Combat Camera: Weapons Found in Baghdad Home

Iraqi army soldiers provide security as fellow soldiers search for contraband in a home near Dinah, Baghdad, Iraq, Sept. 1, 2006. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Holley Baker

U.S. Army soldiers from the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division search a school for weapons in Dinah, Baghdad, Iraq, Sept. 1, 2006. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Holley Baker

U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Dan Futrel, from the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, speaks with local Iraqi men during a patrol in Dinah, Baghdad, Iraq, Sept. 1, 2006. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Holley Baker

Ammunition and weapons found during the search of a home by Iraqi army soldiers in Dinah, Baghdad, Iraq, are displayed on the sidewalk, Sept. 1, 2006. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Holley Baker

An Iraqi woman talks to Iraqi army soldiers about the weapons found in her home in Dinah, Baghdad, Iraq, Sept. 1, 2006. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Holley Baker

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Tito Mann, from the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, lines up men held for questioning after weapons and ammunition were found in their home in Dinah, Baghdad, Iraq, Sept. 1, 2006. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Holley Baker

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The Decline and Fall of Western Civ. for 8 Sep

Heads up, this news rolls downhill.

• ABC Gets More Pressure to Toss 9/11 Film: ABC faced growing pressure Friday about its planned miniseries on the buildup to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Former Clinton administration officials, historians and a Democratic petition with nearly 200,000 signatures urged the network to scrap the five-hour drama, according to AP.

• Variety reviews The Path to 9/11: Perhaps unavoidably, ABC's "The Path to 9/11" plays like a compendium of movies and documentaries surrounding that fateful day -- a pinch of "United 93" here, a dollop of "World Trade Center" there. Derived in part from the 9/11 Commission report, this five-hour presentation is earnest but scattered and a little plodding, with the most powerful aspect involving John O'Neill, the terrorism expert slain in the attack, strongly played by Harvey Keitel. Although NBC cleared ABC's path by scrubbing its own planned 9/11 miniseries, it's still a trail littered with the host of productions that preceded it.

• Harry Reid Tramples 1st Amendment Rights Over 'Path to 9-11': The full force of big-government intimidation is put into action against ABC when Harry Reid threatens the network's broadcast license over the docu-drama, 'The Path to 9-11.'

• Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has applied for a U.S. visa, according to State Department officials, reports ABC News.

• MSNBC's Chris Matthews whines that the Plame story is way too complicated to cover now. Yo' Chris, so much for even trying to fake any semblance of hard hitting, objective reporting. From NewsBusters.

• In the news today, AP reports Saddam Hussein regarded al-Qaida as a threat rather than a possible ally, a Senate report says. The document, which compares prewar intelligence with post-invasion findings on Iraq's weapons and on terrorist groups, is a rehash of earlier reports, breaks no new ground, and is sure to be like pouring political gasoline on a partisan fire that serves no purpose for the taxpayers who funded it.

In seemingly more important news:

• Police plan to meet with Claudia Schiffer to discuss complaints that her dogs are intimidating walkers near her country mansion. Police said Friday they hope the talks will solve problems around the supermodel's home near Bury St. Edmunds, a rural town northeast of London, reports AP.

• ROO TV presents News for Blonds video.

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Harry Reid Assails 1st Amendment Over 'Path to 9-11'

The full force of big-government intimidation is put into action against ABC when Harry Reid threatens the network's broadcast license over the docu-drama, 'The Path to 9-11':

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SENATE DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP URGES DISNEY CEO TO CANCEL MISLEADING 9/11 MINISERIES
Dated: Thursday, September 7, 2006

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The Communications Act of 1934 provides your network with a free broadcast license predicated on the fundamental understanding of your principle obligation to act as a trustee of the public airwaves in serving the public interest. Nowhere is this public interest obligation more apparent than in the duty of broadcasters to serve the civic needs of a democracy by promoting an open and accurate discussion of political ideas and events.

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OPEN THREAD

• What are the Democrats afraid of?

• Where was the Democrat outrage over the untruths portrayed in Michael Moore's 'Fahrenheit 911'?

RESOURCES
Clinton Administration Officials Assail ABC's 'The Path to 9/11'
(Washington Post) -- Top officials of the Clinton administration have launched a preemptive strike against an ABC-TV "docudrama," slated to air Sunday and Monday, that they say includes made-up scenes depicting them as undermining attempts to kill Osama bin Laden.

ABC to Alter Show on Pre-9/11 Run-Up
(Washington Post) -- ABC plans to make minor changes to its docudrama on the run-up to the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks in response to heated complaints from former Clinton administration officials that a number of scenes are fabricated, a network executive said yesterday.

Ex-Clinton Officials Slam 9/11 Mini-Series
(NYT) -- Three members of the Clinton administration have written the chief executive of the Walt Disney Company, ABC’s parent, to complain that the network’s coming two-part miniseries “The Path to 9/11” is fraught with factual errors and fabrications.

ABC: 9/11 Program Criticism 'Premature'
NEW YORK (AP) -- ABC defended a miniseries on the events leading up to the Sept. 11 attacks after Clinton administration officials said it distorts history so drastically that it should be corrected or shelved.

Pols pound 'Path'
(variety.com) -- Under fire, ABC mulls yanking mini

ALSO SEE

Update: The Path to 9-11

UPDATE 2: The Path to 9-11 Video Clips at ABC

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Combat Camera: Fri 8 Sep. 2006

RAID NEAR TAFARIA, IRAQ

Iraqi army soldiers from the 2nd Company, 5th Brigade, 2nd Iraqi Army Division scan the area after departing a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during an air assault mission near Tafaria, Iraq, Sept. 4, 2006. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Jackey Bratt

U.S. Army Pfc. Ian Dautman, from 1st Batallion, 68th Combined Arms Regiment, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, stands guard during a raid near Tafaria, Iraq, Sept. 4, 2006. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Jackey Bratt

A woman pleads to an Iraqi army soldier from 2nd Company, 5th Brigade, 2nd Iraqi Army Division to allow a suspected insurgent to go free during a raid near Tafaria, Iraq, Sept. 4, 2006. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Jackey Bratt

An Iraqi army soldier from the 5th Brigade, 2nd Iraqi Army Division looks for weapons on the rooftop of a house while a fellow soldier questions a woman during a raid in Tafaria, Iraq, Sept. 4, 2006. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Jackey Bratt

A U.S. Army soldier from 1st Batallion, 68th Combined Arms Regiment, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division searches the home of a known insurgent during a raid on a village near Tafaria, Iraq, Sept. 4, 2006. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Jackey Bratt

An Iraqi army soldier from 2nd Company, 5th Brigade, 2nd Iraqi Army Division looks for weapons caches inside a shed near Tafaria, Iraq, Sept. 4, 2006. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Jackey Bratt

An Iraqi army soldier from 2nd Company, 5th Brigade, 2nd Iraqi Army Division collects evidence of a weapons cache during a raid near Tafaria, Iraq, Sept. 4, 2006. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Jackey Bratt

A young girl hands her fathers shoes to an Iraqi army soldier from 2nd Company, 5th Brigade, 2nd Iraqi Army Division as coalition forces raid a suspected insurgent's home near Tafaria, Iraq, Sept. 4, 2006. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Jackey Bratt

U.S. Army Lt. Daniel Rullo prepares to board a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter after a raid near Tafaria, Iraq, Sept. 4, 2006. Rullo is assigned to 1st Battalion, 68th Combined Arms Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Jackey Bratt

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The Decline and Fall of Western Civ. for 7 Sep.

Tonight's DFWC focuses on 9/11 and the war on terror (i.e., the war on Islamofacism).

• Will ABC fold under pressure? Shaken Democrats urge ABC to withdraw 9/11 movie, reports Reuters. Amid an election-year debate over who can best defend America, U.S. congressional Democrats urged ABC on Thursday to cancel a TV miniseries about the September 11 attacks that is critical of former Democratic President Bill Clinton and his top aides.

• AP reports ABC terrorism drama, "The Path to 9-11," stirs controversy.

• The Washington Post reports top officials of the Clinton administration have launched a preemptive strike against an ABC-TV docudrama, "The Path to 9-11," slated to air Sunday and Monday, that they say includes made-up scenes depicting them as undermining attempts to kill Osama bin Laden.

• A furious Bill Clinton is warning ABC that its mini-series "The Path to 9/11" grossly misrepresents his pursuit of Osama bin Laden - and he is demanding the network "pull the drama" if changes aren't made states this article, BUBBA GOES BALLISTIC ON ABC ABOUT ITS DAMNING 9/11MOVIE, appearing in today's NY Post.

• The LA Times reports, ABC alters 9/11 show under pressure. The network has in recent days made changes to the film, set to air Sunday and Monday, after leading political figures, many of them Democrats, complained about bias and alleged inaccuracies. Meanwhile, a left-wing organization has launched a letter-writing campaign urging the network to "correct" or dump the miniseries, while conservative blogs have launched a vigorous defense.

• AP, and the Washington Post report Al-Jazeera airs video showing bin Laden in a rocky, mountainous area greeting two men that Al-Jazeera identified as Sept. 11 hijackers.

• The New York Times reviews the film, as reported by Drudge.

• The Hollywood Reporter notes, ABC issued a defense Thursday of its controversial miniseries "The Path to 9/11," which has come under fire from members of the Clinton administration.

• A majority of Canadians believe U.S. foreign policy was one of the root causes that led to the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, and Quebecers are quicker to criticize the U.S. administration for its international actions than other Canadians, a recent poll suggests, according to cbc.ca.

• Reuters reports France rejects "war on terror." Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin, speaking in parliament, expressed these views on global terrorism, while President Jacques Chirac backed France's claims to the international front rank with a fresh defense of his country's nuclear arsenal.

• And last but not least Richard Armitage, once the No. 2 diplomat at the State Department and the man who 'outed' CIA agent Valerie Plame, says of Plamegate on the CBS Evening News, "I Screwed Up."

Also see Update: The Path to 9-11

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Transcript: Rush Limbaugh on CBS News

Video and Transcript of Rush Limbaugh on CBS Evening News, 7 Sep. 2006

Rush Limbaugh on CBS Evening News, 7 Sep. 2006
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TRANSCRIPT
My friends, it's time to face a hard, cold fact. Militant Islam wants to kill us just because we're alive and don't believe as they do. They've been killing us for decades. So it's time to stop pretending these terrorist incidents are mere episodic events and face the reality that our way of life is in grave danger. This threat is not just going to go away because we choose to ignore it. Some say we should try diplomacy. Yeah, well, tell me, how do we negotiate with people whose starting point is our death? Ask them to wait for ten years before they kill us? When good negotiates with evil, evil will always win and peace follows victory, not words issued by diplomats. But some Americans, sadly, not interested in victory, and yet they want us to believe that their behavior is patriotic. Well, it's not. When the critics are more interested in punishing this country over a few incidents at Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay than they are in defeating those who want to kill us; when they seek to destroy a foreign surveillance program which is designed to identify those who want to kill us and how they intend to do it; when they want to grant those who want to kill us U.S. constitutional rights, I don't call that patriotic. Patriotism is rallying behind the country, regardless of party affiliation to defeat Islamofascism. Patriotism is supporting our troops in the battlefield, not undermining the mission and morale. Let there be no doubt about this: America will prevail. We're the same country that survived a bloody civil war, defeated the Nazis and the Soviets. Each generation has a responsibility to the next, our generation will not disappoint.

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Combat Camera: Thu 7 Sep. 2006

10TH MOUNTAIN DIVISION IN AFGHANISTAN

U.S. Army Spc. David Mendez, of Alpha Company, 3rd Squadron, 71st Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division, scans the ridgelines for possible enemy movement and rocket-propelled grenade positions at the Kamdesh Provincial Reconstruction Team Base in the Kunar province of Afghanistan, Aug. 29, 2006. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Bem Minor

U.S. Army Spc. Eric Bridge, along with fellow soldiers from 3rd Squadron, 71st Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division, performs patrol and reconnaissance while en route up a mountain to resupply Observation Post Warheight in the Kunar province of Afghanistan, Aug. 30, 2006. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Bem Minor

U.S. Army soldiers from 3rd Squadron, 71st Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division perform patrol and reconnaissance while en route up a mountain to resupply Observation Post Warheight in the Kunar province of Afghanistan Aug. 30, 2006. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Bem Minor

U.S. Army Pvt. Chris Key, of Alpha Company, 3rd Squadron, 71st Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division, scans the ridgelines at the main entrance to the Kamdesh Provincial Reconstruction Team Base in the Kunar province of Afghanistan, Aug. 28, 2006. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Bem Minor

U.S. Army Pvt. Chris Key, of Alpha Company, 3rd Squadron, 71st Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division, scans the ridgelines at the main entrance to the Kamdesh Provincial Reconstruction Team Base in the Kunar province of Afghanistan, Aug. 28, 2006. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Bem Minor

U.S. Army Pfc. Tim Dunlar, of Alpha Company, 3rd Squadron, 71st Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division, calibrates his artillery equipment at the Kamdesh Provincial Reconstruction Team Base in the Kunar province of Afghanistan, Aug. 29, 2006. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Bem Minor

An unexploded ordnance found by U.S. Army soldiers from 3rd Squadron, 71st Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division lies in the grass in the Kunar province of Afghanistan, Aug. 30, 2006. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Bem Minor

A U.S. Army soldier from 3rd Squadron, 71st Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division, takes a break while en route up a mountain to resupply Observation Post Warheight in the Kunar province of Afghanistan, Aug. 30, 2006. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Bem Minor

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Dispatches from the Front, Thu 7 Sep. 2006

A Soldier from 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment (at left), and an Iraqi soldier remove weapons and ammunition from a cache discovered near Forward Operating Base Summerall in Bayji. (Photo by Master Sgt. Jonathan F. Doti)

Audio: Gen. Abizaid visits with Times reporter on Cautious optimism for 'The Long War'

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IRAQI ARMY TAKES LEAD SECURITY ROLE IN TAL AFAR
TAL AFAR, Iraq (CENTCOM) -- The 1st, Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 3rd Iraqi Army Division became the third and final battalion to take the lead in assuming security operations for the city of Tal Afar during a ceremony held at Fort Tal Afar on September 2.

MARINE HELICOPTER MAKES WEATHER-BASED HARD LANDING
CAMP FALLUJAH, Iraq (CENTCOM) -- A CH-53 helicopter executed a hard landing in Al Anbar Province today due to reduced visibility caused by dust. There were no injuries caused by this event.

TALIBAN EXTREMISTS CONTINUE TO TARGET AFGHAN CIVILIANS WITH IEDS
BAGRAM AIRFIELD, AFGHANISTAN (CENTCOM) -- Just two days after Taliban spokesman, Dr. Mohamed Hanif disputed the Coalition claim that 102 Afghan civilians have been killed by Taliban-ordered suicide bombings in comparison to just 19 Afghan and Coalition soldiers for 2006, extremists struck against civilians again Sept. 6.

MULTIMEDIA

Video: Regulators on Patrol
Package made from "Regulators on Patrol." B-roll in this section about Soldiers providing security for a city council meeting. Produced by Sgt. Marvin Cornell.

Video: Ammo
Package made from "Ammo" in the B-roll section about how the A-10 Warthog aircraft is armed and the Airmen behind the work. Produced by Staff Sgt. Brandon Hoyt.

Video: EOD Clean Sweep

Video: Close Quarter Battle Training

Audio: Boots on the Ground 77
In this weeks edition of Boots on the Ground, Spc Jesse Belford has the story on a joint U.S. Iraqi Range.

Audio: OIF Update 2 Sep 2006
This week's edition of the OIF Updated features a new automated machine gun, and a joint iraqi and american range. Produced by Spc Jesse Belford

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Bob Dylan: Modern Times

NEW MUSIC PICK RELEASE PICK OF THE WEEK

UPDATE: Dylan's New Album Hits No. 1 on Charts

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Bob Dylan: Modern Times
(AMG Review 4 1/2 out of 5 Stars) -- When Bob Dylan dropped the deeply moving yet mournful and brooding Time Out of Mind in 1997, it was a rollicking rockabilly and blues record full of songs about mortality, disappointment, and dissolution. 2001 brought Love and Theft, an album steeped in blues and other folk forms that was funny, celebratory, biting, and stomping. In the five years since that set, Dylan was busy: he did everything from a Victoria's Secret commercial, to endlessly touring, to being in a couple of films — Larry Charles' Masked and Anonymous and as the subject of the Martin Scorsese documentary No Direction Home — to publishing the first of the purported three volumes of his cagey and rambling autobiography Chronicles, to thinking about Alicia Keys. This last comment comes from the man himself in "Thunder on the Mountain," the opening track on Modern Times, a barn-burning, raucous, and unruly blues tune that finds the old man sounding mighty feisty and gleefully agitated: "I was thinkin' 'bout Alicia Keys/Couldn't keep from cryin'/She was born in Hell's Kitchen and I was livin' down the line/I've been lookin' for her even clear through Tennessee." The drums shuffle with brushes, the piano is pumping à la Jerry Lee Lewis, the bass is popping, and a slide guitar that feels like it's calling the late Michael Bloomfield back from 1966 — à la Highway 61 Revisited — slips in and out of the ether like a ghost wanting to emerge in the flesh. Dylan's own choppy leads snarl in the break and he's letting his blues fall down like rain: "Gonna raise me an army, some tough sons of bitches/I'll recruit my army from the oldest villages/I've been to St. Herman's church and said my religious vows/I sucked the milk out of a thousand cows/I got the pork chop, she got the pie/She ain't no angel and neither am I...I did all I could/I did it right there and then/I've already confessed I don't need to confess again."... Read more.

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Bankrupt: The Intellectual and Moral Bankruptcy of Today's Democratic Party by David Limbaugh

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Bankrupt: The Intellectual and Moral Bankruptcy of Today's Democratic Party by David Limbaugh
(From the Inside Flap) -- BANKRUPT! That’s what the Democrats are when it comes to new ideas, or to defending America, or to doing anything more than protecting their own narrow political interests. Exaggeration? Hardly. Bestselling author David Limbaugh quotes Democrats to devastating effect as a party that has reduced its mind and heart to the level of intellectual and moral bankruptcy. In this startling new book, Limbaugh shows just how far the Democratic Party has fallen, and why there is little prospect of redemption. In Bankrupt, Limbaugh reveals: • Why the Democrats are more concerned with defeating Republicans than with defeating the global Islamic jihad • Why outright dishonesty has become the fallback mode of Democratic leaders • Why Democrats have a stake in—and have largely succeeded in—foisting a variety of myths on the American public to justify their bad behavior (Limbaugh busts the myths.) • Why Democrats have reduced politics to a matter of personal hate—of Bush and Rove and Cheney—and personal destruction Limbaugh lays bare the gamut of Democratic moral and intellectual bankruptcy—from liberal activist judges who want to rewrite the Constitution, to left-wing moral relativists who want to overturn traditional morality in the name of liberal "values," to unrepentant left-wing racism, to economic ideas that are no more than tired class warfare. If you want the dirt on the Democrats—and all in their own self-damning words—here it is. Republicans and conservatives would welcome a responsible opposition party to keep them sharp and to debate the crucial issues facing our country—but the Democrats aren’t it. In sobering detail, Bankrupt shows why, and highlights the dangers of what a Democratic resurgence could mean for America.

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The Decline and Fall of Western Civ. for 6 Sep

Heads up, this news rolls downhill.

• From Drudge, the Islamic Republic News Agency reports that Iran's president Ahmadinejad intends to travel to NYC, hopes to speak at UN on Sept. 19 at 7 PM; same day as Bush. Ahmadinejad is to attend the summit of Non-Aligned Movement countries in the Cuban capital Havana in mid-September. Ahmadinejad said in Tehran Wednesday that his attendance of the UN General Assembly would be a "suitable opportunity" to challenge Bush in a television debate. While the Judeo-Christian West got over the Crusades many years ago, you could argue that Muslims, with their treatment of women, church-as-state ideology, and culture in-general, are still stuck in thirteenth century

• UPI reports an upcoming TV mini-series about the origins of the Sept. 11 plot is provoking angry complaints from Democrats about the portrayal of the Clinton administration's response to terrorism.

• Under-reported in the press today, President Bush detailed the breakup of an al-Qaeda biological weapons program and the prevention of a anthrax attack within the U.S. The information used to breakup the plot was gleaned directly from detainee interrogation efforts currently under fire from Democrats and the Left.

• In another under-reported story, on the wire, AP reports Iraq will take control of its armed forces command on Thursday, a major step on its painful path toward independence and an essential move before international troops can eventually withdraw.

• The next headline is classified in "the result of a study performed in a data-free-enironment" category. The Daily Mail reports the 9/11 terrorist attack on America which left almost 3,000 people dead was an "inside job", according to a group of leading academics.

• According to the Washington Post, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert announced Wednesday that Israel will lift its eight-week-old air and sea blockade of Lebanon on Thursday evening, removing what diplomats have called the chief obstacle to the country's recovery from a devastating war between Israeli forces and the Lebanese militia Hezbollah.

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Combat Camera: Wed 6 Sep. 2006

U.S. Army Lt. Daniel Rullo prepares to board a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter landing near Tafaria, Iraq, Sept. 4, 2006. Rullo is assigned to 1st Battalion, 68th Combined Arms Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division. DoD photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Jackey Bratt, U.S. Navy. (Released)

A Howitzer 2000 tank from the Netherlands waits on the ramp for loading onto a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Sept. 6, 2006. The C-17, from the Charleston Air Force Base, S.C., is transporting the 60-ton tank to Afghanistan. DoD photo by Master Sgt. John E. Lasky, U.S. Air Force. (Released)

U.S. Air Force pararescuemen from the 414th Combat Training Squadron and parachutists from the 820th Red Horse Squadron jump from a C-130 Hercules aircraft Sept. 1, 2006, over the Nevada Test and Training Ranges near Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., in support of exercise Red Flag 06-2. DoD photo by Master Sgt. Kevin J. Gruenwald, U.S. Air Force. (Released)

U.S. Navy sailors tie down a Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier aircraft to the flight deck of the USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) on Sept. 2, 2006. Iwo Jima is on a regularly scheduled six-month deployment to the U.S. European Command and U.S. Central Command areas of responsibility to conduct maritime security operations. DoD photo by Airman Michael N. Minkler, U.S. Navy. (Released)

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