Sat Jun 18th, 2005 at 00:36:49 EST
Update [2005-6-18 1:36:49 by Armando]: From the diaries. Cuz MB said so. Nuff said.
But this is new news:
Jay grad killed by bomb is S.A.'s latest loss in war
Flores, 18, was killed Tuesday in Iraq by a roadside bomb near Fallujah, said retired Air Force Col. Dennis LeVan, one of Flores' ROTC instructors at Jay.
Flores was extremely polite and always upbeat, LeVan said. As a senior, he helped collect canned food and picked up trash by the highway as part of the ROTC's community service projects.
"He talked about wanting to be a Marine, so he got to do what he wanted," LeVan said. "Still, this hits us very hard."
Aside from his parents, who live in San Antonio, Flores also leaves two younger twin brothers who are in the ROTC program at Jay and will be sophomores in the fall, LeVan said.
He said Flores was a private first class when he sent him an e-mail from Iraq a few months ago.
"The fact that he sent me that e-mail gives me great pride."
The fact that George Bush told his ghostwriter in 1999 that, if given the chance, he would invade Iraq so that he could gain "political capital" may be old news
Exclusive: Bush Wanted To Invade Iraq If Elected in 2000
But this is new news:
Henderson Marine Killed in Iraq
Jesse Jaime enlisted into the Marine Corps following in his twin brother Joel's footsteps. Jesse's sister-in-law Sahvanna, says his passion for serving his country was evident, "I remember when he graduated from boot camp, they played Amazing Grace and he cried. He was a sensitive person. He loved it."
Jesse and Sahvanna's husband Joel were identical twins. Sahvanna says where one was the other quickly followed, "They're each other's halves. I know I'm my husbands other half, but he's got Jesse and without him, it's like another part of him is gone too."
Jesse did have some hesitation before leaving for Iraq. "Before he left he told me he was scared. He wasn't sure what to do. His brother had been there twice before. They were happy they were together," Sahvanna said.
The fact that Bush was planning to invade Iraq during his first month in office may be old news
O'Neill: Bush planned Iraq invasion before 9/11
But this is new news:
21-year-old Henderson guardsman dies in Iraq
"It's got to stop," he said. "I sound bitter because I lost my kid, but bring these kids home. ... I don't want other families going through this."
On the coffee table was a framed photograph of Joe Cometa's 21-year-old son, Spc. Anthony Cometa of the 1864th Transportation Company. The younger Cometa was a 2002 Silverado High School graduate, wrestler, music lover and soldier.
He was a "kid" who joined the Nevada Army National Guard so he could earn money to go to college and buy a house, his dad said.
On Thursday, on a dangerous bend in a road in southern Iraq, Anthony Cometa was thrown from his perch in the machine-gun turret when his Humvee flipped. He was pronounced dead after the rescue helicopter got him to a field hospital, Joe Cometa said.
The fact that Dick Cheney's energy task force was mapping out Iraq oilfields in March of 2001 may be old news
Group: Cheney Task Force Eyed on Iraq Oil
But this is new news:
Marine killed in Iraq
Lance Cpl. Dion Whitley of Altadena was one of five Marines to die in a predawn attack on Wednesday. The convoy in which he was riding hit an improvised explosive device near Ramadi, 70 miles west of Baghdad.
Whitley, 21, was a machine-gunner. He had been in Iraq for three months.
"I decided I would carry good thoughts. I prayed for him several times a day," said his mother, Deborah Whitley. "The only time I'd get apprehensive is if I didn't hear from him for a period of time. Then when I'd get that phone call, I'd be delighted."
Dion's brother Arian, 26, said the pair talked about starting a barbeque catering business together when Dion got out of the service. Whitley also hoped to use money from the military to go to college, his brother said.
The fact that Bush diverted $700 million, without the permission of congress, to Iraq war preparations in the summer of 2002 may be old news
Bush's Legal Obligation to Tell Congress About $700M for Iraq
But this is new news:
A Kentucky Guardsman was killed in Iraq this week during a rocket propelled grenade attack.
Hayes, his brother and his sister were part of the 617th Military Police Company based in Richmond.
Specialist Melissa Stewart, his sister, and Specialist James Hayes, his brother, were not with him at the time of the attack. The Army says they're expected to accompany the body home for the funeral.
Hayes was a coach for the girls soccer team at Butler County High School who joined the Kentucky National Guard in December 2002. The Bowling Green native attended Western Kentucky University.
David Hocker, a friend of Hayes and booster of the soccer program, told the Bowling Green Daily News that Hayes was able to come home for a visit two weeks ago and took the soccer team out to dinner and a movie.
The fact that former UN Weapons Inspector Scott Ritter stated in July of 2002 that Saddam had no WMDs, but was ignored, may be old news
Is Iraq a True Threat to the US?
But this is new news:
Librarians Honor Fallen Central Ohio Soldier
The Westerville soldier died when his military vehicle came under a grenade attack while conducting combat operations in Iraq, the Department of Defense announced Wednesday.
Kinslow's mother regularly visited the community library in Sunbury twice a week with his 7-year-old brother.
His mother visited staff at the library Tuesday to personally tell them about her son's death.
Library staff members said they will still send the cards, because that's what Kinslow's mother would have wanted, Burton reported.
Staff at the library said they will never forget the expression on her face.
The fact that the 2002 National Intelligence Estimate of Iraq's weapons capabilities was purposefully stripped of doubts and dissenting opinions may be old news
Doubts, Dissent Stripped from Public Version of Iraq Assessment
But this is new news:
Jacksonville Marine dies in Iraq blast
On Tuesday, the 20-year-old private first class was killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq while serving with the 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division of the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force.
"It is one of the fears that a family always lives with when you know that your son is in Iraq," said Mike Jackson, pastor of Nazarene Church, who has known Clemons' family for about 35 years. "We all feel very proud of Nathan that this is the course he chose, to serve the country."
The fact that Sen. Bob Graham received a 25 page report from the CIA in the summer of 2002 that stated evidence of Saddam's WMD was inconclusive, but Graham was roundly ignored, if not outright mocked, may be old news
The Selling of the Iraq War: The First Casualty
But this is new news:
Marine killed in Iraq recalled as 'angel,' 'jokester'
He was ''the goof-off, the jokester,'' who liked to keep busy. He didn't talk much, but when he did, it would make his brother and sister crack up. He was a hero to his younger brother and his 8-year-old cousin, who wrote a school essay saying as much. He played the piano and taught himself the guitar. His sister called him the family's ''angel,'' watching over the family.
All of those memories came flooding out of Klinger's family members in Williams Township as they struggled Wednesday with the news that their son, their brother, a 21-year-old Wilson Area High School graduate, was killed by shrapnel from a roadside bomb in Iraq. The family said the attack happened Tuesday at 1:07 a.m. Iraqi time, or 5:07 p.m. Monday locally.
According to a Defense Department statement issued Wednesday afternoon, Klinger, a private first class, died ''as a result of an explosion from an improvised explosive device while conducting combat operations against enemy forces near Fallujah, Iraq.''
Klinger joined the Marines in May 2004. He shipped out for Iraq on March 11, said his mother, Sharon Klinger. According to the Department of Defense release, he was a member of the 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment based at Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Klinger was scheduled to come home in October.
''He tried to comfort me,'' his mother said Wednesday, sitting with her husband, children, and mother-in-law in the family's living room. ''He said it was only seven months.''
The family says Joshua is still with them.
''He's watching over us. He's our angel,'' said Alison, Joshua's older sister.
The fact that chief Iraq war architect Paul Wolfowitz admitted that WMDs were just a convenient excuse to convince the country to go along with the invasion of Iraq may be old news
WMD Just a Convenient Excuse for War, Admits Wolfowitz
But this is new news:
Two Ohioans serving in Iraq killed in grenade attack
Three more weeks, after 18 months there, until he would rejoin his wife and toddler at their Fort Carson apartment in Colorado.
The Ohio native died Monday in a grenade attack on his Humvee.
It's better it happened that way. He didn't know what hit him. He didn't linger," his father, Larry Sr., said Wednesday.
The fact that coalition forces drastically stepped up bombing runs during the summer of 2002 in order to goad Saddam into war may be old news
RAF bombing raids tried to goad Saddam into war
But this is new news:
Antigo Marine died Monday
Lance Cpl. John J. Mattek Jr., 24, suffered the injuries in a June 8 explosion as part of combat operations against enemy forces in Anbar province, the Pentagon said.
Mattek is the 39th Wisconsin service member to be killed in Iraq.
"He was a great kid," Tom Weix, Mattek's wrestling coach when he was a high school senior, recalled Monday. "It's pretty sad. He was a go-getter, definitely a leader."
Jill Mattek of Deerbrook, north of Antigo, said her brother graduated from Antigo High School and then attended the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point.
She said their parents had traveled to Maryland, where Mattek had been flown for treatment. He died in the hospital there early Monday.
The fact that 25 former CIA officers accused the President of manipulating intelligence may be old news
Ex-CIA Accuse Bush of Manipulating Iraq Evidence
But this new news:
MS guardsman killed during tour of duty in Iraq
in addition, Spc. Terrance Lee, of Moss Point, was killed in the blast that occurred near their vehicle while the two men were on patrol.
Arnold, 46, and Lee, 25, were part of Company B 150th Combat Engineer Battalion of Lucedale and deployed to Iraq with the Mississippi National Guard's 155th Brigade Combat Team.
Arnold is survived by his wife of 28 years, Melinda, three sons, Larry Jr., 25, Robert, 21, and Howard James, 19, and two grandchildren.
One of Arnold's sons, Robert, is currently serving in the same unit with his father, however, he was home on leave when the accident occurred.
Arnold's wife said he had served on active duty with the U.S. Army for eight and a half years before joining the Mississippi National Guard in August of 1991. He went to work full time for the National Guard in 2002.
"We're just devastated," Melinda Arnold said. "Everyone in the house is just kind of floundering trying to figure out where to go from here."
Larry Arnold Jr. said not only did he lose his father, but his best friend.
"We're just feeling lost," he said. "We lost our best friend. We've lost one of the best super heroes in the world. The super heroes nowadays don't have anything on my dad."
The fact that in 2002 the White House killed Pentagon plans to strike Zarqawi's camp in Northern Iraq in order to maintain the White House's claim that Iraq has ties to terrorists may be old news
Avoiding attacking suspected terrorist mastermind
But this is new news:
A family recalls son, soldier and friend
For Stanley Lapinski, a World War II Marine veteran, his namesake was the epitome of dedication and personal responsibility. He talks proudly about his son, the Army specialist who could imagine doing nothing greater than giving his life defending his country.
On Saturday, Stanley "Stash" Lapinski did. On patrol with his unit in Iraq, Lapinski died instantly after suffering head injuries when a roadside bomb exploded nearby, his father said. He was 35.
Since the death, the Lapinski house in Beverly Hills has been filled with family, friends and flowers. And memories of Stash, both as a football-loving boy and as a music-loving man, came pouring out.
"You don't look that close at your kid when you see him every day," his mother said.
The fact that the White House Silenced Experts Who Questioned Iraq Intel Six Months Before War may be old news
White House Silenced Experts Who Questioned Iraq Intel Six Months Before War
But this is new news:
Brownwood Marine killed in Iraq
Military officials say Lance Cpl. Mario A. Castillo of Brownwood died Friday when a roadside bomb exploded near his vehicle.
Castillo was assigned to the 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, 2nd Marine Division of the Second Marine Expeditionary Force at Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Castillo's family said he decided to join the Marines when he was a junior in high school.
He wanted to enlist before he graduated, but his parents wouldn't sign the papers.
His sister, Julia Rodriguez, told the Brownwood Bulletin her brother's dream was to be a Marine.
The fact that Vice President Cheney made numerous unprecedented trips to the CIA in order to pressure analysts may be old news
Some Iraq Analysts Felt Pressure From Cheney Visits
But this is new news:
Louisiana soldier killed in Iraq
Sgt. David J. Murray, 23, died Thursday when a bomb exploded under his armored personnel carrier as he and other soldiers of the 1088th Engineer Battalion patrolled in the Baghdad area, his mother and stepfather said.
Joanne and John Parker said military officers also told them two other 1088th soldiers suffered serious injuries in the explosion.
Murray was an East Feliciana Parish sheriff's deputy who also worked part time for the Norwood Police Department. He lived in the Felixville community northeast of Clinton.
The battalion is part of the 256th Brigade Combat Team, composed primarily of Louisiana Army National Guard soldiers. The Guard issued a news release Friday confirming Murray's death. He was assigned to the engineer battalion's Company B in New Roads.
Murray was born in Pennsylvania, where his father, Gary M. Murray Sr., still lives, but moved to Clinton in 1997, his mother said.
"He was the kind of kid every parent would love to have. He was funny, but he was also quiet. He was voted the class clown, but you would never know it by the way he was at home," his mother said.
Murray graduated from Silliman Institute in 2001 and joined the National Guard in his junior year. The Parkers said he attended monthly drills and summer training while still a student.
"I'm not sure why he wanted to join the National Guard. It started out as a way to get money for college, but he decided not to go to college. I know he liked the uniform. I guess he wanted to serve his country that way," Joanne Parker said.
After finishing high school and his Army training, Murray began working as a jailer in East Feliciana Parish, but got his state certification to become a patrol deputy.
"He started at the jail and worked his way up. He was a super guy," Sheriff Talmadge Bunch said.
The fact that our tough guy of a President said in March of 2002 "Fuck Saddam, we're taking him out" may be old news
March Orders
But this is new news:
Iowa Guardsman Killed in Iraq
Spc. Casey Byers, 22, of Schleswig, the father of an infant daughter, died about 8 p.m. Saturday south of Ramadi, said Lt. Col. Gregory Hapgood, the Iowa National Guard's public affairs officer. Also killed in the attack was Sgt. 1st Class Neal Prince, a regular U.S. Army soldier based at Fort Carson, Colo. He is not an Iowan.
Last fall, Byers volunteered for duty in Iraq and arrived there in January with the Iowa National Guard's 224th Engineer Battalion. Before his deployment, he had worked for Casey's General Stores at the company's Ankeny warehouse.
Byers was the fourth soldier from the Guard's 224th Engineer Battalion, based in southeast Iowa, to be killed in Iraq this year.
Byers' survivors include a daughter, Hailey; his mother and father, Ann and William Byers; a brother, Paul; and a sister, Jennifer. Funeral arrangements are pending.
In Schleswig, a town of 833 people in Crawford County, residents reacted with stunned sadness. Word spread around the city on Sunday after worshippers were notified at Schleswig United Church of Christ, which the Byers family attended.
"I think everyone is shocked. It hit very close to home," said the Rev. Chris Burtnett, who was called early Sunday morning to be with the Byers family. "There was visible shock. A lot of tears, just disbelief."
+ $1,751,132,130,359 Social Security Trust Fund
– $7,805,708,317,936 The Gross National Debt
Time will tell all the Truth.
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