indiewire on Scranton's THE WAR TAPES
http://www.indiewire.com/movies/2006/05/front_and_cente.htmlMOVIES: Front and Center: Deborah Scranton's "The War Tapes"Documentary coverage presented by SILVERDOCSby Michael Joshua Rowin with responses from Chris Wisniewski and Nicolas Rapold (May 30, 2006)[indieWIRE's weekly reviews are written by critics from Reverse Shot.] Attempting to achieve a delicate balance between a respect for and a critical stance toward the subject, with a constant awareness of the moral and ethical dilemmas potentially undermining the epistemological foundations of their projects, war documentaries arrive onscreen carrying a host of artistic burdens. "The War Tapes" is unique in its radical attempt to get past the ideological suspicion accompanying antiwar docs by having the bulk of its footage shot by soldiers themselves--detractors will initially hesitate before declaring that director (but how useful is such a term for a film like this?) Deborah Scranton brought her political baggage to a complex reality toward which she refused to remain objective. The misconception will no doubt also arise that "The War Tapes" captures the "real" face of the Iraq War in a way supposedly inferior documentaries fail to do because of their limited access to military quarters and combat zones. This is of course, nonsen se--even if "The War Tapes" allows us to view the war directly from soldiers' points of view, it is still filtered, edited, and selected to manufacture distinct effects. Make no mistake, however: "The War Tapes" is decidedly antiwar, and its use of video diary from the front lines isn't mere exploitation--it's powerful reportage. [from indiewire.com]
U.S. Casualties in Iraq & Afghanistan reported 5/25-5/30/06
Spc. J. Adan Garcia, 20, of Irving, Texas, died on May 27, when his convoy encountered small arms fire received while returning from an explosive ordinance mission. Garcia was assigned to the 1st Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, N.Y.U.S. Soldier Killed in Iraq; Previous Casualties IdentifiedAmerican Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, May 30, 2006 – A Task Force Band of Brothers soldier was killed yesterday, and the Defense Department has identified two previous casualties.
A soldier from 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team was killed by small-arms fire in Mosul, Iraq. No further details were available. The soldier's name is being withheld pending notification of family.
The Defense Department also identified two soldiers who were killed supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Army Capt. Douglas A. Dicenzo, 30, of Plymouth, N.H.; and Spc. Robert E. Blair, 22, of Ocala, Fla., died in Baghdad May 25 when a roadside bomb detonated near their Humvee. Both soldiers were assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 6th Infantry, 2nd Brigade, 1st Armored Division, Baumholder, Germany. Capt. Douglas A. Dicenzo, 30, of Plymouth, N.H. & Spc. Robert E. Blair, 22, of Ocala, Fla. were killed in Baghdad, Iraq, on May 25, when an improvised explosive device detonated near their HMMWV during combat operations. Both soldiers were assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 6th Infantry, 2nd Brigade, 1st Armored Division, Baumholder, Germany.U.S. Helicopter Crashes; Marine Killed in IraqAmerican Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, May 27, 2006 – A U.S. Marine Corps AH-1 Cobra helicopter from 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing crashed today in Iraq's Anbar province with two Marines on board during a maintenance test flight, U.S. military officials said.
Search-and-rescue efforts are ongoing for the missing crewmembers.
"We are using all the resources available to find our missing comrades," Marine spokesman Lt. Col. Bryan Salas said. The incident is under investigation. However officials said it does not appear to be a result of enemy action.
Also in Anbar province, a Marine assigned to 2/28 Brigade Combat Team died yesterday due to enemy action. The name of the Marine is being withheld pending notification of next of kin.
DoD officials have identified three servicemembers previously reported killed in Iraq.
Marine Lance Cpl. Kevin A. Lucas, 20, of Greensboro, N.C., died yesterday while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Anbar province. He was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 8th Marines, 2nd Marine Division, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Army Pfc. Caleb A. Lufkin, 24, of Knoxville, Ill., died May 25 at Walter Reed Army Medical Center here of injuries suffered May 4 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his RG-31 mine protected vehicle during combat operations in Baghdad. Lufkin was assigned to the 5th Engineer Battalion, Fort Leonard Wood, Mo.
Marine Pfc. Steven W. Freund, 20, of Pittsburgh, Pa., died May 23, while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Anbar province. He was assigned to 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif. Lance Cpl. Kevin A. Lucas, 20, of Greensboro, N.C., died May 26, while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 8th Marines, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C. Vehicle Bomb Kills Soldier, Contractor, CBS Crew MembersAmerican Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, May 29, 2006 – A Multinational Division Baghdad soldier, an Iraqi contractor, and two members of a CBS News crew were killed today when a bomb-laden vehicle exploded near a patrol in central Baghdad, military officials here reported. The CBS crew was embedded with the 4th Infantry Division and was accompanying a joint patrol when the attack occurred at about 10:30 a.m., officials said. Another member of the CBS crew and six coalition soldiers wounded in the attack were evacuated to a military hospital for further treatment.
On its Web site, CBS News reported that cameraman Paul Douglas, 48, and soundman James Brolan, 42, were killed and correspondent Kimberly Dozier, 39, was seriously injured in the attack. The names of the contractor and the soldier killed were not available. The military withholds names of its casualties until it formally notifies family members.
"Our immediate priority is the medical care for the wounded, and our thoughts and prayers go out to the families who lost a loved one," said Army Lt. Col. Jonathan Withington, Multinational Division Baghdad spokesman. Lance Cpl. Kevin A. Lucas, 20, of Greensboro, N.C., died May 26, while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 8th Marines, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.Two Soldiers Killed in Baghdad; DoD Identifies Previous CasualtiesAmerican Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, May 25, 2006 – Two U.S. soldiers assigned to Multinational Division Baghdad died at about 2 p.m. today when their vehicle was struck by a roadside bomb in southern Baghdad. The names of the soldiers are being withheld pending notification of next of kin.
DoD officials have identified three servicemembers previously reported killed in Iraq.
Army Spc. Michael L. Hermanson, 21, of Fargo, N.D., died May 24 in Abayachi of injuries suffered when his RG-31 Mine Protected Vehicle came under improvised-explosive-device, rocket-propelled-grenade, and enemy small-arms fire while on a route-clearing mission. Hermanson was assigned to the Army National Guard's 164th Engineer Battalion, from Minot, N.D. Marine Lance Cpl. Robert G. Posivio III, 22, of Sherburn, Minn.; and Pfc. Steven W. Freund, 20, of Pittsburgh, died May 23 in Anbar province. They were assigned to 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
U.S. Casualties in Iraq & Afghanistan reported 5/22-5/25/06
Pfc. Steven W. Freund, 20, of Pittsburgh, Pa. & Lance Cpl. Robert G. Posivio III, 22, of Sherburn, Minn. were killed May 23, while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Al Anbar province, Iraq. They were assigned to 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.Suspected Taliban Captured; Three Civilians Killed, Three InjuredAmerican Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, May 25, 2006 – Afghan and coalition forces detained two suspected Taliban fighters in Afghanistan's Kandahar province yesterday, while in separate incidents today and yesterday, three Afghan civilians were killed and three others were wounded by enemy action, military officials reported.
Three Afghan civilians were seriously injured today when their vehicle struck a landmine buried in the center of a main road between Orgun and Gayan districts. The injured Afghans suffered ankle fractures and shrapnel injuries to the head. One also suffered an eye injury. All three were taken to a coalition medical facility for treatment.
"Roadside bombs cause suffering and death to innocent civilians," said Army Lt. Col Paul Fitzpatrick, Combined Joint Task Force 76 spokesman. "These extremists show no regard for the lives of their fellow Afghans."
Yesterday, Afghan National Army and Afghan National Police, together with coalition forces, conducted a successful series of cordon-and search operations at suspected enemy compounds in the Panjwayi district of Kandahar province. The police detained two suspected Taliban fighters during the searches.
Following the searches, the combined force continued toward the village of Pashmul. Later that evening, Afghan and coalition forces fought a sizable force of Taliban fighters who retreated into a house and continued fighting. Sporadic fighting continued through the night.
Coalition forces have no assessment of Taliban killed or wounded. One coalition vehicle was destroyed in the fighting, officials said. Three Afghan truck drivers were killed yesterday when extremists attacked their convoy in the Wazi Khwa district of Paktika province. One driver survived and another is missing, officials said.
"This criminal attack on defenseless civilians shows the callousness of these insurgents," Fitzpatrick said. "These people have no regard for innocent human life, killing fellow Afghans. Our hearts and prayers go out to the families of the victims."
The three-truck convoy was en route from Bagram Air Base to a coalition base in Wazi Khwa when extremists attacked with small-arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades.
The one known survivor drove his heavily damaged truck to a coalition base, carrying the bodies of two of his colleagues in the truck with him. He reported to authorities that two others were still at the site of the attack.
A coalition quick-reaction force arrived at the scene and discovered two of the trucks had been set on fire. They recovered the body of a 15-year-old. The search continues for the missing driver. Spc. Michael L. Hermanson, 21, of Fargo, N.D., died on May 23, in AL Abayachi, Iraq, of injuries sustained when his RG-31 Mine Protected Vehicle came under improvised explosive device, rocket propel grenade and enemy small arms fire while on a route-clearing mission during combat operations. Hermanson was assigned to the Army National Guard's 164th Engineer Battalion, Minot, N.D.Soldier Killed in Iraq; DoD Identifies Earlier CasualtiesAmerican Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, May 24, 2006 – A Multinational Corps Iraq soldier was killed while conducting a patrol yesterday south of Balad, U.S. military officials in Iraq reported.
The soldier was part of a team conducting counter-makeshift bomb operations when the patrol was attacked by small-arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades.
The name of the soldier is being withheld pending notification of next of kin.
Meanwhile, the Defense Department released the names a soldier, sailor and three Marines who died in Iraq or Afghanistan:
Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Lee Hamilton Deal, 23, of West Monroe, La., died May 17 as a result of enemy action in Anbar province. He was operationally assigned to Regimental Combat Team 5, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward), and permanently assigned to 2nd Marine Division, Fleet Marine Force Atlantic, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Army Staff Sgt. Christian Longsworth, 26, of Newark, N.J., died May 19 in Oruzgan province, Afghanistan, from wounds suffered when his convoy came under enemy small-arms fire. Longsworth was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group, Fort Bragg, N.C.
Marine Sgt. David R. Christoff, 25, of Rossford, Ohio, and Marine Lance Cpl. William J. Leusink, 21, of Maurice, Iowa, died May 22 from wounds suffered while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Anbar province, Iraq. They were assigned to 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, 3rd Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Base Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii. Marine Lance Cpl. Benito A. Ramirez, 21, of Edinburg, Texas, died May 21 while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.Lance Cpl. Benito A. Ramirez, 21, of Edinburg, Texas died May 21, while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Sgt. David R. Christoff, 25, of Rossford, Ohio & Lance Cpl. William J. Leusink, 21, of Maurice, Iowa both died May 22, from wounds received while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Al Anbar province, Iraq. They were both assigned to 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Base Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii.
Staff Sgt. Christian Longsworth, 26, of Newark, N.J., died in Oruzgan province, Afghanistan, on May 19, from wounds sustained when his convoy came under enemy small arms fire during combat operations. Longsworth was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group, Fort Bragg, N.C.
Birding Babylon: A Soldier's Journal from Iraq
Birding Babylon:A Soldier's Journal from IraqBy Jonathan Trouern-TrendISBN: 157805131264 pages, b/w illustrationsPrice: $9.95 hardcoverSpecial web features for this title:Read the author's preface.Interview with the author.
About the book:Early in 2004, a National Guardsman from Connecticut arrived in Iraq for a year's posting. Sergeant First Class Jon Trouern-Trend had been a birder since age 12. So naturally he looked for birds--and found them in surprising number and variety around Anaconda Base in the Sunni Triangle, where he was stationed: old-world warblers near the laundry pond, kestrels at the dump, wood pigeons by the airstrip, owls on the cement bunkers. And whenever he got "outside the wire"--collecting water samples from the Tigris, delivering supplies to schoolchildren, at a forward operating base in Mosul, or on a trek to the ruins of ancient Babylon--his lifelist grew longer.
From nearly day one until he left Iraq, Trouern-Trend wrote about his sightings in an on-line journal, which attracted thousands of readers and was excerpted in the press. Now some of the highlights of his "Birding Babylon" blog are collected in this small, beautiful volume, designed to resemble a birder's journal. In a Preface, the author looks back on his experience--and ahead to what the future might hold for the rooks, doves, storks, bulbuls, and sparrows of Iraq, and for its people.
This little book cuts through the politics of war like birdsong, reminding us of our imperishable connection with nature; of how birds and their journeys tie the world together; of the persistence of life even in a wasted land. It's a small act of grace. Jonathan Trouern-Trend served with the 118th Area Support Medical Battalion in Iraq and currently works for the American Red Cross Blood Services in their Epidemiology and Surveillance program. He lives in Marlborough, Connecticut, with his wife and their five children.
U.S. Casualties in Iraq & Afghanistan reported 5/15-5/22/06
Marine Killed in Iraq; DoD Identifies Earlier CasualtiesAmerican Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, May 22, 2006 – A Marine was killed in Iraq yesterday, and the Defense Department has identified four soldiers and a sailor killed while supporting operations in Iraq.
A Marine killed yesterday was assigned to Regimental Combat Team 5 and died due to enemy action in Anbar province. No further details were available. The Marine's name is being withheld pending notification of the family.
The four soldiers died in Baghdad May 18 from injuries suffered when a roadside bomb detonated near their Humvee. Killed were:
Lt. Col. Daniel E. Holland, 43, of San Antonio; First Lt. Robert A. Seidel III, 23, of Gettysburg, Pa.; Sgt. Lonnie C. Allen Jr., 26, of Bellevue, Neb.; and Pfc. Nicholas R. Cournoyer, 25, of Gilmanton, N.H.
Holland was assigned to the 352nd Civil Affairs Command, Fort Bragg, N.C. Seidel, Allen and Cournoyer were assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 22nd Infantry, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, N.Y.
The sailor killed was Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Lee Hamilton Deal, 23, of West Monroe, La. He died May 17 as a result of enemy action in Anbar province. He was operationally assigned to Regimental Combat Team 5, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward), and permanently assigned to 2nd Marine Division, Fleet Marine Force Atlantic, Camp Lejeune, N.C. Petty Officer Third Class Lee Hamilton Deal, 23, of West Monroe, La., died May 17, as a result of enemy action in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was operationally assigned to Regimental Combat Team-5, I Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward), and permanently assigned to 2nd Marine Division Fleet Marine Force Atlantic, Camp Lejeune, N.C.Lt. Col. Daniel E. Holland, 43, of San Antonio, Texas 1st. Lt. Robert A. Seidel III, 23, of Gettysburg, Pa. Sgt. Lonnie C. Allen Jr., 26, of Bellevue, Neb. & Pfc. Nicholas R. Cournoyer, 25, of Gilmanton, N.H. died on May 18 in Baghdad, Iraq, from injuries sustained on May 18, when an improvised explosive device detonated near their HMMWV during combat operations. Holland was assigned to the 352nd Civil Affairs Command, Fort Bragg, N.C. Seidel, Allen and Cournoyer were assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 22nd Infantry, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, N.Y.One Soldier Killed, Six Wounded in Afghanistan; Iraq Casualties IdentifiedAmerican Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, May 20, 2006 – One U.S. Servicemember was killed and six wounded in combat in Afghanistan yesterday, and the Defense Department recently identified four previous casualties. The servicemember was killed and six others were wounded when coalition forces made contact with enemy fighters while conducting operations to improve security in southern Uruzgan province. A joint Afghan and coalition force was on patrol in the Cahar Cineh district in Uruzgan province when they encountered enemy forces. The six wounded service members were evacuated to a nearby medical facility and are in stable condition.
"We are very sad to report the death of one of our courageous soldiers," said Army Maj. Gen. Benjamin C. Freakley, commander, Combined Joint Task Force 76. "They were performing an extremely difficult mission, working to improve conditions and create a positive future for the people of Uruzgan province. Their bravery and honor stand in stark contrast to the intentions of those who intimidate and abuse the Afghan people and their values."
The names of those involved are being withheld pending family notification.
Meanwhile, the Defense Department has identified a Marine and three soldiers killed while supporting operations in Iraq:
Marine Cpl. William B. Fulks, 23, of Culloden, W.Va., died May 18, at Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, from wounds received while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Anbar province on May 1. He was assigned to the 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Army Staff Sgt. Santiago M. Halsel, 32, of Bowling Green, Ky., died of injuries sustained in Baghdad on May 16 when an improvised explosive device detonated while he was conducting a dismounted clearance mission during combat operations. Halsel was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.
Army Chief Warrant Officer 4, John W. Engeman, 45, of East North Port, N.Y., and Army Master Sgt. Robert H. West, 37, of Elyria, Ohio, died in Baghdad on May 14 when an IED detonated near their Humvee during combat operations. They were assigned to 1st Battalion, 312th Training Support Battalion, 4th Brigade, 78th Division (Training Support), Fort Bragg, N.C. Chief Warrant Officer 4, John W. Engeman, 45, of East North Port, N.Y. & Master Sgt. Robert H. West, 37, of Elyria, Ohio died in Baghdad, Iraq, on May 14, when an improvised explosive device detonated near their HMMWV during combat operations. Both soldiers were assigned to the 1st Battalion, 312th Regiment, 30th Enhanced Separate Brigade, Clinton, N.C. Staff Sgt. Santiago M. Halsel, 32, of Bowling Green, Ky., died of injuries sustained in Baghdad, Iraq, on May 16, when an improvised explosive device detonated while he was conducting a dismounted clearance mission during combat operations. Halsel was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.Sailor, Four Soldiers Killed in Iraq; Previous Casualties IdentifiedAmerican Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, May 18, 2006 – Four soldiers and a sailor were killed in two separate incidents in Iraq yesterday and today. The Defense Department also has identified six previous casualties.
Four Multinational Division Baghdad soldiers died today when a roadside bomb struck their vehicle northwest of Baghdad. Their Iraqi interpreter also died in the blast.
A sailor assigned to Regimental Combat Team 5 died yesterday as a result of enemy action while operating in Anbar province.
The soldiers' and sailor's names are being withheld pending notification of the family.
The Defense Department has announced the identities of six soldiers who died supporting operations in Iraq.
Capt. Shane R. Mahaffee, 36, of Alexandria, Va., died May 15 in Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Germany, of injuries sustained May 5, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Humvee in Hillah. Mahaffee was assigned to the Army Reserve's 489th Civil Affairs Battalion, Knoxville, Tenn.
Staff Sgt. Marion Flint Jr., 29, of Baltimore, Md., and Pfc. Grant A. Dampier, 25, of Merrill, Wis., died in Baghdad May 15 when an improvised explosive device detonated near their vehicle. Both soldiers were assigned to the 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, Fort Carson, Colo.
Maj. Matthew W. Worrell, 34, of Lewisville, Texas, and Chief Warrant Officer 5 Jamie D. Weeks, 47, of Daleville, Ala., died May 14, in Yusufiyah when their aircraft was shot down during combat operations. Both soldiers were assigned to the 1st Battalion, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne), Fort Campbell, Ky.
Spc. Brandon L. Teeters, 21, of Lafayette, La., died May 12, in Ludwigshafen, Germany, of injuries sustained April 20, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Bradley Fighting Vehicle in Baghdad. Teeters was assigned to the 8th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, Fort Hood, Texas. Capt. Shane R. Mahaffee, 36, of Alexandria, Va., died on May 15, in Ludwigshafen, Germany, of injuries sustained on May 5, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his HMMWV during combat patrol operations in Al Hillah, Iraq. Mahaffee was assigned to the Army Reserve's 489th Civil Affairs Battalion, Knoxville, Tenn.Maj. Matthew W. Worrel, 34, of Lewisville, Texas. & Chief Warrant Officer 5 Jamie D. Weeks, 47 of Daleville, Ala. were killed on May 14, in Yusufiyah, Iraq, when their aircraft was shot down during combat operations. Both soldiers were assigned to the 1st Battalion, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne), Fort Campbell, Ky.
Staff Sgt. Marion Flint Jr., 29, of Baltimore, Md. and Pfc. Grant A. Dampier, 25, of Merrill, Wis. were killed in Baghdad, Iraq, on May 15, when an improvised explosive device detonated near their vehicle during combat patrol operations. Both soldiers were assigned to the 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, Fort Carson, Colo.
Spc. Brandon L. Teeters, 21, of Lafayette, La., died on May 12, in Ludwigshafen, Germany, of injuries sustained on April 20, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Bradley Fighting Vehicle during combat operations in Baghdad, Iraq. Teeters was assigned to the 8th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, Fort Hood, Texas.Three Soldiers Killed in Iraq; DoD Identifies CasualtiesAmerican Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, May 16, 2006 – Three soldiers were killed in two separate incidents in Iraq today and yesterday, and the Defense Department released the names of earlier casualties.
A roadside bomb explosion in southern Baghdad today killed a Multinational Division Baghdad soldier who was conducting a dismounted patrol.
Two Task Force Band of Brothers soldiers from 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, were killed near Balad yesterday when their vehicle struck an improvised explosive device.
The soldiers' names are being withheld pending notification of next of kin.
Meanwhile, the Defense Department has announced the identities of eight Marines and five soldiers who died supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Marine Lance Cpls. Jose S. Marin Dominguez Jr., 22, of Liberal, Kan.; and Hatak Yuka Keyu M. Yearby, 21, of Overbrook, Okla., died May 14 in Anbar province. They were both assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, 3rd Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Base Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii.
Army Spc. Ronald W. Gebur, 23, of Delavan, Ill., died of injuries sustained in Baghdad May 13 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Humvee. Gebur was assigned to 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
Marine Lance Cpl. Richard Z. James, 20, of Seaford, Del., died May 13 in Anbar province. He was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Marine Lance Cpl. Adam C. Conboy, 21, of Philadelphia, Pa., died May 12 as a result of a non-hostile incident in Anbar province. He was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, 3rd Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Base Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii.
Army Spc. Armer N. Burkart, 26, of Rockville, Md., died of injuries sustained in Baghdad May 11 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Humvee. Burkart was assigned to 1st Squadron, 71st Cavalry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, N.Y.
Army Pfcs. Eric D. Clark, 22, of Pleasant Prairie, Wis.; and Stephen P. Snowberger III, 18, of Lopez, Pa., were killed in Baghdad May 11 when an improvised explosive device detonated near their Humvee. Both soldiers were assigned to 3rd Battalion, 6th Field Artillery Regiment, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, N.Y.
Army Staff Sgt. Emmanuel L. Legaspi, 38, of Las Vegas died of injuries sustained in Tal Afar May 7 when his unit came under enemy small-arms fire. Legaspi was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 36th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, Friedberg, Germany.
Four Marines died May 11 as a result of a vehicle accident in Anbar province. All four were assigned to the 2nd Tank Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C. Killed were:
Second Lt. Michael L. Licalzi, 24, of Garden City, N.Y.;
Cpl. Steve Vahaviolos, 21, of Airmont, N.Y.;
Lance Cpl. Jason K. Burnett, 20, of St. Cloud, Fla.; and
Lance Cpl. David J. GramesSanchez, 22, of Fort Wayne, Ind. Lance Cpl. Jose S. MarinDominguez Jr., 22, of Liberal, Kan.& Lance Cpl. Hatak Yuka Keyu M. Yearby, 21, of Overbrook, Okla. were killed May 14, while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Al Anbar province, Iraq. They were both assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Base Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii.Pfc. Eric D. Clark, 22, of Pleasant Prairie, Wis.and Pfc. Stephen P. Snowberger III, 18, of Lopez, Pa. were killed in Baghdad, Iraq, on May 11, when an improvised explosive device detonated near their HMMWV during combat patrol operations. Both soldiers were assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 6th Field Artillery Regiment, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, N.Y.Lance Cpl. Adam C. Conboy, 21, of Philadelphia, Pa., died May 12, as a result of a non-hostile incident in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Base Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii.
Dorothy Parker reading & walking tour
Wednesday, May 17
Discussion/Reading/Signing
"A Conversation with Marion Meade about Dorothy Parker"conducted by Kevin Fitzpatrick Meade is the editor of the Portable Dorothy Parker Fitzpatrick is president of the Dorothy Parker Society of NYand author of A Journey into Dorothy Parker's New York
Barnes & Noble 4 Astor Place
New York, NY
Saturday, May 20
Dorothy Parker Society of NY presents...Algonquin Round Table Walking Tour
The Algonquin Round Table comes alive in the only New York walking tour devoted to the famed literary group. The 2-hour walk celebrates Dorothy Parker, Robert Benchley, George S. Kaufman, Harpo Marx,Edna Ferber, Franklin P. Adams, Heywood Broun, Harold Ross, Robert Sherwood, Marc Connelly and the rest of the Vicious Circle.The tour is open to the public; it begins and ends at the landmark Algonquin Hotel
Tickets: $15 each and may be purchased in cash at the walk or call Ticketweb, 866-468-7619.(Cost of lunch separate).
meet at noon at:
Algonquin Hotel
59 W. 44th St.New York, NY
The tour encompasses the Theatre District, Rockefeller Center, Times Square and Hell's Kitchen. Guests will see the former homes, haunts and hangouts of the Vicious Circle of the 1920s. See where The New Yorker began, visit the spots where the speakeasies once stood,and walk in the footsteps of the legendary wits. The walks are led by Kevin C. Fitzpatrick, author of A Journey into Dorothy Parker's New York. Immediately following the walking tour guests have the option of having lunch at the Round Table
Alexander Zinoviev dies at 83
MOSCOW - Alexander Zinoviev, a prominent author who was forced to emigrate from the Soviet Union for his satire aimed at the Communist regime, has died, officials said Thursday. He was 83.
Zinoviev died Wednesday, according to Moscow State University. The cause of death wasn't given. Zinoviev first clashed with the Soviet authorities as a student when he was dismissed from the university in 1940 for his criticism of the government. He fought as a combat pilot during World War II and later wrote several books on Communist philosophy. He sharply changed his views and became a fierce critic of communism. Zinoviev's "The Yawning Heights," a satirical description of Soviet society that was published in Switzerland in 1976, led to his ouster from his job at the Academy of Sciences and his dismissal from the Communist Party. Set in an imaginary country called "Ibansk," the book was denounced by his Soviet colleagues and in the Soviet press.
Although Zinoviev had said he hoped to keep his Soviet citizenship while abroad, former Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev stripped him of it in September 1978 for behavior "damaging to Soviet prestige."
He emigrated in 1978 to West Germany with his wife and daughter, and was stripped of Soviet citizenship. He wrote a number of other books, such as "Homo Sovietikus" and "Catastroika."
Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev restored Zinoviev's Soviet citizenship in 1990, but Zinoviev remained deeply critical of his reforms and the policy of Russian President Boris Yeltsin after the Soviet collapse. He harshly criticized both Gorbachev and Yeltsin for kowtowing to the West and ruining the country.
Zinoviev also came to regret his own criticism of the Soviet Union, saying he was "aiming at communism but hit Russia."
Zinoviev returned to Russia in 1999, becoming a professor at the Moscow State University.
He will be buried Monday after a ceremony at the university.
Pulitzer Prize Winner Stanley Kunitz Dies
NEW YORK - Stanley Kunitz, a former U.S. poet laureate and Pulitzer Prize winner whose expressive verse, social commitment and generosity to young writers spanned three-quarters of a century, has died. He was 100.
He died in his sleep early Sunday at his home in Manhattan, said his publisher, W.W. Norton.
Kunitz had just turned 95 when appointed poet laureate in 2000, capping a career that began 70 years earlier with the collection "Intellectual Things" and later included a Pulitzer, a National Medal of the Arts and — at age 90 — a National Book Award.
He served a single one-year term as U.S. poet laureate and was also the Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress, the precursor to poet laureate, from 1974 to 1976.
His poems included tributes to nature and wildlife, such as "The Snakes of September," the traumatic memories of "The Portrait," in which he recalled his father's suicide, and the spiritual journey of "The Long Boat," with his wish "To be rocked by the Infinite!/as if it didn't matter which way was home."
His early work was more formal, more dependent on rhyme and meter, but he anticipated his own evolution with the poem "Change," with its promise of "Becoming, never being." Over time, his verse simplified, crystalized, with Kunitz once observing that he had learned to "strip the water out of my poems."
In some ways, he maintained a quiet, contemplative life, working for hours at night on an old manual typewriter, and by day nurturing his beloved garden in Provincetown, Mass. But he also helped found two writing centers and was a self-described pacifist who was a conscientious objector in World War II, opposed the Vietnam War and criticized the U.S.-led war against Iraq.
"He was very outgoing, very cheerful, very funny, very interested in you and the others in the room," said fellow poet Galway Kinnell. "You could say that most of the American poets younger than he was tended to look up to him as their guide, their leader, their surrogate father."
"Of course," Kinnell added with a laugh, "after a while, all the poets were younger poets."
Shortly before his 100th birthday, "The Wild Braid" was published, featuring poems, photographs of Kunitz in his garden and his reflections on gardening, art and the end of life. "Death is absolutely essential for the survival of life itself on the planet," he said, explaining his acceptance of mortality. "It would become full of old wrecks, dominating the population."
Kunitz spent much of his latter years in Provincetown, Mass., where he bought a home in 1962 and lived with his third wife, Elise Asher, an artist and poet who died in 2004. Her work adorns the cover of several of Kunitz's books.
Born in Worcester, Mass., in 1905, Stanley Kunitz was raised by his mother, an immigrant dressmaker from Lithuania. Kunitz's father took his own life before Kunitz was born, and his mother, as Kunitz wrote in "The Portrait," "locked his name /in her deepest cabinet/and would not let him out/though I could hear him thumping."
Kunitz was apparently destined for the literary life. He began to write poetry in grade school, and was praised for it even then.
"My teachers were always saying things," Kunitz recalled in a 2000 interview with The Associated Press. "They said, 'Stanley, you're going to be a poet.' I was told that a dozen times. And so I began to believe it."
He graduated summa cum laude from Harvard University and got his master's degree there. He expected to be invited to stay on as an assistant, until a professor told him that the white Anglo-Saxon students there would resent being taught by a Jew.
"That really almost broke my heart. And I think in the end it probably did me a great favor," Kunitz said. "Because, it prevented me from becoming a completely preoccupied scholar."
After leaving school, Kunitz worked as a newspaper reporter and editor in Worcester and continued writing verse. He was just 25 when "Intellectual Things" came out, but surviving remained a struggle. He supported himself by editing literary reference books and making unsuccessful attempts at farming.
Kunitz was a conscientious objector during World War II, but was drafted anyway. The Army didn't know what to do with him. They switched him around a few times, and he landed at a largely black camp in North Carolina where he dug latrines most of the time and, since a lot of the men there didn't understand what the war was all about, Kunitz started a magazine he hoped would explain why.
"My feeling was I would never kill another human being," Kunitz said. "How could I fight in this war? But I realized the war had to be fought, to end the horrible possibility of the fascists taking over. It was a tremendous dilemma."
Kunitz is survived by a daughter, Gretchen Kunitz; and a stepdaughter, Babette Becker. Gretchen Kunitz told The Associated Press on Monday that a private memorial is planned for this weekend in Provincetown. Public ceremonies are expected this summer in Provincetown and New York. [By HILLEL ITALIE, AP National Writer]
U.S. Casualties in Iraq & Afghanistan 5/12-5/15/06
from D.O.D. and American Forces Press Service releases dated 5/12-5/15/06Spc. Armer N. Burkart, 26, of Rockville, Md., died of injuries sustained in Baghdad, Iraq, on May 11, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his HMMWV during combat patrol operations. Burkart was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 71st Cavalry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, N.Y. Spc. Ronald W. Gebur, 23, of Delavan, Ill., died of injuries sustained in Baghdad, Iraq, on May 13, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his HMMWV during combat operations. Gebur was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.Six Servicemembers Killed in Iraq, Previous Casualty IdentifiedAmerican Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, May 15, 2006 – Six servicemembers were killed in various incidents throughout Iraq yesterday, military officials in Iraq reported.
Two soldiers died when their helicopter was shot down during fighting in Yusifiyah.
Two Marines assigned to Regimental Combat Team 7 died due to enemy action in Anbar province. Two Multinational Division Baghdad soldiers were killed by a roadside bomb in eastern Baghdad.
The names of the deceased are being withheld pending notification of next of kin.
The Defense Department also identified a soldier who was killed recently while supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Army Staff Sgt. Emmanuel L. Legaspi, 38, of Las Vegas died of injuries suffered in Tal Afar on May 7, when his unit came under enemy small-arms fire. Legaspi was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 36th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, Friedberg, Germany. The Department of Defense announced today the death of four Marines - Lance Cpl. Jason K. Burnett, 20, of St. Cloud, Fla., Lance Cpl. David J. Grames Sanchez, 22, of Fort Wayne, Ind., 2nd Lt. Michael L. Licalzi, 24, of Garden City, N.Y. and Cpl. Steve Vahaviolos, 21, of Airmont, N.Y.All four Marines died May 11 as a result of a vehicle accident in Al Anbar province, Iraq. All four Marines were assigned to the 2nd Tank Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.Roadside Bomb Kills Soldier; Previous Casualties IdentifiedAmerican Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, May 13, 2006 – A Multinational Division Baghdad soldier was killed today at about 4 a.m. when his vehicle was struck by a roadside bomb in southern Baghdad, military officials in Iraq reported. The name of the soldier is being withheld until the family is notified. The Defense Department also identified two soldiers recently killed in Ad Diwaniyah, Iraq, May 6, when an improvised-explosive device detonated near their cargo truck. Both soldiers were assigned to the Army National Guard's 3rd Battalion, 172nd Infantry (Mountain), Brewer, Maine. Killed were Staff Sgt. Dale J. Kelly Jr., 48, of Richmond, Maine; and Staff Sgt. David M. Veverka, 25, of Jamestown, Pa. Four Marines Killed in Vehicle Accident; Earlier Casualty IdentifiedAmerican Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, May 12, 2006 – Four Marines died yesterday when their tank rolled off a bridge in Iraq's Anbar province. The Defense Department also has identified a Marine killed May 10. The Marines, all assigned to Regimental Combat Team 5, drowned when the U.S. M1A1 main battle tank they were traveling in rolled into a canal near Karmah.
"We are a close-knit family, and this loss affects us all," said Col. Larry D. Nicholson, commanding officer of Regimental Combat Team 5. "Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of these Marines during this difficult period."
The accident is under investigation, but the deaths were not a result of enemy action, U.S. officials said. The names of the deceased are being withheld pending notification of the families.
Sgt. Alessandro Carbonaro, 28, of Bethesda, Md., died May 10 at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Germany, from wounds received in Anbar province May 1. He was assigned to 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
U.S. Casualties in Iraq & Afghanistan 5/10-5/11/06
Sgt. Alessandro Carbonaro, 28, of Bethesda, Md., died May 10, at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Germany, from wounds received while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Al Anbar province, Iraq, on May 1. He was assigned to 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.Spc. Aaron P. Latimer, 26, of Ennis, Texas, died in Mosul, Iraq, on May 9. Latimer was assigned to the 562nd Engineer Company, 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, Fort Wainwright, Alaska.This incident is under investigation.The following soldiers were killed east of Abad, Afghanistan, in the Kunar province, on May 5, when their CH-47 Chinook helicopter crashed during combat operations.
Lt. Col. Joseph J. Fenty, 41, of Fla.
Chief Warrant Officer 3 Eric W. Totten, 34, of Texas.
Chief Warrant Officer 2 Christopher B. Donaldson, 28, of Ill.
Staff Sgt. Christopher T. Howick, 34, of Hamburg, N.Y.
Sgt. Bryan A. Brewster, 24, of Fontana, Calif.
Sgt. John C. Griffith, 33, of Las Vegas, Nev.
Sgt. Jeffery S. Wiekamp, 23, of Utopia, Texas.
Spc. Justin L. O’Donohoe, 27, of San Diego, Calif.
Spc. David N. Timmons Jr., 23, of Lewisville, N.C.
Pfc. Brian M. Moquin Jr., 19, of Worcester, Mass.All those killed were assigned to the 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum N.Y. Fenty, O’Donohoe, Timmons and Moquin were part of the 71st Cavalry Regiment. Totten, Donaldson, Howick, Brewster, Griffith, and Wiekamp were part of the 3rd Battalion, 10th Aviation Regiment. This incident is under investigation.Staff Sgt. Gregory A. Wagner, 35, of Mitchell, S.D., died of injuries sustained in Baghdad, Iraq, on May 8, when an improvised fire projectile struck his HMMWV during combat operation. Wagner was assigned to the Army National Guard's 1st Battalion, 147th Field Artillery, Yankton, S.D.Lance Cpl. Leon B. Deraps, 19, of Jamestown, Mo., died May 6 while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to the 7th Engineer Support Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Cpl. Cory L. Palmer, 21, of Seaford, Del., died May 6 at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, from wounds received while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Al Anbar province, Iraq, on May 1. He was assigned to the 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.Sgt. Matthew J. Fenton, 24, of Little Ferry, N.J., died May 6 at National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Md., from wounds received while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Al Anbar province, Iraq on April 26. He was assigned to Marine Forces Reserve’s Inspector and Instructor Staff, 1st Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Fort Devens, Mass.
AFP: Da Vinci Code release sparks calls for fatal hunger strikes in India
A Catholic group called on Christians to starve themselves to death in protest at the release of "The Da Vinci Code" at cinemas in India as others burned copies of the novel. The Catholic Secular Forum said it hoped thousand of people would attend a protest Wednesday in Mumbai to burn effigies of Dan Brown, the author of the best-selling novel. The controversial film stars Tom Hanks and is based on Brown's best-selling novel. It explores the idea that Jesus Christ married Mary Magdalene and had children whose descendants are alive today. Agence France Presse reports on the film, which will open the Cannes Film Festival next week.[from indiewire]
U.S. Casualties Iraq & Afghanistan reported 5/6-5/9/06
Pvt. Alva L. Gaylord, 25, of Carrollton, Mo., died of injuries sustained in Qasr Ar Riyy, Iraq on May 5, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his RG-31 Mine Protected Vehicle during a combat clearing operation. Gaylord was assigned to the Army National Guard's 110th Engineer Battalion, Kansas City, Mo.Pfc. Benjamin T. Zieske, 20, of Concord, Calif., died of injuries sustained in Kirkuk, Iraq on May 3, when an improvised explosive device detonated during a dismounted combat patrol. Zieske was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky. 1st. Sgt. Carlos N. Saenz, 46, of Las Vegas, Nev., Spc. Teodoro Torres, 29, of Las Vegas, Nev. & Sgt. Nathan J. Vacho, 29, of Janesville, Wis.were killed in Baghdad, Iraq on May 5, when an improvised explosive device detonated near their HMMWV during combat operations. Saenz and Torres were assigned to the Army Reserve’s 490th Civil Affairs Battalion, Abilene, Texas. Vacho was assigned to the Army Reserve’s 489th Civil Affairs Battalion, Knoxville, Tenn. During Operation Iraqi Freedom, all three were attached to the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division.Two Soldiers, Marine Killed in IraqAmerican Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, May 8, 2006 – Two soldiers and a Marine were killed in separate incidents in Iraq yesterday and today, military officials in Iraq reported.
A Multinational Division Baghdad soldier died at about 11:10 a.m. today when a roadside bomb struck his vehicle during a patrol southeast of Baghdad.
A Marine assigned to 1st Marine Logistics Group died from wounds suffered as the result of enemy action while operating in Anbar province yesterday.
A soldier from the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, was killed and another soldier was wounded yesterday near Tal Afar. The soldiers were helping Iraqi security forces clear a building from which several insurgents were firing at civilians, Iraqi security forces and coalition forces.
Names of the dead and wounded are being withheld pending notification of next of kin. 10 Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan Helicopter CrashAmerican Forces Press Service
BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan, May 6, 2006 – All 10 U.S. soldiers aboard died late last night when a CH-47 Chinook transport helicopter crashed near Asadabad in Afghanistan's Kunar province, military officials reported today. The soldiers' names are being withheld until their families are notified.
A Combined Forces Afghanistan statement said crewmembers of other aircraft at the mountain-top landing zone where the crash occurred confirmed the crash was not the result of enemy action.
"Our hearts and prayers go out to the families and comrades of the soldiers who were involved in this crash," said Army Maj. Gen. Benjamin C. Freakley, commander of Combined Joint Task Force 76. "We must honor the courage and dedication of our soldiers by continuing our commitment to bringing peace and stability to the Afghan people." Soldier in Iraq Killed; DoD Identifies Four Other FatalitiesAmerican Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, May 6, 2006 – A U.S. soldier was killed in Baghdad yesterday, and the Defense Department identified a Marine and three soldiers who were killed in Iraq in the preceding two days.
The soldier killed in Baghdad yesterday died when a roadside bomb struck his vehicle, officials said. The soldier's name is being withheld pending notification of next of kin.
The previous casualties are:
Marine Sgt. Elisha R. Parker, 21, of Taberg, New York, who died May 4 while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Iraq's Anbar province. Parker was assigned to the 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Army Staff Sgt. Gavin B. Reinke and Spc. Bryan L. Quinton, who died in Baghdad on May 4 when a roadside bomb detonated near their RG-31 mine-protected vehicle during combat operations. Reinke and Quinton were assigned to the 5th Engineer Battalion, 1st Engineer Brigade, Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. Reinke, 32, hailed from Pueblo, Colo.; Quinton, 24, was from Sand Springs, Okla.
Army Pfc. Christopher M. Eckhardt, 19, of Phoenix, who died in Taji on May 3 from a noncombat related cause. Eckhardt was assigned to the 4th Battalion, 42nd Field Artillery, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas. The incident is under investigation.Staff Sgt. Gavin B. Reinke, 32, of Pueblo, Colo. & Spc. Bryan L. Quinton, 24, of Sand Springs, Okla. were killed in Baghdad, Iraq on May 4, when an improvised explosive device detonated near their RG-31 Mine Protected Vehicle during combat operations. Reinke and Quinton were assigned to the 5th Engineer Battalion, 1st Engineer Brigade, Fort Leonard Wood, Mo.
U.S. Casualties in Iraq & Afghanistan announced 5/3-5/506
Sgt. Elisha R. Parker, 21, of Taberg, N.Y., died May 4, while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to the 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.3 Soldiers Killed in Roadside Bomb Attack; More Casualties IdentifiedAmerican Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, May 5, 2006 – Three Multinational Division Baghdad soldiers died at about 11:45 a.m. today when the vehicle they were riding in was struck by an improvised explosive device south of Baghdad in Babil province, officials in Iraq said.
The names of the soldiers are being withheld pending notification of next of kin.
The Department of Defense announced identities of war casualties in Iraq:
Marine Cpl. Stephen R. Bixler, 20, of Suffield, Conn., died yesterday while conducting combat operations in Anbar province. He was assigned to the 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Marine Capt. Brian S. Letendre, 27, of Woodbridge, Va., died May 3 while conducting combat operations in Anbar. He was assigned to the Marine Forces Reserve's Inspector and Instructor Staff, 1st Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Plainville, Conn.
Army Sgt. Joseph E. Proctor, 38, of Indianapolis, died May 3 in Tammin when a vehicle-borne IED detonated near his observation post during dismounted combat-patrol operations. Proctor was assigned to the Army National Guard's 638th Battalion (Aviation), Shelbyville, Ind.
Marine Lance Cpl. Robert L. Moscillo, 21, of Salem, N.H., died May 1 while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Anbar. He was assigned to the 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Army Cpl. Robbie G. Light, 21, of Kingsport, Tenn., died of injuries sustained in Baghdad on May 1 when an IED detonated near his M-1A2 Abrams tank during combat operations. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 67th Armored Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas. The Department of Defense announced today the death of two Marines. Capt. Brian S. Letendre, 27, of Woodbridge, Va. Cpl. Stephen R. Bixler, 20, of Suffield, Conn. Letendre died May 3 while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to the Marine Forces Reserve’s Inspector and Instructor Staff, 1st Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Plainville, Conn.
Bixler died May 4 while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to the 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.Sgt. Joseph E. Proctor, 38, of Indianapolis, Ind., died May 3 in Tammin, Iraq when a suicide, vehicle-borne, improvised explosive device detonated near his observation post during dismounted combat patrol operations. Proctor was assigned to the Army National Guard's 638th Battalion (Aviation), Shelbyville, Ind.Lance Cpl. Robert L. Moscillo, 21, of Salem, N.H., died May 1 while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to the 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif. Cpl. Robbie G. Light, 21, of Kingsport, Tenn., died of injuries sustained in Baghdad, Iraq on May 1, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his M1A2 Abrams tank during combat operations. Light was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 67th Armored Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.Three Soldiers Die in Baghdad; Officials Identify Previous CasualtiesAmerican Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, May 4, 2006 – Three Multinational Division Baghdad soldiers have died in two incidents since yesterday.
Two soldiers were killed today at about 11:45 a.m. when their vehicle was struck by a roadside bomb in south-central Baghdad.
Another soldier died in a noncombat related incident at 4:30 p.m. yesterday.
The names of the soldiers are being withheld pending notification of next of kin.
In other news, officials have identified several previous casualties from operations in Iraq:
Army Sgt. Steve M. Sakoda, 29, of Hilo, Hawaii, died of injuries sustained in Baghdad April 29 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Humvee. Sakoda was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 75th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.
Army Staff Sgt. Bryant A. Herlem, 37, of Copperas Cove, Texas, and Sgt. Jose Gomez, 23, of Corona, N.Y., died in Baghdad April 28 when an IED detonated near their Humvee during combat operations. The soldiers were assigned to the 10th Cavalry, 4th Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
Marine Sgt. Edward G. Davis III, 31, of Antioch, Ill., died April 28 in Anbar province. He was assigned to 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Marine Sgt. Lea R. Mills, 21, of Brooksville, Fla., and Cpl. Brandon M. Hardy, 25, of Cochranville, Pa., died April 28 in Anbar province. They were both assigned to 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton.
Army 1st Sgt. Bobby Mendez, 38, of Brooklyn, N.Y., died of injuries sustained in Baghdad April 27 when an IED detonated near his Humvee during combat operations. Mendez was assigned to the 2nd Special Troops Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood.
Army Staff Sgt. Mark A. Wall, 27, of Alden, Iowa, died in Mosul April 27, from a noncombat-related cause. Wall was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, Fort Wainwright, Alaska.
Army Sgt. Matthew A. Webber, 23, of Kalamazoo, Mich., died on April 27, in Brooke Army Medical Center, in San Antonio, of injuries sustained when an IED detonated near his Humvee during combat operations in Habbaniyah Nov.21. Webber was assigned to the Army National Guard's 1st Battalion, 125th Infantry Regiment (Mechanized), Saginaw, Mich.
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POLICE BEAT – final days
SOLUS AND GUESTS 2006: INTERNATIONAL SHORT AND AVANT-GARDE FILMS
AVANT GARDE FEATURES ESSENTIAL CINEMA––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––NEW YORK THEATRICAL PREMIERE RUN!UNDISCOVERED SUNDANCE MASTERPIECE, ROBINSON DEVOR’S POLICE BEATFinal 3 days, through Thursday May 4 at 7:00 & 9:00 nightlyPOLICE BEAT, “the undiscovered masterpiece of the 2005 Sundance Film Festival”, is both a strikingly poetic examination of displacement and a gently surreal compendium of criminal behavior. Z, a young Senegalese and Muslim man, experiences his adopted city of Seattle through his job as a bicycle cop, leading him to encounters with all manner of strange and troubled people. Z himself, however, is less concerned with his job than with the possibility that his American girlfriend may be cheating on him while on a camping trip with a male friend. Reminiscent of the “floating world” style of Claire Denis and Olivier Assayas, POLICE BEAT is an extraordinarily rich departure from the standard template of American independent films. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––SOLUS AND GUESTS 2006INTERNATIONAL SHORT AND AVANT-GARDE FILMSONE SHOW ONLY!FRIDAY, MAY 5 at 8:00PMSolus was formed in 1998 in Dublin, Ireland as an independent film collective and platform for filmmakers working in Super-8mm/16mm/DV. It has the dual aim of showing Irish short and avant-garde films abroad and international short and avant-garde film in Dublin.This program unites some of the original members of Solus with a group of filmmakers from Feenish Productions in Dublin, a young company working bilingually in Irish and English. The program illustrates the wide range of content, technique and medium used by the local and international members of Solus and of Feenish Productions. In true Solus form we are also delighted to show three films by our international associates Zoe Greenberg, Masha Godovannaya and Stom Sogo! For more info about Solus please go to http://www.moiratierney.net/solus.htmALL FILMS ARE US PREMIERES.FILMMAKERS PRESENTED:James & Michael Kelly (Feenish Productions) www.spleachadh.com & www.feenish.comRonan Coyle (Feenish Productions) http://www.archipelago.org/vol8-2/phantom.htmMoira Tierney (Solus) www.moiratierney.netDavid Stalling & Anthony Kelly (Solus)Zoe Greenberg (a New York associate of Solus)Dennis Kenny (Solus)Johnny Kelly Dónal Ó’Céilleachair Alan Lambert (Solus)Stom Sogo (veteran of the Solus Snake show)Masha Godovannaya (a St. Petersburg-based associate of Solus)Program running time: ca. 85 minutes.For full schedule and information: http://tinyurl.com/rgw3sA reception sponsored by Jameson Irish Whiskey will follow the screening. www.moiratierney.net <http://www.moiratierney.net> ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––AVANT GARDE FEATURESThursday May 4 8:00 Humphrey JenningsI WAS A FIREMAN 1943, 80 minutes, 35mm. The heroic bas-relief and the stirring score behind the opening titles leave us in no doubt that this is a film about heroism, a propagandist documentary using real firemen that doesn't pull its punches. Lives are lost during war and one of the main characters in the film will lose his: a fire sacrifice for the greater good.There are shots that show Jennings' artistic eye – the Thames sailing barge, the munitions ship safely underway at the end – and there are some less lyrical but quirky, such as a horse being led to safety, a disabled man making his way through debris, a penny whistler.Music (and sound) plays a key role. Through most of the early scenes the score helps build the mood and sense of anticipation. At the height of the action, the soundtrack carries the almost relentless noise of war. In more sombre scenes, where Raleigh or Shakespeare (both typifying England) are quoted, there is a respectful silence. – SCREEN ONLINEShown with: DIARY FOR TIMOTHY (1945, 40 minutes)––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––ESSENTIAL CINEMA A very special series of films screened on a repertory basis, the Essential Cinema Repertory collection consists of 110 programs/330 titles assembled in 1970-75 by the Film Selection Committee – James Broughton, Ken Kelman, Peter Kubelka, P. Adams Sitney and Jonas Mekas. It was an ambitious attempt to define the art of cinema. The project was never completed but even in its unfinished state the series provides an uncompromising critical overview of cinema’s history. EC screenings are FREE for members!!! Join today: http://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/membership/Saturday 6 May6:30 Carl Th. DreyerMICHAEL1924, 89 minutes, 35mm, silent. With Danish intertitles. English synopsis availableUnconsummated love between a painter and his manipulative, larcenous model: a Kammerspielfilm shot by the two great German cinematographers, Karl Freund and Rudolph Maté. Sunday 7 May6:00 Carl Th. DreyerVAMPYR 1931-32, 70 minutes, 35mm. In Danish with no subtitles. English synopsis available."Imagine that we are sitting in a very ordinary room. Suddenly we are told that there is a corpse behind the door. Instantly, the room we are sitting in has taken on another look. The light, the atmosphere have changed, though they are physically the same. This is because we have changed and the objects are as we conceive them. This is the effect I wanted to produce in VAMPYR." – C.T. Dreyer8:00 Hollis Frampton ZORNS LEMMA1971, 36 minutes. "A major poetic work. Created and put together by a very clear eye-head, this original and complex abstract work moves beyond the letters of the alphabet, beyond words and beyond Freud. If you don't understand it the first time you see it, don't despair, see it again! When you finally 'get it,' a small light, possibly a candle, will light itself inside your forehead." – Ernie GehrwithHAPAX LEGOMENA I: (nostalgia) 1971, 36 minutes. “Frampton plays the critic, asynchronously glossing, explicating, narrating, mythologizing his earlier art, and his earlier life, as he commits them both to the fire of a labyrinthine structure; for Borges too was one of his earlier masters, and he grins behind the façades of logic, mathematics, and physical demonstrations which are the formal metaphors for most of Frampton's films." – P. Adams Sitney
speakeasy prize update
BREAKING NEWS: SPEAKEASY PRIZE WINNERS TO BE PUBLISHED IN GEORGIA REVIEW As we announced previously, the summer 2006 issue of Speakeasy will be the last print issue. Because of this, we have found a new publication venue for The Loft's Fourth Annual Speakeasy Prize in Poetry and Prose. We are thrilled to announce that this year's Speakeasy Prize winners will be published in the distinguished literary quarterly Georgia Review.
POSTMARK DEADLINE EXTENDED TO FRIDAY, MAY 5, 2006 Because these details are integral to the prize and were finalized so near the deadline, we have extended the deadline just a few days so that writers have the opportunity to submit after knowing the complete prize details.
FURTHER DETAILS The entry fee is $10 for Loft members, $20 for individuals who are not members of the Loft. The $20 entry fee will include a subscription to Georgia Review in lieu of a subscription to Speakeasy.
The judges (Jane Hamilton in prose and Jane Hirshfield in poetry), the monetary reward, the mailing address, and all other manuscript guidelines remain unchanged. A pdf of the revised contest information is available for download at www.speakeasymagazine.org <http://www.speakeasymagazine.org>.
If you have already submitted, you will receive an additional e-mail from us; we apologize for the multiple contacts, but we want to ensure that you are kept up to date.
ABOUT THE GEORGIA REVIEW Published by the University of Georgia, the Georgia Review is in its sixtieth year of publication. Elizabeth Bishop, T.C. Boyle, Mark Doty, Rita Dove, Louise Erdrich, Robert Frost, Ernest Gaines, Jorie Graham, and Seamus Heaney, are among the many distinguished writers that the Georgia Review has published. For more information, visit www.uga.edu/garev/ <http://www.uga.edu/garev/>
BARRELHOUSE BUZZ May 2006
Barrelhouse Takes New York Edition ====================A quick update on upcoming Barrelhouse events for you. We'll get back with our regularly scheduled programming in a week or so, but for now, all you DC and NYC people, and anybody within driving distance of those two places (Jersey, Virginia, Maryland, PA people, we're looking at you), come on out to our upcoming Barrelhouse events: -- May 12, Take That Hill at the KBG in NYC-- May 20, literary karaoke at the Big Hunt in DCTAKE THAT HILL AT THE KGB IN NYC: Movie watching and Barrelhousing. They're two great tastes that go great together, which is why Barrelhouse presents "Take that Hill," an evening of short movies and short stories at the KGB Bar in New York City on Friday, May 12 at 7 p.m. The event is totally free and open to the public.Here's what you get if you come:-- Stories about death metal, drug addled Japanese basketball teams, long nights at southern gas stations, and the perils of fathering the cool kid, all of which will be read by their authors, including David Barringer, Matt Bell, Justin Taylor, and Matt Kirkpatrick.-- Movies about dead cats, punk rock, European bread-chasers, and post-industrial small town Pennsylvania.-- Shit loads of revelry.THE FICTION: The fiction on the bill first appeared in the print editions of Barrelhouse. "Cool" by David Barringer and "Metal Church" by Matt Kirkpatrick were published in Barrelhouse #1, while "White Lines and Headlights" by Matt Bell and "Ft. Smith, Arkansas" by Justin Taylor come from the recently released second issue, which will be available for purchase the night of the reading. It's also available right now by click here. http://www.barrelhousemag.com/issuetwo.html THE MOVIES: The films on the program vary in style and tone. "An Impression: Dischord Records," gives a thirteen-minute overview of Washington's Dischord record label and includes concert footage as well as interviews with prominent members of the DC music community, including label co-founder Ian MacKaye. On a completely different note, "Dead Kitty" by Rachel Max is an homage (sort of) in song and animation to a not quite beloved family pet. Rounding out the movies are shorts by Bert Mains ("The T of Pennsylvania") and Andy Bely ("Bread Story").AND YOU! Tell your friends. Invite them along. Get drunk afterwards. Get drunk beforewards. God knows we will. It's FREE, people. In the meantime, here;s all the info you’ll need:--Take That Hill NYC--Friday May 12 @ 7 pm-- KGB Bar-- 85 East 4th Street-- NYC-- Free!!!-- http://www.myspace.com/take_that_hill-- take_that_hill@yahoo.com ===================KARAOKE IN DC: MAY 20Get ready for the second LitMag Karaoke, May 20 at the Big Hunt in DC. All proceeds go to benefit Barrelhouse and other worthy area literary magazines. Get your details here: http://www.webdelsol.com/Karaoke/LET X: DC people: before you do anything stupid, quick, go see Let X, the new play by Barrelhouse Poetry Editor Gwydion Suilebhan. No less an authority than the Washington Post says Let X is "an agreeable Pirandellian doodle...70 minutes' worth of madcap reality-bending." Let X is playing at the Mead Theater Lab at Flashpoint, just a few steps from the Gallery Place Metro, and you have four more chances to catch it (Thurs -- Sat at 8:00 pm, Sunday at 2 pm). Here's more info: http://www.taffetypunk.com/shows.html===================THAT'S ALL FOR NOW, FOLKS. KEEP ON KEEPIN' ON. Visit the Barrelhouse site. Bring all your smartass friends. http://www.barrelhousemag.com
giuliani time
Ever since the events of 9/11, Rudy Giuliani has become a name recognized the world over. Named Time magazine's Person of the Year and knighted by Queen Elizabeth, Giuliani's energetic campaigning for the reelection of George W. Bush gave him new political power. He is also talked about as a favored candidate for any number of important positions, including the 2008 GOP Presidential nomination. But what defined "America's Mayor" before he was catapulted to a secular sainthood? Director Kevin Keating investigates the stories behind the "new" New York City that Giuliani laid claim to. From "quality of life" policing to welfare reform and First Amendment-related debacles, the feelings about the Giuliani years largely depended on where you stood. Official Web Site Director: Kevin Keating MPAA Rating: NR Run Time: 1hr 58mins Release Year: 2005
coming soon to LANDMARK SUNSHINE CINEMA
glimmer train summer fiction open
We are now accepting submissions for our summer Fiction Open competition!
First-place winner receives $2,000, publication in Glimmer Train Stories, and 20 copies of the issue in which it is published. Second- and third-place winners receive $1,000/$600, respectively, and acknowledgement in that issue.
Here’s a shortcut to the website: glimmertrain.org. Click on the guidelines tab for details or just hit the submissions tab. Please make your entry by July 15th.
B NOIR fest at Film Forum
