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OPERATION: IRAQI FREEDOM Prison for officer's effort to foil attack? Scared Iraqi into revealing details of plot but faces court martial Posted: October 30, 2003 12:45 p.m. Eastern © 2003 WorldNetDaily.com A U.S. army colonel who allegedly frightened an Iraqi into disclosing details of an impending attack by firing a pistol into the air near his head, faces up to eight years in prison on assault charges. Army officials have given Lt. Col. Allen B. West of the Fourth Infantry Division a choice – a court martial or resign early, losing retirement benefits. The 19-year veteran says he will reach...

U.S. Troops Lack Uniforms NewsMax.com Wires Friday, Jan. 24, 2003 FORT HOOD, Texas – The 16,400 troops of the Army's 4th Infantry Division might deploy for possible combat in green fatigues because they don't have enough of the sand-colored camouflage uniforms used in desert warfare. Preparations have been under way at the nation's largest Army post since Monday when orders were received. Maj. Gen. Raymond T. Odierno, division commander, says his troops are ready for their assignment, although they are short on the uniforms. "We will deploy in our green fatigues because we don't have enough of the desert fatigues...