Bush shoe-thrower apologizes to Iraqi PM Dec 19, 2008
RAMADI, Iraq, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- Iraqi police dispersed dozens of demonstrators who took to streets near the city of Ramadi, capital of Anbar province, on Thursday to demand the release of the Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at U.S. President George W. Bush during a news conference four days ago, a local police source said. BEIJING, Dec. 18 (Xinhuanet) -- A spate of games where the players can try their hands at hitting U.S. President George W. Bush has mushroomed on Internet by Thursday. (Xinhuanet, China)
A modern-day Lawrence of Arabia in Iraq Dec 14, 2008
RAMADI, Iraq - Just like in the classic movie "Lawrence of Arabia," the man's eyes are piercing below his tribal headdress ... Sheik Lawrence - full name, Sheik Lawrence Mutib Hazan - is said to be connected to the Saudi royal family and has key contacts throughout the Persian Gulf and among the provincial government leadership in Ramadi and the Iraqi national government in Baghdad. (Boston Globe)
The week in video Dec 13, 2008
A video posted online of a chaotic fire fight in Ramadi, Iraq, raises the possibility that 21-year-old Pfc. Roger Suarez-Gonzalez and 31-year-old Pfc. (Globe and Mail)
* Bush urges Obama to lean on foes Dec 11, 2008
Olson and Pittman were injured when a suicide bomber attacked their entry control point in Ramadi, Iraq. PHOTO: AP. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Bush greets, kisses two injured Marines Dec 10, 2008
Kloski said the two were injured while serving in Ramadi. Earlier in the day, the president had traveled to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point to speak about the military and strategy during his tenure as commander in chief. (MSNBC -- Politics)
Bush greets 2 Marines, gives them kisses Dec 10, 2008
Olson and Pittman were injured when a suicide bomber attacked their entry control point in Ramadi, Iraq ... Kloski said the two were injured while serving in Ramadi. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
Bush tries to define his role in history Dec 10, 2008
They were injured by a suicide bomber in Ramadi, Iraq. Share. (Houston Chronicle)
Campaigns get under way for provincial elections in Iraq Dec 10, 2008
Tariq Maher contributed reporting from Baghdad, and an Iraqi employee of The New York Times from Ramadi. . (International Herald Tribune)
Reid demands a friendly-fire investigation Dec 9, 2008
Video still from helmet-cam footage from Ramadi, Iraq ... Suarez-Gonzalez died when a U.S. tank opened fire on their position on a rooftop during a battle with insurgents in Ramadi on Dec. 4, 2006, according to soldiers who fought there ... The Army claims that complex ballistics analysis and other study proves the eyewitnesses in Ramadi wrong, but has so far failed to produce that full investigation despite more than four months of requests from Salon through the Freedom of Information Act. (Salon)
Helmet cam: marines under fire Dec 9, 2008
December 09 2008 RAW VISION: A video posted online of a chaotic fire fight in the Iraqi town of Ramadi two years ago suggests that two US marines may have been killed by 'friendly' tank fire. (Video Duration - 00:00:00). (Sydney Morning Herald -- Technology)
Video raises prospect of friendly fire Dec 8, 2008
A video posted online of a chaotic fire fight in Ramadi, Iraq, raises the possibility that 21-year-old Pfc ... The two died Dec. 4, 2006, while fighting in Ramadi, Iraq, with the 2nd Brigade of the 2nd Infantry Division from Fort Carson, Colo. (Globe and Mail)
Five Reasons for Hope in Iraq Dec 7, 2008
A week later, in Ramadi, I saw tribal sheiks gather to support Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and the Status of Forces Agreement he has negotiated with the U.S. A couple of years ago, many of the sheiks were backing the Sunni insurgency and refusing to recognize Maliki's Shi'ite-dominated government. Now, Sheik Mohammed al-Hais told me, "We are closer to Maliki than any Shi'ite group.". (Time.com)
Concealed ID Dec 6, 2008
Interpreting through interrogation in Ramadi, Iraq. But the issue was taken up by Democratic Senator Ron Wyden. (BBC News)
Lying to the mother of a dead soldier Dec 4, 2008
Albert Nelson was killed in Ramadi, Iraq, in an apparent friendly-fire incident ... I held in my hands of the incident in Ramadi, captured by a sergeant's helmet-mounted camera ... The tape, just over 52 minutes long, shows the men of 2nd Platoon, D Company, 1st Battalion, 9th Infantry, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division hunkered down in a building on the south shore of the Euphrates River in Ramadi. (Salon)
YEATMAN IN IRAQ: RELENTLESS SUN, BETTER OUTLOOK Dec 4, 2008
His unit was based in Ramadi, capital of the Anbar Province, an area that had seen some of the fiercest fighting since the United States invaded Iraq in 2003 ... Sparrows Point High graduate Ryan Yeatman (right) looked up Dundalk High grad Joe Bathgate when his 1st Battalion of the 9th Marines relieved Bathgate s unit, the 1st Battalion of the 8th Marines, in Ramadi, Iraq. (Dundalk Eagle, MD)
Spinelli fulfills dream as a Marine Dec 4, 2008
Paul Spinelli beside a truck that was bombed during a patrol while in Ramadi ... That first deployment contrasted dramatically with Spinelli s second deployment to Ramadi, which lasted from September 2006 until May 2007. (Easton Journal, MA)
Talking Points Dec 3, 2008
Mr. Tippin visited Ramadi and sang for our people on the front lines, so he is a patriot for doing that. We continue to urge celebrities and entertainers to visit our troops overseas. (Fox News)
Heller requests new investigation of Pfc. Suarez-Gonzales death Dec 3, 2008
"Recently video and audio recordings of this incident in Ramadi have been reported by online news services," Heller wrote in his letter to Gates ... Roger Suarez-Gonzalez, and a comrade were killed in Ramadi by friendly fire instead, he said. (KRNV.com, NV)
Rep. Heller Seeks Probe of Death of NV Soldier Dec 2, 2008
Albert Nelson of Philadelphia were killed by enemy mortar rounds while their platoon was on patrol Dec. 4, 2006 in Ramadi, Iraq. But Heller, R-Nev. (KLAS-TV.com, NV)
Nevada man seeks new probe into son's death in Iraq Dec 1, 2008
com suggests his 21-year-old son, Private First Class Roger Suarez-Gonzalez, and a comrade were killed in Ramadi by friendly fire instead. He accuses the Army of lying to him and says he wants to be told the truth about his son's death. (KLAS-TV.com, NV)
 
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Middle East report: Reporter recounts swing through U.S. war zones Nov 30, 2008
"I'm definitely glad this deployment has been so mellow," said the veteran of earlier battles in once-insurgent laden Anbar cities such as Ramadi. "Going to Afghanistan is not something I dream about ---- for me it would just be another ribbon.". (North County Times)
Soprano family values Nov 29, 2008
Gen. Ray Odierno, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, flew to Ramadi in Anbar province yester. Now that Brandi C. has gotten a chance to watch this week's episode of Rock of Love Charm. (Yahoo News -- The Sopranos)
Iraq vets get back on track Nov 28, 2008
A lot of things I still can't do'Gomez, 23, was on his second tour of duty with the Marines in Iraq when an explosive device blasted apart the truck he was driving in a nighttime convoy near Ramadi in April 2005. "All of a sudden there was this big bang," he recalled. (MSNBC -- International)
President Bush Makes Thanksgiving Day Telephone Calls to Members of the Armed Forces Nov 28, 2008
Lance Corporal Levi Koski, U.S. Marine Corps (Livermore, California) Lance Corporal Levi Koski, U.S. Marine Corps, deployed to Camp Ramadi, Iraq, with Combat Logistics Battalion 5. Lance Corporal Koski is a Hygiene Equipment Operator. (White House News Releases)
Press Freedom Group Honors Journalists Nov 26, 2008
Hussein was taken into U.S. military custody in April 2006 in the western city of Ramadi. He was released shortly after his second anniversary in U.S. hands after two Iraqi judicial amnesty committees ruled that there would be no trial on any of the accusations raised again Hussein. (CBS News -- World)
General's story highlights combat stress Nov 25, 2008
The men died Jan. 17, 2005, in Ramadi ... Patton, then a colonel, commanded a brigade of 4,100 soldiers in Ramadi. (USA Today)
U.S. inspector pleased at reconstruction in Iraq Nov 24, 2008
Construction of this courthouse complex in Ramadi is just behind schedule, a rare success for the U.S. reconstruction program ... At last, in this relatively modest project in Ramadi and in others like it around the country, it appears that some of the lessons that Bowen and other reconstruction watchdogs have been expounding on for years are being taken to heart ... But in what Bowen says has become a trend, the judicial complex in Ramadi was contracted directly to an Iraqi company, called... (International Herald Tribune)
In Ramadi, U.S. inspector is glad to see real rebuilding, with fresh paint Nov 23, 2008
At last, in this relatively modest project in Ramadi and in others like it around the country, it appears that some of the lessons that Bowen and other reconstruction watchdogs have been expounding on for years are being taken to heart ... But in what Bowen says has become a trend, the judicial complex in Ramadi was contracted directly to an Iraqi company, called Almco, was negotiated for a fixed price and is taking shape under the daily supervision of company managers and PRT officials ...... (International Herald Tribune)
MILITARY: Two Navy chaplains have very different missions Nov 22, 2008
He recalled the fighting in the Anbar city of Ramadi in 2006. "It was just awful," he said about the battles with the insurgency. (North County Times)
New friendly fire coverup: Army shreds files on dead soldiers Nov 20, 2008
Helmet-cam footage from Ramadi, Iraq (12-min ... Roger Suarez were killed by U.S. tank fire in Ramadi, Iraq, in late 2006, in an incident partially captured on video, but that an Army investigation instead blamed their deaths on enemy action ... including two who were present in Ramadi during the friendly fire incident, one of them just feet from where Nelson and Suarez died were ordered to shred two boxes full of documents about Nelson and Suarez. (Salon)
Boy's death leads Iraqi family to N.D. Nov 16, 2008
Riding in a taxi, they had reached the city of Ramadi, capital of Al-Anbar province in central Iraq and controlled then by insurgents, when their car was stopped ... Haifa said she went to an elder of her extended family, an important man in Ramadi, and told him what had happened. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
Iraqi militants murder Christian sisters Nov 14, 2008
Also Thursday, a car bomb killed two police and injured five other people in Ramadi, a former insurgent stronghold west of Baghdad, a police official said on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media. The U.S. military said , another city west of the capital where insurgents once held sway. (MSNBC -- International)
Malibu resident Katie Spangle holds a photo of her son Robert Jennings Spangle, who enlisted with the Marines soon after graduation from Malibu High last year. He will deploy to the Middle East early next year. Photo by Dana Fineman / TMT Nov 13, 2008
"Commitment to a larger purpose spurred Austin Embleton (MHS 2003) to help save homes in the Corral Canyon fire (subsequently receiving a Dolphin Award). He went into the Marine Reserves right after 9/11 and his unit will deploy to Ramadi [in central Iraq] next spring.Willy Forsyth (MHS 007), Chris Purucker (MHS 2007) and Nathan Ball (MHS 2008) all enlisted in the Air Force or Marines within the past year, committing themselves to duties beyond what their parents expected for them so soon in... (Malibu Times, CA)
An act of valor, followed by heartache Nov 12, 2008
Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Monsoor, a SEAL based in Coronado, covered a grenade that landed next to him on a rooftop in Ramadi, Iraq, on Sept. 29, 2006. His action saved two other SEALs and an Iraqi soldier. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Veterans' families seek aid for caregiver role Nov 12, 2008
Six weeks later, Staff Sergeant Keil was shot in the neck while on patrol in Ramadi, Iraq, and rendered a quadriplegic. Because her husband, now 27, could no longer take care of himself, not even to get a drink of water, Keil, 31, quit her job as an accountant to take care of him. (International Herald Tribune)
Obama's plan for Iraq about to meet reality Nov 12, 2008
During a July 22 trip to Ramadi, Barack Obama, second from left, spoke with a tribal sheik, third from left, with the help of a translator. By Erin Kirk, AFP/Getty Images. (USA Today)
War Never Ends Nov 12, 2008
Whiskey Six's Humvee after it survived two ambushes one night in Ramadi, IraqIn my youth, I knew Nov. 11 as my sister's birthday ... Ramadi was one of those places ... A week later, I returned for a few days to report on Ramadi and on combat stress among front-line soldiers. (Slate)
Letters from War Nov 11, 2008
Her father, Robert, was worried, but said her location in Ar Ramadi, an hour s drive west of Fallujah, made it easier because it was away from the city warfare ... Scotton s journey to Ar Ramadi with Charlie Company, 312th Battalion took her from Kuwait to Baghdad on a C-130 transport, and then to a Chinook helicopter for transport to Ar Ramadi. (Klamath Falls Herald & News, OR)
Welcome Back, 438th Soldiers! Nov 11, 2008
Detailing the unit's security missions near Ramadi, Iraq and other places around the war-torn nation, Tonini, the Commonwealth's adjutant general, commended the approximate 114 returning troops for successfully aiding recent efforts securing stability and returning in victory. That was a tough job. (Murray Ledger & Times, KY)
* Baghdad ratifies disputed religious minorities bill Nov 10, 2008
On Saturday, a suicide car bombing at a checkpoint on the outskirts of Ramadi in Anbar Province killed five people and wounded 10, an Iraqi Ministry official said. The checkpoint stands at the entrance to a joint Iraqi army and US Marine combat outpost, but a US military spokesman said he could not disclose US casualty information at this time. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Bomb Attacks Kill 8 Across Iraq Nov 10, 2008
The attack in Amiriyat al-Fallujah occurred one day after a suicide bombing killed eight people and wounded 17 at a police checkpoint near Ramadi, about 25 miles to the west. The violence comes two months after the U.S. handed control of Anbar province over to the Iraqis and shows that militants have still not given up the fight despite setbacks at the hands of U.S. and Iraqi forces. (CBS News -- Iraq)
Spate of attacks leaves 12 dead across Iraq Nov 10, 2008
The attack came one day after six Iraqis were killed, according to a revised toll provided by Youssef, in a suicide car bombing at a checkpoint outside the provincial capital, Ramadi. Mohammed Hussein contributed reporting from Baghdad, and Iraqi employees of The New York Times from Baquba, Falluja and Mosul. (International Herald Tribune)
Bombings kill 8, wound dozens in Iraq Nov 10, 2008
The attack in Amiriyat al-Fallujah occurred one day after a suicide bombing killed eight people and wounded 17 at a police checkpoint near Ramadi, about 25 miles (45 kilometers) to the west. The violence comes two months after the U.S. handed control of Anbar province over to the Iraqis and shows that militants have still not given up the fight despite setbacks at the hands of U.S. and Iraqi forces. (USA Today)
Amid protests, Iraq OK's quota bill Nov 9, 2008
Also yesterday, police in western Anbar Province said a car bomb killed at least eight people and wounded seven at a checkpoint west of the city of Ramadi. A police official in Ramadi, the capital of Anbar, said three of the dead were police manning the checkpoint and the rest were civilians. (Boston Globe)
Iraq suicide bombing kills eight Nov 9, 2008
Eight people have been killed in a suicide bombing near the city of Ramadi, in Iraq's Anbar province, west of Baghdad, Iraqi police say ... Ramadi was formerly an insurgency stronghold but attacks have fallen as Sunni tribal militias have joined the US and Iraqi government forces ... The suicide bombing took place either at a police station outside Ramadi or at a highway checkpoint, according to different reports. (BBC News)
Nine killed in Iraq bombings Nov 9, 2008
Al-Jazira is about nine miles east of Ramadi in Sunni-dominated Anbar province. The official said a suicide bomber detonated a vest at the checkpoint. (CNN -- International)
Northern Cheyenne veteran returns home to traditional greeting (2) Nov 9, 2008
Two Two was in Iraq from April to October this year as a Marine transport mechanic, supporting combat security teams at Al Asad Air Base, in the towns of Fallujah and Ramadi and along the Jordanian and Syrian borders. The power and emotion of his homecoming ceremony which lasted nearly 30 minutes could be felt throughout the lobby from the moment Two Two appeared at the top of the stairs leading down from the concourse. (Helena Independent Record)
Suicide bombing kills 8 in western Iraq Nov 8, 2008
Two suicide bombers killed at least eight people and wounded 14 in an attack on a police headquarters just outside the western Iraqi city of Ramadi on Saturday, police said ... It was unclear who was behind the blasts in Ramadi, but suicide attacks are a favourite tactic of Sunni Islamist al Qaeda. (International Herald Tribune -- Technology)
A call for help to aid veterans Nov 8, 2008
Marine Lance Cpl. George Ward of Voorheesville received a certificate of recognition and a certificate of commendation for exemplary service during security and other missions with the 1st Battalion, 9th Marines in Ramadi, Iraq, and elsewhere in Al Anbar province. 1. (Albany Times Union)
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" It is the "Soldier's War" considering the fact that it is a volunteer force and the huge majority of citizens fail to recognize the fact that were are actually a nation at war. Well Dan, while you are sleeping in bed with dreams of sugar plums and such this Christmas the Soldiers are the ones patrolling the streets of Baghdad, Ramadi, and Mosul to name a few. They don't mind though. They know what it takes to stand for freedom and against the people that wish to exterminate you and your way of... (Canton Daily Ledger, IL)
A New Generation of Veterans Nov 7, 2008
Just like Corporal Riendeau, he has been deployed to Iraq twice since his 2005 enlistment, first to Ramadi and then to al-Qaim. And just like Corporoal Riendeau, he noted a marked difference in the country from his first deployment to the second. (Litchfield County Times, CT)
Alarm over growing use of "sticky bombs" in Iraq Nov 7, 2008
Last week, Iraq police captured 12 militants trying to smuggle sticky bombs into the western city of Ramadi. (Reporting by Tim Cocks and Aseel Kami; Writing by Tim Cocks; Editing by Angus MacSwan). (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
Military: Destroyer named after S.D.-based SEAL Nov 4, 2008
Monsoor, 25, of Garden Grove was manning a machine gun on a rooftop in Ramadi on Sept. 29, 2006, when an enemy grenade bounced off his chest and landed next to him. He dived on the grenade, saving the lives of two other SEALs on the roof, according to his Medal of Honor citation. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Iraq Earmarks $15B For Reconstruction Nov 2, 2008
Al-Arabiya television quoted witnesses as saying scores of armored vehicles were seen moving from the Anbar provincial capital of Ramadi to Qaim, which had been a major al-Qaida stronghold until Anbar's Sunni tribes turned against al Qaeda. The police moves follow last Sunday's bold U.S. raid on the Syrian border town of Abu Kamal, during which U.S. officials say they killed a top al-Qaida militant who operated a network of smuggling fighters into Iraq. (CBS News -- World)
Unembedded Dahr Jamail tells Iraq stories in new book, UI reading Oct 28, 2008
Such stories as a U.S. military raid on a farmhouse in Ar Ramadi have never left Jamail's mind. Three men were taken from the house, forced to the ground on their stomachs, hands behind their backs, and executed in front of the women and children, he said, noting the military showed up days later to apologize because they had the wrong intelligence. (Daily Iowan, IA)
8 reportedly killed in US raid inside Syria Oct 27, 2008
Military units in Iraq have focused on shutting down the "rat lines" that shuttled militants from the Syrian border to the city of Ramadi and on to Baghdad. This month Gen. David H. Petraeus, the former top commander in Iraq, said those efforts had helped cut the number of foreign fighters crossing the Syrian border from about 100 to 20 a month. (Los Angeles Times)
A warning Syria's President Assad must heed Oct 27, 2008
Significantly, the village of al-Sukkari farm, which US forces raided, is just over the border from the Iraqi city of al-Qaim, which, since 2003, has been a key funnelling point for jihadists entering Iraq on the so-called rat run to the Sunni cities of Ramadi, Fallujah and, finally, Baghdad. But a raid into sovereign territory would have needed high-level US clearance and may have been intended as a warning to Syria at a time when America and Israel are trying to turn the regime of President... (Times Online)
Syrians blame U.S. in deadly blast on Iraq border Oct 27, 2008
Local witnesses said they believed the blast was caused by American shelling, but Major General Tariq al-Youssef, the provincial police chief in Ramadi, the capital of Anbar, which borders Syria, said that could not be confirmed ... Mudhafer al-Husaini contributed reporting from Baghdad, and Iraqi employees of The New York Times from Ramadi and Wasit Province. (International Herald Tribune)
30 years into regular Army, women closer to combat Oct 27, 2008
For several months in 2006, she was a Humvee gunner operating a roof-mounted 50-caliber machine gun in Ramadi. At the time, she was part of a forward support battalion providing security for supply convoys one of those jobs that's not infantry but sees plenty of enemy activity nevertheless. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Albany native promoted to general Oct 25, 2008
MacFarland led the 1st Brigade Combat Team of the 1st Armored Division and other unit soldiers and Marines during successful combat operations in Ramadi, Iraq, two years ago. He and his soldiers established a network of patrol bases that helped curb violence. (Albany Times Union)
A new breed grabs reins in Anbar Oct 21, 2008
Sheik Jassim Muhammed al-Sweidawi prepares to go bird hunting at his Ramadi home ... RAMADI, Iraq - As the day crossed into dusk, Jassim Muhammed al-Sweidawi sat on brown floor cushions, chain-smoking, calmly watching the tribesmen argue over blood money ... They came to Sweidawi, a sunburned, American-backed chieftain who in less than two years had become the most powerful man in this patch of eastern Ramadi. (MSNBC -- International)
32 comments Oct 20, 2008
Back in 2006, we lived with them in Ramadi, Iraq, when Anbar province was the bloodiest place on the planet. According to Col. Peter Petronzio, the MEU commander, and Lt. Col. Anthony Henderson, the commanding officer of 1/6, more than half these Marines have made multiple deployments in this long war against radical Islam. (Human Events Online)
Serving Heroes at Home Oct 16, 2008
Strickland was serving as a U.S. Army Calvary Scout when his Humvee struck a roadside bomb in Ramadi, Iraq in July 2006. Severely injured, Strickland suffered a traumatic brain injury, vision impairment, and numerous shattered bones. (The Dolphin, CT)
Behind the GOP's voter fraud hysteria Oct 15, 2008
" I started to realize why there were no studies on the incidence of voter fraud, no criminal justice statistics. I also sent Freedom of Information requests to the Department of Justice. That became a two-year deal of delay and obstruction as well. Under the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the Department of Justice s Voting Section is legally bound to stop voting practices and procedures ... that discriminate on the basis of race, color or membership in a language minority group. Do you think the... (Salon)
The Army’s version of the deaths of Nelson and Suarez Oct 14, 2008
On Dec. 4, 2006, MacFarland was the commander of the 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division, which was in Ramadi supporting the infantry ... Helmet-cam video from Ramadi, Iraq, where Pfc. (Salon)
