mindnumbedrobot.blogspot.com - 14 days ago
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like so many others I hear of, wanted to go back to Iraq on his own terms to deal with his personal struggle. Via the recent USO Newsletter: "When Marine Sgt. John Eubanks first went to Iraq, he was an infantryman and a weapons specialist. In the middle of his second tour in 2005, he suffered ...
nydailynews.com - 15 days ago
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nydailynews.com —
Military officials Tuesday identified the soldier accused of
killing five of his comrades at a U.S. base
in Iraq . Sgt. John Russell , 44, of Sherman , Texas , is in custody at Camp Liberty in Baghdad . He is accused of opening fire at a combat stress ...
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Army IDs Sgt. John M. Russell as the shooter who killed ...
nytimes.com - 9 days ago
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nytimes.com —
Townshend, Vt. IN a surge of realism, the
Senate has voted 75-23 to acknowledge that Iraq has
broken up and cannot be put back together. The measure, co-sponsored by Joe Biden, a Democratic presidential candidate, and Sam Brownback, Republican of ...
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Make Walls, Not War
blogs.abcnews.com - 12 days ago
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Calling it a "significant breakthrough," President Obama praised
the vote by Iraq's Council of Representatives allowing for
parliamentary elections in January 2010 calling it "an important milestone as the Iraqi people continue to take responsibility ...
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White House Heralds Iraq Election Law
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Marine Sgt. John Eubanks…
like so many others I hear of, wanted to go back to Iraq on his own terms to deal with his personal struggle.
Via the recent USO Newsletter:
“When Marine Sgt. John Eubanks first went to Iraq, he was an infantryman and a weapons specialist. In the middle of his second tour in 2005, he suffered back injuries and a traumatic brain injury when his vehicle was struck by an improvised explosive device. Since then, Sgt. Eubanks has undergone numerous medical procedures, ...
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Nice Deb —
... jazz or swing and a 155mm howitzer.
He is 10 or 15 pounds lighter now than when he was at home because he is
working or fighting from before dawn to well after dusk.. He has trouble
spelling, thus letter writing is a pain for him,
but he can field strip a rifle in 30 seconds and reassemble it in less
time in the dark. He can recite to you the nomenclature of a machine gun
or grenade launcher and use either one effectively if he must.
Our Marine of the Day is Sgt. John Eubanks
When Marine Sgt. John Eubanks first ...
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