18 Sep 2003 - Today’s Military, Veteran, War and National Security News

18 Sep 2003 - Today’s Military, Veteran, War and National Security
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Former POW shares hardships of captivity: Palominas man captured after
bomber was downed
http://www.svherald.com/articles/200...news/news7.txt

VFW to hold memorial service for POW/MIAs
http://www.winfieldcourier.com/w030920/Thurs5.html

pow misc
German POW exhibit opens Saturday at Wartburg
http://www.wcfcourier.com/articles/2...a50042c3a7.txt

pow
Barefoot Bay: POW/MIA recognition is Friday
http://www.tcpalm.com/tcp/community/article/0, 1651, TCP_1175_2266833,
00.html

Military Service Rarely Key Factor in Politics
http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml...toryID=3470172

Mistakes of Vietnam repeated with Iraq, By MAX CLELAND
http://www.ajc.com/opinion/content/o...9194 84321352

For Koreans, Vietnam War Wounds Heal Slowly
http://news.pacificnews.org/news/vie...c 2a2d6f5726c

White House on the defensive over occupation of Iraq Is this Bush’s
Vietnam?
http://www.socialistworker.org/2003-..._Vietnam.shtml

Traveling Vietnam War memorial in Bossier City
http://www.ktbs.com/news-detail.html?cityid=1&hid=22131

Us War Crime Tribunals: From Vietnam To 9/11 And Permanent War
http://www.vallejonews.com/articles/...m?artoid=80671

Schultz urges direct contributions to rebuild Vietnam Monument
http://www.townonline.com/swampscott...gd09182003.htm

Democrats Say Clark Boosts Party's Image
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...2003Sep18.html

Vilseck-based soldier gets 25 years for distributing 13, 000 Ecstasy
pills
http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?...&article=17566

Med teams face challenges with Afghan clinics
http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?...&article=17570

Clark hopes military credentials will resonate with voters
http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?...&article=17571

One month later, investigators resume Camp Walker rape probe
http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?...&article=17579

General Wesley Clark: The Anti War Warrior?
http://www.democracynow.org/article..../09/18/1755219

Busy MP unit saw combat, duty in Iraq
http://www.butlereagle.com/Local_Hea.../0918-n01.html

US Considers Training Iraqi Police in Central Europe
http://www.voanews.com/article.cfm?o...6414CD38B98E3E

Afghanistan: Karzai Fires Kabul Police Chief Amid Land-Grab Scandal
http://www.rferl.org/nca/features/20...2003160812.asp

U.S. wants Israeli military's occupation training software
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...754EDT0720.DTL

Iraqis' Bitterness Is Called Bigger Threat Than Terror
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0917-04.htm

Army, National Guard to evolve
http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercuryne...cs/6795645.htm

Cheney Defends Bush's Preemptive-Strike Strategy
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationwo...-cheney18sep18, 1,
1444479, print.story?coll=la-headlines-world

Report on U.S. Search for Iraqi Weapons Possible Next Week
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationwo...-fg-wmd18sep18, 1,
2833334, print.story?coll=la-headlines-world

U.S. facing a rise in Iraqi hostility
http://www.iht.com/articles/110360.htm

Green GIs Eyed in Shooting of Iraqi Cops
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...2003Sep18.html

Colombia, U.S. Sign War Crimes Accord
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...2003Sep18.html

The 311th Military Intelligence Battalion
http://www.azdailysun.com/non_sec/na...?storyID=73329

Table of military casualties in Iraq
http://famulus.msnbc.com/FamulusIntl...sp?reg=MIDEAST

NATO orders military planners to prepare expansion of Afghan
peacekeeping
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...403EDT0623.DTL

New PT regimen heading your way
http://www4.army.mil/ocpa/read.php?story_id_key=5243

Call-In: Embedded: The Media at War in Iraq
http://inside.c-spanarchives.org:808...=dfullschedule

Iraq's neighbours warned
http://www.opinion.telegraph.co.uk/o...ixopinion.html

Daschle wants VA to let veterans fill private prescriptions
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?B... AG=461&rfi=9

VA committee in El Paso to discuss possible cutbacks
http://www.dfw.com/mld/startelegram/...te/6805534.htm

VA hearing closer to home
http://www.fltimes.com/Main.asp?Sect...ticleID=2 333

Vets criticize VA plan to close Montrose
http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/t...091803s1.shtml

Air Force Print News for Sept. 18, 2003
Today's stories include:
POWs, MIAs remembered (Stand-alone photo)
http://www.af.mil/stories/story.asp?storyID=123005641
AF agency helps track Isabel
http://www.af.mil/stories/story.asp?storyID=123005638
CAP helps Air Force face Isabel
http://www.af.mil/stories/story.asp?storyID=123005636
Bases provide hurricane refuge
http://www.af.mil/stories/story.asp?storyID=123005640
Lab earns DOD modeling, simulation award
http://www.af.mil/stories/story.asp?storyID=123005643
Airman helps 'at risk' children
http://www.af.mil/stories/story.asp?storyID=123005642
Happy Birthday Air Force (Stand-alone photo)
http://www.af.mil/stories/story.asp?storyID=123005637
B-2 exercises 'spirit' through deployment
http://www.af.mil/stories/story.asp?storyID=123005639

NavNews for Thursday, September 18, 2003
NNS030918-16. USNORTHCOM Prepares for Hurricane Isabel Recovery
Operations --
http://www.news.navy.mil/search/disp...?story_id=9590
NNS030918-01. NAVEUR to Host Substance Abuse Summit --
http://www.news.navy.mil/search/disp...?story_id=9349
NNS030918-04. EOD Det Returns Home After 8 Months At Sea --
http://www.news.navy.mil/search/disp...?story_id=9573
NNS030918-03. Vinson Parts Paths With CVW-9 --
http://www.news.navy.mil/search/disp...?story_id=9572
NNS030918-02. Naval Reservists Supplement JTF for RESCUER --
http://www.news.navy.mil/search/disp...?story_id=9567
NNS030917-09. Life Saved by MRE --
http://www.news.navy.mil/search/disp...?story_id=9462
NNS030918-07. Daniels Rocks RTC with 'Spirit of America' --
http://www.news.navy.mil/search/disp...?story_id=9575
NNS030918-11. Daily News Update for Sept. 18, 2003 --
http://www.news.navy.mil/search/disp...?story_id=9589
NNS020724-16. This Day in Naval History - Sept. 19 --
http://www.news.navy.mil/search/disp...?story_id=2789
Eye on the Fleet - U.S. Navy Photo of The Day --
http://www.news.navy.mil/list_single.asp?id=9538

Air Force Academy Review Panel Releases Report
http://www.dod.mil/advisories/2003/pa20030918-0383.html

NavNews for Wednesday, September 17, 2003
NNS030917-04. DTS Atlantic to Air Hurricane Isabel Updates from
Norfolk --
http://www.news.navy.mil/search/disp...?story_id=9568
NNS030917-03. Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group Returns Home --
http://www.news.navy.mil/search/disp...?story_id=9520
NNS030916-19. NAVSUP Announces 2003 Holiday Season Mailing Dates --
http://www.news.navy.mil/search/disp...?story_id=9548
NNS030917-01. Uniting Through Reading Boosts Morale Aboard Carl Vinson
--
http://www.news.navy.mil/search/disp...?story_id=9530
NNS030916-13. Kuwaiti, American Naval Forces Connect With Exercise
Eager Mace 2003 --
http://www.news.navy.mil/search/disp...?story_id=9522
NNS030916-18. Flag Officer Assignments -- Johnson, Loose, Mateczun,
Woofter --
http://www.news.navy.mil/search/disp...?story_id=9549
NNS030916-14. USS Elliot Makes it a Sea Swap "Foursome" --
http://www.news.navy.mil/search/disp...?story_id=9405
NNS030917-02. Daily News Update for Sept. 17, 2003 --
http://www.news.navy.mil/search/disp...?story_id=9562
NNS020724-15. This Day in Naval History - Sept. 18 --
http://www.news.navy.mil/search/disp...?story_id=2788
Eye on the Fleet - U.S. Navy Photo of The Day --
http://www.news.navy.mil/list_single.asp?id=9515

Air Force Print News for Sept. 17, 2003
Aircraft go through decon demo
http://www.af.mil/stories/story.asp?storyID=123005628
Jumper address global chiefs
http://www.af.mil/stories/story.asp?storyID=123005634
B-2 drops 80 test JDAMs
http://www.af.mil/stories/story.asp?storyID=123005633
KC-135 brakes changing to carbon
http://www.af.mil/stories/story.asp?storyID=123005631
Deployed medics provide care to locals
http://www.af.mil/stories/story.asp?storyID=123005635
Fuels branch airmen repair tanks, increase storage
http://www.af.mil/stories/story.asp?storyID=123005632
Celebrity airman (Stand-alone photo)
http://www.af.mil/stories/story.asp?storyID=123005629
OTS selection board results released
http://www.af.mil/stories/story.asp?storyID=123005630

Free Veterans War Directory
http://members.aol.com/veterans/freedir.htm


http://www.herald.ns.ca/stories/2003.../f153.raw.html
Navy hushed up submarine leak The Canadian Press

http://www.canada.com/news/national/...3-A0E451812691
Griffon with five on board crashes near Goose Bay

http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2003/09/17...on_crash030917
More The Globe and Mail

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servl...RM/TPNational/
When hurricane Isabel hits Canada, she'll be pooped

http://weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca/forecast/city_e.html?yyz
Forecast

http://www.mpss.jus.gov.on.ca/englis...y/emo/esk.html
EMO

http://www.ocipep-bpiepc.gc.ca/info_pro/isabel_e.asp
OCIPEP The Toronto Star

http://torontostar.com/NASApp/cs/Con...d=970599119419
Blackout report details system failures

http://www.forces.gc.ca/site/newsroo..._e.asp?id=1193
More

http://www.ocipep-bpiepc.gc.ca/info_pro/report_e.asp
Report The Telegram

http://www.thetelegram.com/topstorie...id=56039&ln=ls
Local pilot has right stuff The Edmonton Sun

http://www.canoe.ca/EdmontonNews/es.es-09-18-0013.html
Edmonton mulls memorial wish The Trentonian

http://www.trentonian.ca/webapp/site...ame=Local+News
Volunteer firefighters will unionize

http://www.dnd.ca/jag/admin_law/default_e.asp
JAG Times Colonist

http://www.canada.com/victoria/news/...D-C9E0B1F92647
Veterans push closer to goal for complex's new memorial

http://www.canada.com/victoria/news/...D-5CFAF719B7D3
More National Post

http://www.nationalpost.com/utilitie...9-99F7A513AA59
Veteran groups fight for widows' benefits

http://www.waramps.ca/ncva/home.html
NCVA National Post

http://www.nationalpost.com/utilitie...1-CD149DCFBBD5
Terror case against 31 to be revealed /div Canadian Commentary Gord
Barthos -- The Toronto Star

http://torontostar.com/NASApp/cs/Con...l=968350116795
Tony Blur's spin on parade

http://www.official-documents.co.uk/...q/contents.htm
Dossier Editorial -- The Herald

http://www.herald.ns.ca/stories/2003...al142.raw.html
Arafatigue Scott Taylor -- The Herald

http://www.herald.ns.ca/stories/2003...on262.raw.html
Lessons in democracy come hard and fast in Iraq International
Commentary Leader -- The Daily Telegraph

http://portal.telegraph.co.uk/opinio.../18/dl1802.xml
BBC on the back foot Editorial -- International Herald Tribune

http://www.iht.com/articles/110286.html
Jitters in the Philippines Jim Hoagland -- The Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...2003Sep17.html
Can Anything Change The Saudi Syndrome? Richard Cohen -- The
Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...2003Sep17.html
The Real Wesley Clark Editorial -- Los Angeles Times

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/...ent-editorials
The Arafat Distraction Michael Keane -- Los Angeles Times

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/...mment-opinions
Eighth Pillar of Wisdom? Iraq Is a Deep Morass

http://www.wesjones.com/lawrence1.htm
T.E.L. International News BBC News

http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2003/09/18/isabel030918
N. Carolina begins feeling effects of Isabel

http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/sto...LATE= DEFAULT
More

http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml...toryID=3465820
More The Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...2003Sep17.html
Federal Government To Close Thursday

http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/sto...LATE=DE FAULT
More The Christian Science Monitor

http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/0918/p01s01-usgn.htm
Isabel's biggest threat: floods The Washington Times

http://washingtontimes.com/metro/200...0135-4197r.htm
Bracing for Isabel's blow The Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...2003Sep17.html
For Some, Storm Is Welcome Break Knight Ridder Newspapers

http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercuryne...cs/6795645.htm
Army, National Guard to evolve The Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...2003Sep17.html
A Lesson in Courage Los Angeles Times

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationwo...eadlines-world
Cheney Defends Bush's Preemptive-Strike Strategy The Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...2003Sep17.html
$87 Billion War Request Details Spending The Independent

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/...p?story=444426
'Saddam' tape warns allies of disastrous losses in Iraq The Toronto
Star

http://torontostar.com/NASApp/cs/Con...d=970599119419
No proof Iraq tied to Sept. 11 terror attacks, says Bush

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationwo...eadlines-world
More Los Angeles Times

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationwo...eadlines-world
Report on U.S. Search for Iraqi Weapons Possible Next Week The
Telegraph

http://portal.telegraph.co.uk/news/m...18/nkell18.xml
Gilligan apologises for errors but MoD man is defiant

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspap...821165,00.html
More The Telegraph

http://portal.telegraph.co.uk/news/m...8/nblood18.xml
Bloody Sunday Para faces jail for contempt The Telegraph

http://portal.telegraph.co.uk/news/m...18/narmy18.xml
Sex-swap soldier's anguish The Associated Press

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...2003Sep18.html
Remains of Srebrenica Massacre Moved The Telegraph

http://portal.telegraph.co.uk/news/m...8/wtroop18.xml
Troops shortage may force US to quit Balkans Reuters News Agency

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...2003Sep18.html
Spain arrests more al-Qaeda suspects The Associated Press

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...2003Sep18.html
French Terror Suspect Pleads for His Life The Associated Press

http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/sto... LATE=DEFAULT
Four Missing After Russian Bomber Crashes

http://www.airforce-technology.com/projects/tu160/
Tu-160 The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/18/in...& amp;ei=5062
Taylor Stole $100 Million From Liberia, Records Show The Associated
Press

http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/sto...LAT E=DEFAULT
U.S. Medical Mission Treats Moroccans Reuters News Agency

http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml...toryID=3466680
Arafat Scolds Israel on Death Wish The Telegraph

http://portal.telegraph.co.uk/news/m.../18/wmid18.xml
Israeli anger at threat to security fence

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servl...International/
More The Jerusalem Post

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satelli...=1063856309898
Top Hamas terrorist killed in Gaza raid; 1 soldier wounded seriously
The Jerusalem Post

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satelli...=1063856310457
Forces capture 'ticking bomb' terrorists The Jerusalem Post

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satelli...=1063771637675
IDF training software to go to US forces in Iraq Reuters News Agency

http://www.iht.com/articles/110345.html
Jordan to help U.S. find Iraqi assets The Associated Press

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...2003Sep17.html
A Look at U.S. Daily Deaths in Iraq The New York Times

http://www.iht.com/articles/110360.html
U.S. facing a rise in Iraqi hostility The New York Times

http://www.iht.com/articles/110346.html
If Iraq coalition grows, U.S. may bear burden The Times

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspap...821482,00.html
White House ready to offer immunity to weapons scientists

http://www.voanews.com/article.cfm?o...9BCF3DE6A2C74E
More The Christian Science Monitor

http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/0918/p02s01-usmi.htm
Iraq effect shakes National Guard Reuters News Agency

http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml...toryID=3466861
Blix Attacks 'Spin and Hype' of Iraq Weapon Claims The Christian
Science Monitor

http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/0918/p01s04-woiq.htm
The hunt for a WMD The Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...2003Sep17.html
Iraqi Minister Assembling Security Force The Times

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspap...821000,00.html
Looted £20m statue is found buried in garden The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/18/in...& amp;ei=5062
U.S. Is Speeding Up Plan for Creating a New Iraqi Army The Associated
Press

http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/sto...LATE=DEF AULT
New Iraq Army to Cost $2 Billion to Build The Associated Press

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...2003Sep18.html
Green GIs Eyed in Shooting of Iraqi Cops The Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...2003Sep17.html
Jordan's King Sees Hope for Iran Talks The Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...2003Sep17.html
A Confessed Bomber's Trail of Terror

http://reuters.com/newsPhotoPresenta...D=1 000719344
Photo Reuters News Agency

http://reuters.com/newsPhotoPresenta...D=1 000719834
Photo: US Marines in full battle gear in ARGEX '03 The Christian
Science Monitor

http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/0918/p07s02-wosc.htm
Taliban's ideological grip remains strong Reuters News Agency

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...2003Sep18.html
U.S. Says Aircraft Kill 11 Afghan Taliban The Globe and Mail

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servl...International/
Maoist army wins hearts and minds in west Nepal Reuters News Agency

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...2003Sep18.html
Strike Called by Maoists Shuts Down Nepal Reuters News Agency

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...2003Sep18.html
Repentant Bali Bomber Gets Life Sentence Reuters News Agency

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...2003Sep18.html
S.Korea Says U.N. Crucial for Iraq Force Decision The Associated Press

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...2003Sep18.html
U.S. Displays Air Defense in S. Korea Reuters News Agency

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...2003Sep18.html
Japan's PM in a Bind Over Troops, Funds for Iraq The Associated Press

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...2003Sep17.html
Jailed Peru Rebel Chief Lays Down Arms The Associated Press

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...2003Sep18.html
Colombia, U.S. Sign War Crimes Accord The San Diego Union-Tribune

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/m...17recruit.html
Marines clear senior instructor in recruit's injury The San Diego
Union-Tribune

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/m...949-adopt.html
Charity seeks donations for military families Rocky Mountain News

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drm...269456,00.html
Cadet accused of peddling porn on USAFA computer The Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...2003Sep17.html
Shuttle Manager Details Changes !-- Obituaries -- Obituaries The
Telegraph

http://portal.telegraph.co.uk/news/m.../18/db1803.xml
Brigadier Prince John Ghika has died aged 75 The Times

http://portal.telegraph.co.uk/news/m.../18/db1801.xml
Captain Leonard Hill has died aged 94 !-- /Obituaries -- History
SeaWaves Magazine

http://www.seawaves.com/today_in_history.htm
Today in History BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/d...18/default.stm
On This Day UK Defence Today

http://news.mod.uk/news/press/news_h...wsItem_id=2000
On this day ... 18th September The Associated Press

http://www.Boston.com/history/date/091803.htm
September 18 in history The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/learning/gene.../20030918.html
On This Day in History The History Channel

http://www.historychannel.com/cgi-bi...=09&day=18
What else happened today? Sympatico

http://www1.sympatico.ca/news/otd/otd.98.09.18.html
On This Day in Canadian

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