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Her name is maybe Nancy, Susan, or Ann, and she lives in a modest home in Virginia. Appointed to her post by President Bill Clinton, it was a “thank you” for her work on his campaign, a customary tactic of all Presidents. The only problem is her job. It is at the CIA Headquarters at Langley, Virginia, and she actually decides what some independent contractors and Agency operatives will do overseas to gather intelligence or conduct direct action missions. Most of these men are former Special Forces officers and NCO’s, a few former Navy SEALs, and a couple ex-Marines. This...

<p>May 10 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. military in Iraq destroyed the headquarters of anti-U.S. Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's militia in a Baghdad slum and killed 35 of his supporters, U.S. Army Brigadier General Mark Kimmitt said.</p> <p>The building -- which about 50 insurgents tried to retake two nights ago -- was destroyed by fire from tanks, Bradley fighting vehicles and helicopters, Kimmitt said during a briefing televised from Baghdad. Sadr militia tried to use civilians as human shields and fired indiscriminately as U.S. soldiers raided the area, Kimmitt said.</p>

Walls Spraypainted Overnight COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Police are investigating vandalism at the Ohio Republican Party headquarters in Columbus, NewsChannel 4 reported. Outside walls on the front, sides and back of the office building were spraypainted with politically motivated rhetoric. GOP staffers believe the vandalism happened Thursday after the cleaning crew left at 3:30 a.m. and before the receptionist arrived at 7 a.m. Surveillance cameras are installed at the office, but they are pointed at the parking lot, not the actual building. The headquarters has been vandalized in the past, but not like this, according to staffers. "We are in a...

Today's bombing outside coalition headquarters in Baghdad will not deter U.S. and coalition forces from their mission in Iraq, a military spokesman said in a briefing from the Iraqi capital. An explosives-laden truck exploded shortly after 8 a.m. during Sunday's morning rush hour near the entrance to the headquarters. At least 20 people were killed, and at least 60 more were injured. Officials believe most of the dead were Iraqi citizens, but Army Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt, deputy director of operations for Combined Joint Task Force 7, said two Americans may have been killed by the blast. "We have indications...

Saddam’s palace soon to be home to Coalition forces By Sgt. 1st Class Marcia Triggs Sgt. 1st Class K.C. Delagarza, a Reserve engineer from New York, stands guard at the Alfaw palace, which is soon to become headquarters for Coalition Joint Task Force-7. Sgt. 1st Class Marcia Triggs • Printer-friendly version • E-mail this article • E-mail Alerts BAGHDAD, Iraq (Army News Service, Dec. 21, 2003) – While Iraq’s former leader was hiding in holes, Sgt. Maj. Mikel Dawson was busy entertaining guests in one of Saddam Hussein’s palaces and getting it ready to house Coalition Joint Task Force-7. The...

The New York Times – unrelenting champion of the underprivileged, mighty battler against all corporate evils, and vehement opponent of Republican tax cuts for the "rich and powerful" – lives by a far more self-serving motto: All the corporate welfare that's fit to collect. You won't see it reported on the Times' front page, so here's the scoop: The Gray Lady is a greedy leech, siphoning off millions of dollars in state taxpayer subsidies for private real estate development disguised as a public good. Now, the company stands to benefit from a federal tax-exempt bond program intended to help businesses...

US threatens to pull Nato HQ out of Belgium By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard in Brussels (Filed: 13/06/2003) Donald Rumsfeld, the US defence secretary, threatened to pull Nato's headquarters out of Brussels yesterday unless Belgium revoked a legislation giving its courts the power to prosecute foreigners for alleged war crimes committed anywhere in the world. Donald Rumsfeld Mr Rumsfeld, who was in Brussels for a Nato summit, said Washington had already decided to block funding for Nato's new buildings to protest against the harassment of Americans by Left-wing Belgian lawyers trying to score political points. "These suits are absurd. By passing this...

Iraqis emulate Palestinians by stoning troops By Phil Reeves in Baghdad 27 April 2003 A tactic of the Palestinian intifada has spread ominously to Iraq, less than three weeks after US tanks rolled into the middle of Baghdad. American troops are coming under attack from Iraqi children throwing stones, replaying scenes from the West Bank and Gaza Strip that were broadcast on state-run television before the fall of Saddam Hussein. News reports said that children – who at first flocked around the American forces, and were given sweets by the soldiers – have begun hurling rocks in Mosul and the...

BLACK HILL, outskirts of Baghdad, April 8 — It took an anti-tank missile to blow a hole through the steel-reinforced wall surrounding the Special Republican Guard's headquarters at the foot of this hill overlooking the capital. An Iraqi soldier on a roof — or perhaps two or more, in the chaos it was not clear — opened fired as Company B of the 101st Airborne Division's 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment poured through the breach this morning. Spec. Sylvester A. Prince, 19, was among those who rushed the sprawling complex under a volley of covering fire aimed at the roof....

British tanks rolled into the centre of Basra on Sunday and surrounded the local Baath Party headquarters, effectively taking control of Iraq's southern metropolis, military officials said. "We control the vast majority of the city," British military spokesman Colonel Chris Vernon said in Kuwait. "But there are some places we don't control, for example the old city." Vernon told reporters that British tanks had moved into the city centre, the south and the north. At least 300 Fedayeen militia fighters were estimated to have died in clashes over two days as the British surged forward, a senior officer claimed. Colonel...

U.S. Searches Shattered Iraqi Guard HQ By RAVI NESSMAN and ALEXANDRA ZAVIS Associated Press Writers April 6, 2003, 12:00 PM EDT <EXCERPT> SALMAN PAK, Iraq -- Marines pulled intelligence from a shattered Republican Guard headquarters Sunday after a night of fiery bombardments, and they searched a suspected terrorist training camp, finding the shell of a passenger jet believed to be used for hijacking practice. </EXCERPT>

<p>April 6, 2003 -- GIs delivered another humiliating blow to Saddam Hussein's rotting regime when they captured the headquarters of the Republican Guard's Medina Division southwest of Baghdad yesterday.</p> <p>Two tank companies and an infantry company of the 3rd Infantry Division waltzed into the vipers' nest of the vaunted Medinas utterly unopposed.</p>

U.S. Troops Capture Republican Guard HQ .c The Associated Press SUWAYRAH, Iraq (AP) - U.S. Army soldiers Saturday captured the headquarters of the Republican Guard's Medina Division in this town about 35 miles southeast of Baghdad. Two tank companies and an infantry company of the 3rd Infantry Division rolled through the headquarters unopposed and quickly took over the entire base. It appeared that the Republican Guard defenses had completely collapsed. Outside the base on a three-mile stretch of road were hundreds of bunkers and foxholes and dozens of artillery pieces, antiaircraft guns, tanks, and armored personnel carriers. All of them...

Sunday, 3 November, 2002, 04:43 GMT US plans anti-terror HQ in Horn The new HQ could free up capacity for IraqBy Nick Childs BBC Pentagon correspondent US defence officials have confirmed that they are planning to establish a military headquarters in the Horn of Africa to help in the hunt for suspected terrorists. It could also free up other military commanders to concentrate on planning for possible military action against Iraq. The Horn of Africa has become a main focus of the Americans global war on terrorism and their hunt for suspected al-Qaeda members and their sympathisers. Several hundred US...

Israel Raids Arafat HQ Ahead of Sharon-Bush Meeting Sun Jun 9,11:11 PM ET By Mohammed Assadi RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Israeli forces raided Palestinian President Yasser Arafat 's Ramallah compound on Monday, just hours before Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was due to meet President Bush in Washington. Local Palestinian residents said at least two dozen tanks, armored personnel carriers and jeeps thrust into the West Bank city of Ramallah shortly before dawn, covered by helicopters hovering overhead and bursts of machinegun fire. A Palestinian policeman was killed by Israeli gunfire during the raid, Palestinian security sources said. Palestinian...