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Major Jason Huang, M.D.
Democrat & Chronicle Huang was an 18-year-old majoring in mechanical engineering at the University of Science and Technology of China. In his idealism, he organized a group of students to protest the Communist Party at Tiananmen Square, never expecting the military to respond by killing hundreds of protesters. The next day, Huang was told to report to the police station, placed under house arrest and forced to report back to sign confessions. “Every day, it was mental torture.” After three years, he convinced a friend whose family worked at a hospital to declare him mentally ill so that he could return to his hometown in Shanghai. In 1993, using a fake passport, he escaped to California and was eventually declared a political refugee and a naturalized citizen. He later earned scholarships to Amherst … Read entire article »
Iraqi Fish Farm Progress
Sergeant Shaun Meyers, a native of Bronx, N.Y., with Co. B, 3-7th Inf. Regt., shows off a carp he caught in a fish farm pond in the Khidr area. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Iraq, Rebuilding, War on Terror
Our Best: Cobra Gold 2008
SURAT THANI, Thailand (April 17, 2008) Utilitiesman 3rd Class Nicole Grieve and Construction Electrician 3rd Class Thomas Wierzloicki, assigned to Navy Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 5 Air Detachment, feed cable through pipes to aid in the construction of a multipurpose building in Ban Po Pana, Surat Thani during a Cobra Gold 2008 community relations project. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Daniel Balmer … Read entire article »
Filed under: Military, Our Best: Military Women
Problem With Being Unemployed
One of the problems with being unemployed for over a year is waking up and wondering “What the hell day is this?” … Read entire article »
Filed under: Blogging
Sons of Iraq successfully defend checkpoint
Sons of Iraq killed nine enemy insurgents today during a firefight at a checkpoint near Owja, south of Tikrit, May 29. Members of the local SoI group were attacked when a fuel truck, fabricated to hold enemy fighters, approached the checkpoint and engaged the SoI guards with small-arms fire. As the SoI returned fire, the driver of the fuel truck exited the vehicle and detonated a suicide-vest. No SoI sustained injuries from the blast. The eight remaining fighters then dismounted and attacked the SoI with small-arms fire. Iraqi Army soldiers and Policemen responded to the firefight, eliminating the threat. “If it were not for the SoI identifying the enemy threat, they would have moved through the checkpoint unnoticed, only to cause mayhem somewhere else,†said Maj. Phillip Borders, 1st Special … Read entire article »
Filed under: Iraq, War on Terror
Dell Being Investigated
R News State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo set up a web site for consumers seeking restitution from Dell Inc. A New York judge found the computer retailer engaged in false and deceptive advertising and ordered Dell to more clearly state most customers don’t qualify for free financing or next day repair service. Cuomo is collecting complaints to help the court determine how much restitution Dell and Dell financial services owe customers. Click on the link below to contact the Attorney General about your complaints. NY Attorney General: Dell Complaints … Read entire article »
Filed under: Crime and Punishment, Tech
Iraqis hold grand re-opening of Sarafiyah Bridge
The promise of a prosperous future for Iraq took one step closer to becoming a reality as the Sarafiyah Bridge linking the Rusafa and Karkh districts of Baghdad was reopened May 27 after being rebuilt. Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki was present for the opening event, which featured live music, several speeches and a ribbon cutting on the bridge’s road way. The significance of the event was not limited only to the result of the bridges opening, but also in how it came to be as it was the Government of Iraq, who took the initiative to conduct the reconstruction. “The reason I think this event was significant today is because it really shows the resilience of the GoI and their ability to repair this bridge, which was destroyed by an insurgent act, … Read entire article »
Filed under: Iraq, Rebuilding, War on Terror
SW Baghdad electricity substation adds stability
Businesses and residences of southwest Baghdad will soon benefit from the recent completion of electricity transmission lines and the energizing of a major substation today. The al-Rasheed 400kV substation was energized May 28, 2008 on the 400kV electrical grid only a few days after the Iraqi Ministry of Electricity completed the hook up of a new 11 kilometer 400kV transmission line to the station. “While this is not a generation station, it will however increase reliability of power for all people in southwest Baghdad,†said Navy Lt. Cmdr. Andrew Johnson, Gulf Region Division government lead for electricity transmission and distribution projects in Iraq. “It will connect them directly to the 400kV grid and it is a much more reliable, much more stable source of power than what they are used … Read entire article »
Filed under: Iraq, Rebuilding, War on Terror
Baghdad Update: 5-29-2008
NPs seize substantial munitions cache MND-B Soldiers conduct operations to increase safety in Baghdad MND-B Soldiers find weapons caches Coalition forces kill 10 criminals in New Baghdad MND-B Soldiers engage RPG team, seize munitions … Read entire article »
Filed under: Iraq, War on Terror
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