Nine Marines Die as Car Bombs Hit Near Fallujah Iraq
A car bombing fatally injured nine U S Marines near Fallujah with eight killed at the scene and one dying later. The attack follows a day of intense violence across Iraq, including an attack on a Baghdad television office that injured 19 and killed seven, as insurgents threaten further violence ahead of national elections.
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Fallujah
Iraq
U.S
Baghdad
Maj
Clark Watson
1St Marine Expeditionary Force
Anbar
Mil
Itary
Ramadi
Kirkuk
Kansas Guard’s 891st trains for Iraq mission at Fort Sill
Kansas Army National Guard soldiers in the 891st Engineering Battalion undergo roughly 90 days of Fort Sill training for an Iraq deployment. Leaders stress improved performance overseas, warning that mistakes there carry harsher consequences and that insurgent tactics require relentless vigilance. Family connections and small-town bonds frame the unit’s intensive drill as many balance duty with personal sacrifices.
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891St
Kansas Army National Guard
Tafanelli
Kansas House of Representatives
89L1st
Coffeyville
Iola
Pittsburgh
Fort Sill
Oklahoma
Maj
Shawn Manley
Cherryvale
89St
Fort Sitt
Okla
Lee Tafanelli
Kansas
Iraq
891St Engineering Battalion
Jefferson County
Atchison County
Set
James Bishop
Joplin
Glenn Phinazee
Phinazee
Ervin Dennis
Dennis
Rod Moyer
Eudora West Elementary
Moyer
Guard
Kayla
Eudora High
Meyer
Sean Linn
Linn
Manley
Barry Manley
Col
LE Tafanelli
Rod Moyes
Eudora West
Training drives 891st Engineer Battalion for Iraq deployment
Tafanelli outlines an unspecified Iraq destination and departure window for the 891st Engineer Battalion as they train with heavy equipment for rebuilding and security tasks. They will join the 226th Engineering Company, bringing experience, while convoy exercises improve communications and tactics before deployment.
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Tafanelli
Iraq
891St
89St
226Th Engineering Company
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