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  CENTCOM, Task Force 1st Armored Div.Will Stay the Course in Iraq By U.S. Army Sgt. Merrion Lasonde 122nd Mobile Public Affairs Detachment BAGHDAD, Iraq, April 9, 2004 — U.S. forces will remain in Iraq as long as necessary to bring peace and stability to Iraq according to the commanding generals of the U.S. Central Command and Task Force 1st Armored Division. Speaking at an impromptu press conference following a mission briefing, Gen. John Abizaid, commander, U.S. Central Command, and Maj. Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, Task Force 1st Armored Division commanding general, addressed the current situation in Iraq April...

CAR BOMB ATTACK THWARTED Security forces have arrested two men outside a mosque in the Iraqi city of Kufah after finding two cars laden with bombs. The arrests came amid warnings from clerics that Saddam Hussein loyalists or al-Qaeda members will strike over the next two days. The men were arrested outside the Masjed al-Kufah mosque, 180 kilometres south of Baghdad. "We found the seats (in one car stopped on Sunday) were not well designed and had new covers. This raised our suspicion and we searched the seats and found them filled with bombs," a policemen said. "Yesterday we seized...