washingtontimes.com/world/20041006-113622-8422r.htm
Recovery eyed of Saddam loot The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13159-2004Oct6.html?
A Leader With an Eye on His Legacy The Times
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,1-1298030,00.html
Baghdad's plan to foil Iran The Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20041007/AFGHANWARLORD07/TPInternational/TopStories
Warlord with shifting loyalties 'hero of peace' in Afghan vote The New
York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/students/pop/articles/07candidate.html
Karzai Rival Lacks Charisma, but Mujahedeen Back Him The Times
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,1-1297849,00.html
Doing the donkey work as Afghans head for polls The Associated Press
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13137-2004Oct6.html?
Car Bomb Kills at least 34 in Central Pakistan The Associated Press
http://washingtontimes.com/world/20041007-013627-9281r.htm
Genghis Khan's palace site unearthed in Mongolia The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10249-2004Oct5.html?
U.S. to Slow Pullout of Troops From S. Korea BBC News
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3722372.stm
US 'deserter' gets trial date Reuters News Agency
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13526-2004Oct6.html?nav=headlines?
Haitian Police, UN Troops Raid Aristide Stronghold !-- End
International News --> !-- Obituaries -->
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,1-1297495,00.html
Group Captain Tom Dalton-Morgan has died aged 87 The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/05/obituaries/05cooper.html?ex=1098118267&ei=1&en=80ca87e900a13647
Gordon Cooper has died aged 77 !-- /Obituaries -->
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