Kansas Marine reflects on war and homecoming craziness
Lance Cpl. Austin Klug, 20, returned from a five month Iraq tour to Odin Kansas. He recalls Fallujah combat and a dangerous train station mission. He describes fear, injuries including skin grafts and a relocated vein, and finds meaning in his Marine service amid the “crazy” transition home.
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In the 1993 World Team Championship semifinal the Netherlands faced the United States with three notrump the stake. West led a club jack, South won ace, spades split, and Leo East sacrificed by returning a diamond five to mislead declarer. The US defense secured nine tricks as South avoided losing to clubs and spades, while at the other table the US North also made nine tricks in three notrump after a heart lead. Tomorrow: Solution to a dilemma.
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Baghdad gunbattle and Iraq war toll rise before elections
U S troops battled insurgents on a busy Baghdad street as five Marines were killed in Haditha and Anbar clashes. Attacks across Baghdad and northern cities raised the Iraqi death toll and U S casualties ahead of elections slated for January 30.
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Militant attack on Jidda U S consulate leaves dead
Islamic militants fired explosives at the gate of the U S consulate in Jiddah and forced entry, triggering a three hour gunbattle that killed seven people and wounded several others. Americans suffered minor injuries. Saudi Interior Ministry reported three attackers killed and others injured and arrested. Four Saudi security forces were casualties. Civilians inside reportedly confronted by attackers, not hostages per official briefing.
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