Monroe Cty 911 :.Chuck Simmins | May 31, 2007
Rochester New York is unique in many ways and this is one of its most unique and best kept secrets. The City has a river and a riverine gorge running through it. Below the fold are photos I took today at lunch. The City is on either side of the gorge but you wouldn’t know it in many places.
Chuck Simmins | May 31, 2007
You just can’t make this stuff up.
Buffalo News
ames O’Neill calls it the most amazing thing he has seen in 23 years as a Buffalo firefighter.
Sunday, while investigating a fire, O’Neill found a man living in a six-footdeep underground bunker in an isolated area of the northern section of the city.
The bunker has heat, lights, insulation, [...]
Chuck Simmins | May 31, 2007
U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Ray Odierno, commander of Multi-National Corps - Iraq, left, greets Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) at Baghdad International Airport, May 30, 2007. Lieberman was visiting Iraq to tour a Baghdad market and meet with American and Iraqi military leaders. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Curt Cashour
Chuck Simmins | May 31, 2007
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, May 30, 2007 – Officers from the U.S. Army battalion that freed 41 prisoners from an al Qaeda in Iraq hideout May 27 provided details on the operation yesterday.
U.S. and Iraqi soldiers were conducting operations in a town south of Baqubah when a local man approached them with information about [...]
Chuck Simmins | May 30, 2007
Saw the cardiologist today. The wife has lost 85 pounds since February 27. She wanted to lose some ugly fat but I’m not really that ugly.
They’re upping her blood pressure meds, now that time has past. The BP was a delicate balance between neurology and cardiology. The N guys wanted it higher, to prevent additional [...]
Chuck Simmins | May 30, 2007
Glenn Reynolds posted Michael Yon’s report on this yesterday.
Multi-National Corps – Iraq
The district police chief of Hit, Hamid Ibrahim Jazaa, along with his brother and 14 bodyguards were apprehended by Coalition Forces today in Hit approximately 275 km northwest of Baghdad May 29.
The apprehensions were the result of an investigation which alleges murder, corruption and [...]
Chuck Simmins | May 30, 2007
Two Iraqi girls stand by the front gate of their house in the southern Rashidiya area May 26. The gate was hit by shrapnel from an insurgent attack on their neighborhood the day before. Photographer: Staff Sgt. Antonieta Rico, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division
Chuck Simmins | May 30, 2007
Biz Law Blog
The 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals in McNamee v. IRS, No. 05-6151 just affirmed a federal trial court’s determination that the owner of an LLC (limited liability company) can be held personally liable for unpaid payroll taxes. This is a significant decision, which may well be appealed to the Supreme Court.
Go [...]
Chuck Simmins | May 30, 2007
Multi-National Corps – Iraq
Coalition Soldiers detained two suspected insurgents, found a cache, and seized a local vehicle after a small-arms attack Today near Az-Zaidon, Iraq, west of Baghdad.
Soldiers of the 1st Squadron, 89th Cavalry Regiment ‘Wolverines’, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry) out of Fort Drum, N.Y., were conducting counter improvised explosive [...]
Chuck Simmins | May 30, 2007
By Sgt. Mike Pryor, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division
It’s the usual happy chaos when 1st Lt. Josh Rowan arrives at neighborhood advisory council member Abu Muhanned’s house for their weekly meeting – children running amuck in the yard, women crowded into the kitchen, and Muhanned standing in the doorway in pajamas and bare [...]
Chuck Simmins | May 30, 2007
By Senior Airman Dilia DeGrego. Combined Joint Task Force-82 Public Affairs
Dating back to the Soviet war in Afghanistan, the people of Panjshir province have come to be known for their great strength and will to succeed. Since being recognized as a province in 2004, the people have continued to work together to add to their [...]
Chuck Simmins | May 29, 2007
CDC
DR. JULIE DR. GERBERDING, DIRECTOR, CDC: Good afternoon, and thank you for joining us for this press conference. I’m here today to describe a situation that has involved many public health officials from around the world who acted together to protect people’s health in a circumstance where an individual with drug resistant tuberculosis [...]
Chuck Simmins | May 29, 2007
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, May 29, 2007 – Afghan and coalition forces detained five suspected insurgents yesterday and today and killed about two dozen insurgents after a convoy was attacked in Helmand province May 27, military officials reported.
Afghan and coalition forces detained three suspected al Qaeda militants in a raid on two separate compounds [...]
