A Soldier’s Holiday in Iraq December 4 2004
A frontline diary from Mosul describes calm evenings after chow with Commander Vasquez and a brigade chief. They review daily events from base impacts to radar acquisitions, sharing a brief, bittersweet humor amid ongoing insurgent activity spilling from Fallujah.
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Vasquez
Truck Fire Blocks I-35 Delays Traffic and Hazards
A tractor trailer fire on I-35 between Williamsburg and Homewood exits slowed southbound traffic for about an hour Monday. Firefighters navigated stopped vehicles and crowds while a Williamsburg truck became stuck in a muddy ditch. Rex Etten, driver of the burning rig, escaped harm as authorities investigated the blaze origin.
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Vickie Moss
I-35
Williamsburg
Homewood
Kenneth Messick
Rex Etten
Etten
Jon Robison
Clathe
Marissa Dickson
Kansas City
Kan
Dickson
Johnson County
Franklin County
Willamsburg
Troops capture bomb making cell in Iraq
U S troops detained seven car bomb makers in As Siniyah and seven more in Tikrit while a roadside bomb killed three Iraqi National Guardsmen near Jebala. In Rashid, 20 militants were arrested after a brief firefight as insurgents attack security forces ahead of January elections. Bush said full security cannot be guaranteed but vowed to help keep Iraq’s elections safe.
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Joy Chereeres
Baghdad
Iraq
U.S
1St Infantry Division
As Siniyah
Tikrit
Saddam Hussein
Can
Rashid
Jebala
National Guard
Haifa Street
Green Zone
1St Marine Expeditionary Force
Anbar
Fallujah
Ramadi
Washington
Bush
Ghazi al- Yawer
United States
Legislators seek repeal of clunker sales tax in Kansas
Three House Democrats propose a bill to repeal the revised used car sales tax in Kansas, replacing it with a tax based on the actual price paid. The measure responds to voter anger after a 2003 audit showed many reported prices were well below fair market value, prompting a state-wide debate and calls for a quick fix or full repeal. Senate leaders plan a parallel repeal effort including a possible refund of collected taxes.
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Topeka
Kansas
Harold Lane
Lane
Wichita
Nile Dillmore
Jim Ward
House
Doug Mays
Senate
Anthony Hensley
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