11/22/05
MAYPORT, Fla. (AP) -- Eight Iraqi officials learned today how the Coast Guard protects shoreline facilities and other ships. The eight were visiting the base in Mayport as part of a nationwide tour on homeland security and border protection.
They were accompanied by a State Department interpreter, who says they have visited Washington, D-C, Seattle, El Paso, Georgia and New Mexico. They're scheduled to travel to New York to end their three week tour. Iraqi General Adnan Manhalt says the tour will give the Iraqis ideas on ways to improve their security at vital oil-exporting ports and in controlling its borders. The stop of the Coast Guard Sector in Jacksonville was the first time Iraqi officials tour a U-S Coast Guard base.
Tuesday, November 22, 2005
Unknown militants fired three rockets over an impoverished neighborhood in the Afghan capital Kabul early Tuesday, but the attack did not cause any casualties, a government official said.