February 2005 - Posts

• Iraqi TV Airs Tape of Purported Confession by Syrian Infiltrator

  BAGHDAD, Iraq - The Syrian intelligence officer who appeared on the U.S.-funded Iraqi state television station had a stark message about the insurgency — he'd helped train people to build car bombs and behead people. Read the whole story on Yahoo. Read More... Posted Thursday, February 24, 2005 12:58 PM by ssmith | 0 Comments

• Just Set Up 3 More Bloggers

  The ArmyAdvice community is continuing to grow. Please tell your military friends about us if you know of others who would benefit from blogs of their own. I just set up three more bloggers tonight. Also, we will be adding forums some time in the near Read More... Posted Sunday, February 20, 2005 11:34 PM by ssmith | 4 Comments

• 1st ID Division Transfer of Authority

  In Tikrit yesterday, the 1st ID had its official change of command ceremony with the incoming 42nd ID . Sounds like the rest of the 1st ID forces will be home soon! Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it! Sponso Read More... Posted Wednesday, February 16, 2005 8:22 PM by ssmith | 0 Comments

• 278th Blogger and News

  Sarah Truman, whose husband is in the 278th, sent me some links last week. One was to the Times Free Press's section on the 278th , written by a reporter that is embedded with the unit. There are a bunch of 278th ACR specific articles there. The other Read More... Posted Friday, February 11, 2005 1:13 AM by ssmith | 2 Comments

• Great Cartoon Site

  I found a great cartoon site by way of InstaPundit today. Definitely worth a read. Scroll back through the last week of January and check out the Iraq Election cartoons. http://www.daybydaycartoon.com/ Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg Read More... Posted Thursday, February 10, 2005 10:58 PM by ssmith | 1 Comments

• 15,000 Troops Coming Home Soon

  Buoyed by a higher turnout and less violence than expected in Sunday's Iraqi elections, Pentagon ( news - web sites ) authorities have decided to start reducing the level of U.S. forces in Iraq ( news - web sites ) next month by about 15,000 troops, down Read More... Posted Friday, February 04, 2005 4:04 PM by ssmith | 6 Comments

• Iraqi Elections a Huge Success, in Iraq and in USA

  Although I'm no longer in Iraq, I'm still following the news there with interest, as many of us are. Yesterday there were a number of interesting blog posts describing events of election day in Iraq that I wanted to share here. First, a self-declared Read More... Posted Tuesday, February 01, 2005 7:48 PM by ssmith | 4 Comments