Iraq - Also known as The Bush/Cheney/McCain Regime
"The Dead Enders of the USA"
Senator Changes Course, Balks at Funding Iraq War
by David Welna
Listen Now [3 min 45 sec]
All Things Considered
May 20, 2008 · The Senate's No. 2 Democrat voted for years to fund a war he opposed from the start, but he now says such votes are over. Majority Whip Dick Durbin has declared in recent weeks that he has no intention of voting for President Bush's final emergency supplemental spending request to fund the Iraq war.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90645095
Investigations into civilian abuse in Basra
The January 2008 Aitken report discussed six cases of abuse investigated by the Royal Military police
Wednesday May 14 2008
Baha Mousa
Mousa, 26, died on September 15 2003. The Iraqi hotel worker suffered 93 injuries at the hands of British soldiers. He was detained along with other Iraqis by members of the Queen's Lancashire Regiment. They were hooded, stressed and deprived of food and sleep. A postmortem found Mousa's injuries consistent with a "systematic beating".
In spite of a £20m military investigation and court martial, a proper narrative of how Mousa came to die has never emerged because of what Mr Justice McKinnon, a military judge advocate, described as a "closing of ranks".
Last year's court martial led to the conviction of one member of the regiment, Corporal Donald Payne, 35, who became the first British convicted war criminal after he admitted treating the Iraqis inhumanely. He was jailed for a year and dismissed from the army. Others in the regiment, including the former commander in Iraq, Colonel Jorge Mendonca, 43, were cleared on a judge's orders due to lack of evidence.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/may/14/iraq.military
Swimming to Iraq...
It's another photo out of Iraq, another scene of children in a tortured piece of real eastate, Sadr City.
But unlike a photo that moved many to tears a couple weeks ago, a photo of a dying child in the aftermath of a bomb, this is one that inspires, at least to smile.
The photo is simple: A bunch of boys frolicking in a pond. One poses in a little boy flex for the camera. And smiles, widely. The others are oblivious to the camera, having too much fun with the water, as dark and questionable as it might look to adult eyes.
In that sense, it's a vacation photo we've all seen before. Boys acting like fools, ignoring the world around them and focused completely on the moment, and on having fun.
What's different in this photo, of course, is the world around them. Look at the building in the background. How many times have explosives hit it? Look at the water they're playing in? Is it rain runoff? Is it percolating up from broken water mains?
http://primebuzz.kcstar.com/?q=node/11898
How Iran pulls the strings in Iraq
By Roger Hardy
BBC Middle East analyst
Iran played a crucial role in securing the recent ceasefire in the Sadr City area of Baghdad, just as it helped broker an earlier truce in the southern city of Basra.
Its role in curbing fighting between Iraqi Shia factions sheds a revealing light on the extent of its influence in the country.
It also appears that the Iraqi president, Kurdish politician Jalal Talabani, has been a key intermediary between the Iraqi government and the Iranians.
Phase One: Basra
The latest phase in the Shia power struggle in Iraq began in March when, without warning, Prime Minister Nouri Maliki sent his forces to break the power of the militias who had taken over Basra.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7401438.stm
Maliki's Southern Strategy
Iraqi Security Forces have succeeded in temporarily pacifying Basra.
Even the most diehard Iraq hawks want to reduce the U.S. military footprint in Iraq and lean more heavily on Iraqi Security Forces to do the hard work of defeating insurgents and sectarian militias. Which is why recent developments in Basra have been so encouraging. At first, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's decision to confront Moqtada al-Sadr's Iranian-backed militas looked like a major strategic misstep. Now it appears to have transformed Iraqi politics, potentially paving the way for real reconciliation between Sunni and Shia.
Maliki had long depended on Sadr's support, on the street and in Iraq's parliament, where 32 Sadrists form a crucial bloc. And, so, understandably, Sadr's Sunni opponents -- who see him, rightly, as a power-mad half-literate street tough with delusions of grandeur -- were reluctant to trust Maliki. The same was true of Sadr's Shia rivals.
http://thecurrent.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/05/malikis-southern-strategy.php
Nearly 40,000 troops to be deployed in Iraq, Afghanistan
Soldiers will be replacements for those coming home
By David Wood Sun reporter
1:01 PM EDT, May 19, 2008
WASHINGTON - The Pentagon has alerted nearly 40,000 active duty and National Guard soldiers that they will be deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan starting this fall, in a sign that it expects hard fighting to continue on both fronts in what Pentagon officials call "the long war."
The Pentagon suggested that the troops will deploy for not more than 12 months rather than the 15-month rotations that have become the rule in both Iraq and Afghanistan.
The units will deploy beginning in late fall and will continue through the end of the year, Army officials said.
They are replacements for units slated to rotate home from the war. There are 155,000 U.S. troops in Iraq and 33,000 in Afghanistan now.
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/world/bal-troops0519,0,1396878.story
Iraq: Normalcy returns to beleaguered Baghdad suburb
BAGHDAD, 18 May 2008 (IRIN) - Residents of Baghdad's mainly Shia district of Sadr City are breathing a sigh of relief as a ceasefire between Shia militiamen loyal to Moqtada al-Sadr and US-backed government forces has brought to an end seven weeks of clashes that left daily life all but paralysed.
Schools, government offices and businesses have re-opened, mine clearing operations have begun and aid teams are bringing much needed relief items to those who had been cut off.
"We went through very bad and hard days since the clashes began," said Ammar Wathiq Yousif, a 39-year-old father-of-two from Sadr City. "We weren't able to leave our home and it was very hard to get food and other essentials.
"But since yesterday, when Iraqi security forces came into the area and the militants left, we've returned to our normal lives; I can drive my taxi in the streets, my two daughters have gone back to school and businesses have re-opened," he added.
But Yousif, like many of the other 2.5 million people living in this run-down area on the eastern side of the capital, complained about poor public services and a dilapidated infrastructure.
"We've only returned to our normal daily suffering, which is of course better than what we've been through the past few weeks. We lack many basic services, electricity is available for about six hours a day at best, and some streets are frequently flooded with sewage," he said.
10-point truce agreement
A 10-point truce agreement came into effect on 11 May but it was shaky from the start with sporadic clashes occurring in different parts of Sadr City. However, order was restored when Iraqi security forces fully took over the area on 16 May.
The main points of the agreement stipulate that Iraqi forces would take over security in Sadr City and would refrain from seeking US help to restore order. In return, the Mahdi Army militia would stop fighting US and Iraqi forces in the area.
Mine clearing operations
On 17 May, Iraqi authorities said they had already begun clearing mines planted by militants around Sadr City to trap Iraqi and US forces.
"Our military engineering teams started mine clearing operations on Friday [16 May] and so far have managed to dismantle 50 mines and roadside bombs," Maj. Gen. Qassim al-Mousawi, an Iraqi army spokesman, said in a statement.
"We are still in the first phase of the campaign and it will last for the coming few days to purge Sadr City from all these explosives. Residents are cooperating with our teams effectively," al-Mousawi said.
He added that the Iraqi government had allotted US$150 million to improve public services in Sadr City and create job opportunities.
Humanitarian aid
Awad Khalaf Hadi, a spokesman of al-Zahra, a non-governmental organisation in Sadr City, told IRIN that aid teams had resumed the delivery of relief items to areas they had been unable to access for weeks.
"Now, the municipality teams can go out and work normally in the streets, and we can reach all those in need and all the hospitals. Schools and other government offices are open after being deserted," Hadi said.
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http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/RMOI-7ERJUS?OpenDocument
Who profits from Iraq war? We all do
Monday, May 19, 2008, 09:41 AM
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Columnist Nick Turse writes that it is no longer just defense contractors who profit heavily from the Iraq war- a wide variety of consumer companies rake in hundreds of millions from Pepsi to Krispy Kreme - and thus we all profit.
“In 1961, Dwight D. Eisenhower, in his famous farewell address as president, warned of the “acquisition of unwarranted influence” by what he called the “military-industrial complex” in the United States,” writes Turse. “Today, however, the “large arms industry” of Eisenhower’s day is only part of a complex equation. Civilian companies such as PepsiCo and IBM form the backbone of what more accurately can be described as a “military-corporate complex.” These businesses allow the Pentagon to function, to make war and to carry out foreign occupations.” Read full column here.
Does widespread profit contribute to the public acceptance of war - and does that prolong the war?
http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/opiniontalk/entries/2008/05/19/who_profits_fro.html
Morocco 'holds 11 over planned attacks'
RABAT (AFP) — Moroccan police have broken up a "terrorist network" of 11 people with links to Al-Qaeda that was planning attacks in Morocco and Belgium, the MAP national news agency said Monday.
The 11, who include a Moroccan resident in Belgium, were picked up in the central city of Fes and in Nador, in the north of the country, MAP said.
They had links with "groups sending volunteers to Iraq and camps of Al-Qaeda's branch in North Africa," the agency added, giving no names.
A source close to the government told AFP that the 11 were not connected to another group arrested earlier this year allegedly led by Abdelkader Belliraj, who has dual Moroccan and Belgian nationality.
That group faces charges including murder and attempted murder with firearms, robbery, money laundering, criminal association with terrorist intent and forging official and identity documents.
Belliraj is also reported to have been in the pay of Belgium's domestic intelligence service for years, but Moroccan authorities said he had confessed to several unsolved murders committed in Belgium in 1989.
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5h8mazbYsyx3BcColu60-U3MxX6SA
US Soldier Killed in Iraq;
Qur'an Desecrated;
Maliki Said to Replace Division Commander
' A U.S. soldier was killed Sunday and another injured when their vehicle was struck by a roadside bomb in Salahuddin province, the military said. At least 4,078 U.S. personnel have been killed since the Iraq war began in 2003, according to the independent website icasualties.org. A car bomb targeting an Iraqi army patrol in east Baghdad killed two soldiers and a civilian, police said. Ten people, including four soldiers, were injured.'
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/05/19/18500214.php
US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,080
By The Associated Press – 20 hours ago
As of Sunday, May 18, 2008, at least 4,080 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.
The figure includes eight military civilians killed in action. At least 3,326 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.
The AP count is the same as the Defense Department's tally, last updated Friday at 10 a.m. EDT.
The British military has reported 176 deaths; Italy, 33; Ukraine, 18; Poland, 21; Bulgaria, 13; Spain, 11; Denmark, seven; El Salvador, five; Slovakia, four; Latvia, three; Estonia, Georgia, Netherlands, Thailand, Romania, two each; and Australia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, South Korea, one death each.
The latest deaths reported by the military:A soldier was killed Sunday when an explosive struck his vehicle in Salahuddin province.
The latest identifications reported by the military: No identifications reported.
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gqgQCcv26kB1dkgZRZNHmbn_1J8gD90OBJ2G0
FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, May 19
Mon May 19, 2008 9:09am EDT
May 19 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1300 GMT on Monday:
NINEVEH PROVINCE - The Iraq army killed one militant and arrested 78 others on Monday in Nineveh Province, in northern Iraq, the Defence Ministry said.
* SUWAYRA - Iraqi police recovered two bodies with gunshot wounds and signs of torture from the Tigris river in Suwayra, 50 km (30 miles) southeast of Baghdad, police said. They said one of the bodies was beheaded.
* SUQ AL-SHIYUKH - A local Iraqi police chief was killed on Monday when a bomb placed under his bed exploded while he slept, in Suq al-Shiyukh, 320 km (200 miles) southeast of Baghdad, police said.
SALAHUDDIN PROVINCE - A leader of an al-Qaeda unit in Mosul was arrested on Monday in a nearby province, Abdul-Karim Khalaf, an Interior Ministry spokesman, told Reuters.
BAGHDAD - U.S. soldiers killed an attacker placing a roadside bomb north of Baghdad and seized munitions in others districts on Sunday, the U.S. military said.
NEAR RUTBA - Two dead bodies were found with gunshot wounds and signs of torture in a deserted area near Rutba, 360 km (220 miles) west of Baghdad, police said.
SULAIMANIYA PROVINCE - Iranian artillery shells were fired at the border area of Iraq's Sulaimaniya province. There were no casualities, a local government official said.
BAGHDAD - One Katyusha rocket wounded five people near Hurriya district in northwestern Baghdad, police said.
BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb wounded three people in Doura district in southern Baghdad, police said.
BAGHDAD - Iraqi army forces surrounded a Shi'ite mosque and arrested five men and confiscated weapons in Shaab district in northern Baghdad, the Iraqi military said.
TIKRIT - A car bomb killed one person and wounded six others in central Tikrit, 175 km (110 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.
BAGHDAD - Three bodies were found in various districts of Baghdad on Sunday, police said.
BASRA - Gunmen killed two policemen in a drive-by shooting on a police patrol on Sunday in central Basra, 420 km (260 miles) southeast of Baghdad, police said.
SALAHUDDIN PROVINCE - One U.S. soldier was killed on Sunday when a roadside bomb exploded near his vehicle in Salahuddin province, north of Baghdad, the U.S. military said.
BAGHDAD - U.S. soldiers killed three militants after coming under attack on Sunday in Sadr City, in eastern Baghdad, the U.S. military said.
NINEVEH PROVINCE - Iraqi security forces arrested 56 wanted men during operations in in Nineveh province in northern Iraq, Interior Ministry spokesman Major-General Abdul-Karim Khalaf said.
(Compiled by Aws Qusay, editing by Michael Georgy)
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSL19570284
Monday, May 19, 2008 - 10:17 AM HAST
4,500 Hawaii-based soldiers to deploy to Iraq by end of the year
Pacific Business News (Honolulu)
Some 4,500 soldiers based at Hawaii's Schofield Barracks will be deployed to Iraq later this year, the Pentagon announced Monday.
Approximately 1,000 soldiers from the 25th Infantry Division Headquarters and 3,500 soldiers from the 25th Infantry's 3rd Brigade will deploy to Iraq starting in the fall and continuing through the end of the year. A spokeswoman at the 25th Infantry Division's public affairs office said the Pentagon has not set a firm date for their departure.
The Hawaii soldiers are part of a deployment involving about 25,000 soldiers from the 25th Infantry division headquarters and seven brigade combat teams.
There are currently 4,000 Hawaii-based soldiers from the 25th Infantry Division's 2nd Brigade serving in Iraq. Those soldiers left in November and December for 15-month deployments.
http://www.bizjournals.com/pacific/stories/2008/05/19/daily7.html
May 19, 2008, 11:42PM
More Texas troops headed to Iraq, Kuwait
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — More troops from Texas will be heading to Iraq and Kuwait.
The Defense Department on Monday announced four brigades from the Army National Guard will head overseas, including the 72nd Brigade Combat Team of the Texas National Guard.
DOD says the tasks will include base defense and route security in Iraq and Kuwait.
The Texas National Guard troops will begin deploying in spring 2009.
Also, the department said additional major units are scheduled to deploy, including one division headquarters and seven brigade combat teams.
Units receiving deployment orders include the 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division at Fort Hood. The deployment to Iraq begins in the fall.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/nation/5790891.html
40,000 troops told of fall deployment
Some have served multiple tours; strength in Iraq, Afghanistan would be maintained
By David Wood Sun reporter
May 20, 2008
WASHINGTON - The Pentagon alerted about 40,000 active-duty and National Guard soldiers yesterday that they will be deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan in the fall, a sign that the military expects hard fighting to continue through late next year.
The new orders will maintain the overall strength in Iraq at 15 combat brigades, about 130,000 troops, for next year. That is approximately the number of troops deployed in Iraq before President Bush ordered 25,000 additional troops deployed in January 2007.
The new deployments also will enable the Pentagon to keep the number of troops in Afghanistan at about 33,000, the current level. But senior Pentagon officials have said they are weighing a request to increase the troop levels in Afghanistan by two or possibly three brigades, about 10,000 troops.
The deployment plans announced yesterday will involve units and soldiers who have served two or three tours lasting as long as 15 months. Several of the units have been home less than 12 months, apparently violating a Pentagon goal of allowing soldiers at least a year between combat deployments.
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/world/iraq/bal-te.troops20may20,0,6573372.story
Despite Iraq alert, troops ready for storm season
by Paul Purpura, The Times-Picayune
Tuesday May 20, 2008, 5:07 PM
The day after the Defense Department announced a Louisiana Army National Guard infantry brigade has been alerted for an Iraq deployment, the Guard said it has the manpower and equipment needed to respond to storms in the hurricane season that begins in coming weeks.
More than 1,200 high-water military vehicles, from Humvees to tactical trucks, are available, and another 320 vehicles are due to arrive in the state before the end of June, Lt. Col. Michael Deville, the Guard's acting logistics officer, said in a statement released this afternoon.
The Guard has about 8,000 troops available for this year's hurricane season, according to the statement.
"If the governor directs, the soldiers and airmen of the Louisiana National Guard are fully prepared to assist civil authorities in the event of another natural disaster or catastrophic event," the Guard said in the statement.
http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2008/05/despite_iraq_alert_troops_read.html
Local Guard units may return to Iraq
By Matthew Pleasant
Staff Writer
Published: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 at 3:00 p.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 at 12:19 p.m.
HOUMA -- Local National Guard units may be deployed to Iraq in 2010, officials say, the second time they have traveled to the war-torn country in the past five years.
Units in Houma and Thibodaux are among more than 3,000 soldiers statewide attached the 256th Brigade Combat Team, who were alerted Monday for possible deployment by the Department of Defense.
The Houma and Thibodaux units have about 100 soldiers each, according to Maj. Michael Kazmierzak, a spokesman for the Louisiana National Guard.
"It’s an alert; they have not received mobilization orders," Kazmierzak said. "I can tell you that the entire brigade is alerted, and they are part of that brigade."
http://www.houmatoday.com/article/20080520/ARTICLES/805200325/1211/NEWS01&title=Local_Guard_units_may_return_to_Iraq
Local U.S. Army National Guard Soldiers To Be Deployed
POSTED: 1:27 pm EDT May 20, 2008
UPDATED: 1:36 pm EDT May 20, 2008
WASHINGTON, Pa. -- A Pennsylvania U.S. Army National Guard unit based in Washington, Washington County, will be going back to Iraq.
This is the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division.
The deployment includes the 128th Brigade Support Battalion in Beechview, the 110th Infantry Regiment in Mount Pleasant, the 107th Field Artillery in New Castle and the Second Brigade Troops Battalion in Johnstown.
The unit is expected to be deployed in late 2009.
http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/16340029/detail.html
256th Brigade alerted for Iraqi duty in 2010
By SANDY DAVIS
Published: May 20, 2008 - Page: 5A - UPDATED: 12:05 a.m.
The Department of Defense announced Monday that more than 3,000 soldiers from the Louisiana Army National Guard’s 256th Brigade Combat Team have been placed on alert for deployment to Iraq in 2010.
“An alert is a get ready to go, but it’s not a done deal,” said Maj. Michael Kazmierzak, a Louisiana National Guard spokesman.
“More than likely, the alert will be followed up with deployment orders and the soldiers need to be prepared to go.
http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/19089519.html
Four National Guard brigades alerted for 2009 Iraq Operations
May 19, 2008
The Department of the Army today joined the Department of Defense in announcing May 19 the alert of four Army National Guard Brigade Combat Teams for planned rotations in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
More than 14,000 Army National Guard Soldiers are being notified by the Army to prepare for deployment to Iraq in 2009. These units are being informed in advance to provide them the opportunity to plan, conduct world-class training, and to provide some degree of predictability for the Citizen-Soldiers, their Families and their respective employers.
The 72nd Brigade Combat Team, Texas National Guard traces its lineage and honors back to the first iteration of the 36th Infantry Division, which was originally organized at Camp Bowie (Fort Worth), TX, on 18 July 1917, and which drew from units of the Texas and Oklahoma National Guard. The 72nd Brigade Combat Team includes Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 72nd Brigade; the 536th Forward Support Battalion; and the 1st and 3rd Battalions of the 141st Infantry Regiment.
http://www.army.mil/-newsreleases/2008/05/19/9263-four-national-guard-brigades-alerted-for-2009-iraq-operations/
NC-based brigade scheduled for another Iraq tour
Posted: May. 19, 2008
FORT BRAGG, N.C. — The Department of Defense says a brigade of paratroopers from Fort Bragg's 82nd Airborne Division will return to Iraq later this year as part of a regular rotation of troops.
The 3,500-member 3rd Brigade Combat Team is scheduled to deploy in the fall along with seven other major Army units. The 82nd Airborne said its brigade returned to North Carolina last September after a 15-month deployment to Iraq.
The Pentagon said the latest units will be deployed for 12 months instead of 15 months.
The 82nd said last week its 1st brigade would return from Iraq in July. Until the 3rd brigade leaves, the entire division will be at its home base for the first time in three years.
http://www.wral.com/news/state/story/2908479/
DoD Announces Force Adjustments
The Department of Defense announced today the alert of additional major units scheduled to deploy in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The announcement involves four brigades from the Army National Guard.
All four brigades will have a security force mission and be assigned tasks to assure freedom of movement and continuity of operations in the country. Those tasks will include base defense and route security in Iraq and Kuwait.
These deployments will involve approximately 14,000 personnel who will begin deploying in the spring of 2009. They are receiving alert orders now in order to provide them the maximum time to complete their preparations. It also provides a greater measure of predictability for family members and flexibility for employers to plan for military service of their employees.
http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=11933
Ghost Squadron Operates Out of a Historical Combat Outpost in Baghdad
1st BCT PAO, 4th Inf. Div., MND-B
FORWARD OPERATING BASE FALCON, Iraq - A 'b-roll' video package story and Windows Media File radio beeper concerning Soldiers from 7th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, MND-B conducting operations from a historical combat outpost, is now available.
Soldiers from Bulldog Troop, 7th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment conduct clearing and security operations from a former Christian college and provide security for a historical Christian seminary and chapel in Baghdad's East Rashid District.
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http://newsblaze.com/story/20080519071708tsop.nb/newsblaze/IRAQ0001/Iraq.html
Maine unit alerted to possible deployment
By Portland Press Herald
Staff Report
May 20, 2008 09:40 AM
A Maine-based unit of a National Guard brigade received an alert order for possible deployment to Afghanistan in 2010 on Monday night, according to the Maine Army National Guard.
The unit in Brewer is one of the components of the 86th Brigade Combat Team from the Vermont National Guard. The approximately 160-member unit, Bravo Company, is part of the 3rd Battalion, 172nd Infantry. The tour would be for 12 months.
http://news.mainetoday.com/updates/027336.html
DoD Announces Grey Wolf Deployment
By MAJ Steven Lamb, 1st Cav. Div. Public Affairs
May 20, 2008 - 11:20:48 AM
Blackanthem Military News
FORT HOOD, Texas - The Department of Defense announced the deployment of eight units to Iraq beginning in late fall and continuing through the end of 2008. The 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division is among those eight according to the May 19 news release.
"Our forces have been training and are ready to answer the call," says Maj. Gen. Daniel P. Bolger, commanding general of the 1st Cavalry Division.
This marks the third tour for the combined arms, heavy-armored brigade, which is now under the command of Col. Gary Volesky.
Grey Wolf first deployed in 2004 for a year-long rotation in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom II and has recently returned from a 15-month long deployment in support of OIF 06-08 in Iraq’s Diyala Province.
http://www.blackanthem.com/News/living/DoD-Announces-Grey-Wolf-Deployment16691.shtml
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