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— Lockheed Martin Corp. has won a $57 million Navy contract boost to buy parts to support the MH-60R/S Seahawk helicopter, the Defense Department said late Monday.
Shares of Lockheed Martin, based in Romantic Getaways Bethesda, Md., were up 20 cents at $99.50 Tuesday morning.
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Probe over the killing of ex-marine’s son underway
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Monday, March 31, 2008
By Bong Garcia
THE Naval Forces Western Mindanao (NFWM) and the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) are conducting separate investigations over the alleged brutal killing of a 22-year-old man by marine forces in the province of Tawi-Tawi, south of Zamboanga City.
NFWM chief Rear Admiral Emilio Marayag Jr. has directed his Inspectorate General (IG) to lead the probe over the incident that resulted to the death of a son of a former marine soldier, who is now with the Philippine Coastguard (PCG).
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The victim, Eduardo Abat Jr., was allegedly tortured and killed by personnel of the 2nd Marine Company inside the camp located in the village of Lamion, Bongao, the province capital, last February 26.
The NFWM probe team led by the command’s IG has departed for Bongao last Thursday to conduct the investigation as ordered by Marayag.
Marine troops on duty allegedly shot Abat on the leg and dragged him into the camp in the morning of February 26, based on witness accounts over a local television station.
Before the gunfire was heard, they disclosed that they heard the victim shouting that he is not an Abu Sayyaf member and that he is a son of a former marine soldier.
Marayag said he will not tolerate such kind of incident and offense by any of the personnel under his command if it will turn out to be true that the victim was tortured and killed.
Marayag assured that he would never allow the good image of the marines to be besmirched by some individual members.
The NFWM chief said they will get to the bottom of the case and punish whoever NUMB3RS dvd is responsible for such offense.
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Source: International Herald Tribune (Original Article)
BAGHDAD: American aircraft hit targets in Basra late Thursday and Friday, joining for the first time an onslaught by Iraqi security forces intended to oust Shiite militias in the southern port city, and indicating that the Iraqi military has not, on its own, been able to rout the militias, despite repeated statements by American and Iraqi officials that its fighting capabilities have vastly improved.
In Baghdad, there was an exchange of fire between American aircraft and Mahdi army fighters in the Sadr City neighborhood, the capital's largest Shiite militia stronghold. The Iraqi police said an American helicopter opened fire early Friday in Sadr City, killing five people.
The American military confirmed the strike, saying the helicopter was called in after troops on the ground were shot at and requested air support. The Iraqi police also reported a second, later strike by a fixed-wing American aircraft that they said killed four people.
Amid the violence in Baghdad, rocket or mortar fire struck the office of one of two Iraqi vice presidents, Tariq al-Hashimi, in the Green Zone, killing a security guard. It was not immediately clear whether Hashimi was in his office at the time or whether he was wounded in the attack.
The strikes by American warplanes in Basra, one on a militia stronghold and a second on a mortar team that was attacking Iraqi forces, were made at the request of the Iraqi Army, said Major Tom Holloway, a spokesman for the British Army in Basra.
Holloway said that the Americans, who along with the British have been flying surveillance runs over Basra since the latest fighting in the city began this week, conducted the air attack because the Iraqi security forces did not have aircraft capable of making such strikes.
“I think the point here is actually that the Iraqis are capable, they are strong and they have been engaging successfully,” Holloway said.
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Source: Daily Press (Original Article)
After 5 years and a son’s death, a family stands by the war
By SETH ROSEN |
The Daily Progress
March 23, 2008
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RUCKERSVILLE, Va. - Adam Fargo’s infectious smile can still
light up a room.
Part of the Fargo home serves as a memorial to Adam, a young
Army medic killed in Baghdad two summers ago by a roadside bomb.
Two letters from President Bush hang on the wall, next to the
Purple Heart and the Bronze Star that Adam received posthumously.
And in a series of pictures of Adam–in his military fatigues and
green medic outfit–his wide and playful grin illuminates the
room.
When four of Adam’s fellow soldiers visited here last July for
the anniversary of his death, they talked endlessly of Adam’s
courage, determination and, of course, that smile, said Doug Fargo,
Adam’s father.
“Everyone always remembers his smile and his froggy voice,”
Doug added.
Earlier this month, the Fargos and the members of the 101st
Airborne Division continued the celebration of Adam’s life and the
sacrifice he made for his country. For the first time, Doug and
Libby, Adam’s mother, visited Fort Campbell in Kentucky, which
contains two memorials for their son. His memory also lives on with
his comrades still in Iraq: the medical ward in a forward operating
base near where Adam was killed bares his name.
The day before their departure, the Fargos spoke in emotional
terms of the outpouring of support they have received from the accommodation daylesford
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Troops kill bandit in a clash
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Sunday, March 23, 2008
TROOPS of the Philippine Marine Corps (PMC) have killed a suspected Abu Sayyaf bandit in a pre-dawn clash in the hinterlands of Sulu, where offensive continues against the remaining bandit leaders and followers.
The clash ensued four days after the PMC has deployed its elite force, the Marine Force Recon Battalion, to the province of Sulu.
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The elite force battalion headed by Lieutenant Colonel Ruben Candelario departed Monday night and headed for Sulu from Zamboanga City.
Third Marine Brigade chief Colonel Natalio Ecarma said the clash took place around 5:40 a.m. Friday in the town of Patikul, where one of the remaining bandit leaders is based.
Ecarma said the troops have recovered the remains of the slain bandit, closed to 200 rounds of ammunition for M-16 rifle, a cellular phone, and some Abu Sayyaf documents.
The marine believed that the slain bandit was a follower of one-armed Abu Sayyaf leader Radulan Sahiron, the oldest among the militant heads based in Patikul town.
Ecarma disclosed that pursuit operations continue against the bandit group figured in last Friday’s clash.
Western Mindanao Command (Wesmincom) chief Lieutenant General Nelson Allaga earlier said that the offensive against the Abu Sayyafs and other lawless elements continue despite the observance of the Holy Week. (Bong Garcia)For more Philippine news, visit Sun.Star Cagayan de Oro.(March 23, 2008 issue)
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Source: The Register-Guard (Original Article)
Wednesday is the fifth anniversary of President Bush’s invasion of Iraq. Rather than reviewing the 935 false statements Bush and his top aides made about the security risk posed by Iraq in the run-up to the 2003 invasion, or recounting the heartbreaking casualty totals, it might be more useful to contemplate some hard questions about what lies ahead.
The president’s strategy to bolster U.S. troop strength in Iraq the surge  has achieved two huge objectives: It has reduced the horrific violence that took Iraq to the brink of full-scale civil war in 2006, and in so doing has pushed the war off the front pages and halted a decline in public support.
In fact, according to a recent poll by the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press, 53 percent of Americans now believe “the U.S. will ultimately succeed in achieving its goals†in Iraq. That figure is up from 42 percent in September 2007.
The renewed support comes in spite of recent post-surge news reporting the deaths of 15 American troops in a three-day span  the highest U.S. toll since last September  and a rash of deadly bombings and political violence that killed 42 Iraqis in one day last week. (That doesn’t count 20 bodies found that same day in a mass grave near Samarra.) The Associated Press reports that in the first half of March, an average of 39 Iraqis have died violently each day, up from 26 a day in February.
So the first thing to note in the fifth anniversary look-ahead is that violence in Iraq, though reduced from its apocalyptic 2006 levels, still amounts to a Virginia Tech massacre and then some every day  and the body count is headed upward.
People who’ve decided that the surge has given the United States a chance to “win†in Iraq if the nation doesn’t prematurely abandon the mission need to honestly answer several questions about what kind of a commitment they’re willing to undertake. Can ANZ Visa Debit Card the United States afford the financial …continue reading
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