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Shootings of Apache helicopters and violent one engagements in the west of Baghdad Two American helicopters Apache shot Monday at members from the militia from the radical leader Moqtada Sadr whereas violent ones engagements opposed the militiamans Shiites to the American forces in the west of Baghdad, according to a journalist of the AFP and witnesses. "Two Apache helicopters opened fire on members of +l' armed with Mehdi+", affirmed Abbas Amid, 25 years, inhabitant of the Choula district of Baghdad. The engagements started when five trucks of American soldiers and the members of the Iraqi forces of civil defense...

Hey, guys! I just thought of something grand. Let's take up a beer collection for the Apache crews that got Yasin! These guys deserve at least that much. Anybody got any suggestions, especially any Israeli Freepers?

<p>If John Kerry had prevailed in his calls for cuts in specific defense programs 20 years ago, AH-64 Apache helicopters, made in Mesa and seen as vital in two wars, would not have been built, U.S. Rep. J.D. Hayworth charged Friday.</p>

Former Firefighter Sentenced to 10 Years for Igniting What Became Arizona's Largest Wildfire Mar 8, 2004 By Anabelle Garay/ Associated Press Writer PHOENIX (AP) - A former firefighter who admitted igniting what became the biggest wildfire in Arizona history was sentenced Monday to 10 years in prison. Leonard Gregg, who told authorities he was trying to make work for himself, pleaded guilty Oct. 20 in federal court to two counts of intentionally setting a fire. Gregg, 31, made no plea agreement and was given the maximum prison sentence. He was also ordered to pay $27 million in restitution. The fire...

Thrilling tales of America’s fighting men and women in action using stuff Senator Kerry didn't want them to have! “We are continuing a defense buildup that is consuming our resources with weapons systems that we don’t need and can’t use.”~ John Kerry, campaigning for the US Senate in 1984.1) THE APACHE HELICOPTERMarch 2003: The 101st Airborne launch a night attack against Iraqi forces using a useless, unnecessary helicopter John Kerry wanted to cancel.

    Army flyover to kickoff Super Bowl WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Jan. 30, 2004) -- U.S. Army aviation assets will help kickoff America's most-watched annual sporting event Feb. 1, when four Apache helicopters fly over Reliant Stadium in Houston prior to Super Bowl XXXVIII. The 2nd Battalion of the 149th Aviation Regiment, Texas Army National Guard, will fly the Apaches over the Stadium just before the Carolina Panthers begin playing the New England Patriots. The retractable-roof stadium will be open and plans call for the helicopters to appear following the National Anthem, Army officials said. "It's one of those...

An Apache helicopter went down near Fallujah, Iraq, today according to U.S. Central Command officials. There were no injuries and the incident is under investigation. One Task Force 1st Armored Division soldier was killed and two others were wounded at about 10 a.m. Jan. 12 when their convoy was attacked by an improvised explosive device in central Baghdad, according to a CENTCOM news release. The names and units of the soldiers are being withheld pending notification of next of kin. The incident is under investigation. Shells discovered by Danish and Icelandic troops in the Iraqi desert north of Basra "exhibit...

NASA Web Sites Hacked By Sharon Gaudin Thirteen NASA Web sites were attacked this morning by a Brazilian group protesting the war in Iraq, according to two separate organizations that monitor hacking. On the same day as President George Bush and 34,000 onlookers celebrated the achievements of the Wright brothers and 100 years of powered flight, the Brazilian group, calling itself DRWXR, defaced the NASA Web sites, according to both mi2g, a digital risk management company based in London, and Zone-H, an organization that monitors hacking. The Zone-H Web site itself was down today. No one at Zone-H could be...

The website of the .name registry was hacked over the weekend through an Apache exploit. London-based Global Name Registry was updating its Apache and PHP system when hackers SUr00tIK & GroMx broke into the system and replaced the frontpage index file. The hackers didn’t manage to access the system and no data was lost, GNR’s president Hakon Haugnes told us, but the hack did some cause some embarrassment. The site was taken offline and was back up by Sunday with added security. “We were adding patches but in spite of that someone managed to get to the index file,” said...

<p>November 15, 2003 -- WASHINGTON - A U.S. helicopter crew wiped out a pro-Saddam artillery team that was about to launch a massive missile attack on an American base yesterday as GIs continued their blistering counter-offensive in Iraq. The AH-64 Apache helicopter attack in Saddam Hussein's hometown Tikrit killed seven terrorist fighters and led to the discovery of a huge stockpile of 900 missiles in nearby bunkers, the military said.</p>

Nov 14, 7:59 AM ESTU.S. Gunship Kills 7 Pro-Saddam Iraqis TIKRIT, Iraq (AP) -- A U.S. Apache helicopter killed seven Iraqis believed to be followers of Saddam Hussein who were preparing to launch a rocket attack on an American military base, an official said Friday. U.S. soldiers later found hundreds of rockets and missiles at the insurgents' area.One other Iraqi was wounded and captured while another escaped after being fired on by the Apache late Thursday in an encampment with bunkers about 20 miles north of Saddam's hometown of Tikrit, said Maj. Josslyn Aberle, spokeswoman of the 4th Infantry Division.U.S....

Sgt. Lee Senteno of Headquarters and Support Company, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, takes advantage of a perceived opening while engaged in simulated knife combat with Apache Knife Fighting instructor Robert Redfeather MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif.(October 20, 2003) -- He's lethal - and he's free. Marines at 1st Marine Regiment are taking complimentary training from a Native American master of bladed warfare. "None of this is theory," Shi Gong Robert Redfeather said at the beginning of his Apache Knife Fighting seminar. "Everything I teach, I have used. It's not fancy. It is direct and precise - for killing."...

Is there any significance to what Web server/platform combinations 2004 presidential candidates are using? As we swing into the thick of the 2004 electoral playoffs, it's interesting to see what kinds of platforms are running under the candidates' official campaign Web sites. Netcraft has a handy feature called "What's that site running?" that lets us see combinations of Web servers and OS platforms. So here's a quick rundown, in alphabetical order: George W. Bush: Microsoft IIS on Windows 2000 Wesley Clark: Apache on Linux Howard Dean: Apache on FreeBSD John Edwards: Microsoft IIS "behind a computer running NetWare" Richard Gephardt:...

Is there any significance to what Web server/platform combinations 2004 presidential candidates are using? As we swing into the thick of the 2004 electoral playoffs, it's interesting to see what kinds of platforms are running under the candidates' official campaign Web sites. Netcraft has a handy feature called "What's that site running?" that lets us see combinations of Web servers and OS platforms. So here's a quick rundown, in alphabetical order: George W. Bush: Microsoft IIS on Windows 2000 Wesley Clark: Apache on Linux Howard Dean: Apache on FreeBSD John Edwards: Microsoft IIS "behind a computer running NetWare" Richard Gephardt:...

NEWS RELEASEHEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES CENTRAL COMMAND7115 South Boundary BoulevardMacDill AFB, Fla. 33621-5101Phone: (813) 827-5894; FAX: (813) 827-2211; DSN 651-5894 October 26, 2003Release Number: 03-10-02 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE UH-60 HELICOPTER HIT WITH RPG, DOWNEDBAGHDAD, Iraq - On 25 Oct, at approximately 4 p.m., one of two UH-60 “Black Hawk” helicopters assigned to the 3-158th Aviation Regiment, 12th Aviation Brigade, while performing a reconnaissance mission in the vicinity of Tikrit, was hit in one of its engines by a rocket propelled grenade. The crew was able to perform a controlled emergency landing. However, once on the ground the helicopter caught fire...

August 9, 2003: The U.S. Army has made great strides in improving the reliability of its Apache attack and Black Hawk transport helicopters. Over the last few years upgrades and improved components has increased the average time between failures from 400 flight hours to 1,140. As a result, stocks of repair parts could be lowered. Then came the Iraqi campaign. Combat damage to the Apaches and heavy use by the Apaches and Black Hawks in sand storms, and the hot and dusty Iraqi climate, has caused a lot of unanticipated damage and wear and tear. As a result, it's going...

<p>TIKRIT, Iraq — U.S. forces captured a suspected leader of Saddam Hussein’s loyalist militia, nicknamed “The Rock,” after storming a workers’ hostel in a series of raids in Tikrit Thursday that netted four men suspected of plotting attacks, the military said. The man allegedly organized cells, paid guerrilla fighters and armed them with rocket-propelled grenades and AK-47 assault rifles for attacks on U.S. forces in Saddam’s hometown of Tikrit and surrounding areas, said Lt. Col. Steve Russell, commander of the 22nd Infantry Regiment’s 1st Battalion, which executed the raids.</p>

TIKRIT, Iraq - U.S. forces captured a suspected leader of Saddam Hussein's loyalist militia and three other suspects during pre-dawn raids early Thursday, the military said. The suspected leader allegedly organized cells and paid and armed guerrilla fighters for attacks on U.S. forces in Saddam's hometown of Tikrit, said Lt. Col. Steve Russell, commander of the 22nd Infantry Regiment's 1st Battalion, which carried out the raids. Also among those captured were two former Iraqi generals suspected of organizing guerrilla attacks nationwide. Russell declined to name any of the suspects. Thursday's raids resulted from a series of tips from residents who...

Tried accessing WorldNetDaily this morning and get a "505" error. Is anybody else having trouble accessing the site? (I live in Florida; Verizon is my cable/DSL carrier.)

BALAD, Iraq - U.S. forces killed 27 Iraqi fighters in a ground and air pursuit Friday after the Iraqis attacked an American tank patrol north of Baghdad, bringing the opposition death toll in four days of skirmishes to about 100, according to the military. Friday's clash came as American forces pressed forward with a massive sweep to crush resistance by supporters of Saddam Hussein's ousted regime north of Baghdad. Air Force Gen. Richard B. Myers said U.S. forces were sifting through intelligence that "foreign fighters" may have been at an alleged terrorist training camp northwest of Baghdad bombed early Thursday...