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Reid was pointing out that sequestration will hurt further training and that was just about it.
Showing posts with label bomb blasts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bomb blasts. Show all posts
Thursday, March 21, 2013
Bill O'Reilly turns Nevada tragedy into political attack
Listen to the exchange between O'Reilly and Bob Beckel. When Beckel corrected O'Reilly, he changed the subject. The blog world is frantic this morning and putting up posts all over the place about what Harry Reid didn't say. Guess they can't believe their own ears.
Reid was pointing out that sequestration will hurt further training and that was just about it.
Reid was pointing out that sequestration will hurt further training and that was just about it.
Friday, October 12, 2012
Veteran: Risks In 1950s Bomb Test 'A Disgrace'
Veteran: Risks In 1950s Bomb Test 'A Disgrace'
by NPR NEWS
October 12, 2012
In 1957, Joel Healy witnessed one of the largest nuclear tests ever conducted on U.S. soil.
Healy was in the U.S. Army, stationed in the Nevada desert north of Las Vegas at Camp Desert Rock. He was 17 years old and a private first class at the time.
Healy drove dump trucks, moved materials, and built structures, like houses, that would be destroyed by the explosions so the Army could study the effects of a nuclear blast. He also helped build the towers where many of the bombs were detonated.
At the age of 74, Healy joined his daughter, Kelli Healy Salazar, at StoryCorps in Atlanta to tell her about witnessing the Operation Plumbbob nuclear tests in 1957.
"I thought to myself, if there is a hell on Earth, it's gotta be that," Healy told his daughter. "You felt the shock wave of the thing going off and then the heat. And the biggest one that was set off in the desert when I was there was a 74 kiloton — almost twice the amount what was used in Hiroshima and Nagasaki."
In one of the explosions, Healy says, he could see the bones in his hands.
"The Army had their own film teams out there to show these are our boys whistlin' Dixie going into a nuclear device," Healy says.
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by NPR NEWS
October 12, 2012
In 1957, Joel Healy witnessed one of the largest nuclear tests ever conducted on U.S. soil.
Healy was in the U.S. Army, stationed in the Nevada desert north of Las Vegas at Camp Desert Rock. He was 17 years old and a private first class at the time.
Healy drove dump trucks, moved materials, and built structures, like houses, that would be destroyed by the explosions so the Army could study the effects of a nuclear blast. He also helped build the towers where many of the bombs were detonated.
At the age of 74, Healy joined his daughter, Kelli Healy Salazar, at StoryCorps in Atlanta to tell her about witnessing the Operation Plumbbob nuclear tests in 1957.
"I thought to myself, if there is a hell on Earth, it's gotta be that," Healy told his daughter. "You felt the shock wave of the thing going off and then the heat. And the biggest one that was set off in the desert when I was there was a 74 kiloton — almost twice the amount what was used in Hiroshima and Nagasaki."
In one of the explosions, Healy says, he could see the bones in his hands.
"The Army had their own film teams out there to show these are our boys whistlin' Dixie going into a nuclear device," Healy says.
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Monday, September 3, 2012
Former Navy swimmer wins gold at Paralympics while blind
A year after the explosion that blinded him, former Navy swimmer wins gold at Paralympics
By DAVID BROWN
The Washington Post
Published: September 3, 2012
BALTIMORE — “Where is he?” said Brian Loeffler, looking down the empty lane of a 50-meter pool at 7 o’clock in the morning.
To his right, a masters’ practice was finishing up. In front of him, early risers were doing laps. He didn’t seem overly concerned that his star swimmer had disappeared.
“There he is,” the coach said, and called to a man at the far end of the pool. “Brad, you’re two lanes over.”
As the swimmer moved along the wall at the shallow end back to the correct lane, Loeffler explained that his charge sometimes submarines under the lane line when sprinting the breaststroke. It wouldn’t happen if he weren’t pushing himself in the final weeks before the Paralympic Games in London.
And also if he weren’t blind.
Bradley Snyder is midway through a seven-event schedule at the Paralympic Games, which end Sept. 9. He won a gold medal in the 100-meter freestyle Friday and a silver in the 50-meter freestyle Saturday. A former captain of the U.S. Naval Academy’s swim team, Snyder never imagined he would be in this meet. Nevertheless, it marks his return to a sport that once helped define who he was, before bad luck changed everything.
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By DAVID BROWN
The Washington Post
Published: September 3, 2012
BALTIMORE — “Where is he?” said Brian Loeffler, looking down the empty lane of a 50-meter pool at 7 o’clock in the morning.
To his right, a masters’ practice was finishing up. In front of him, early risers were doing laps. He didn’t seem overly concerned that his star swimmer had disappeared.
“There he is,” the coach said, and called to a man at the far end of the pool. “Brad, you’re two lanes over.”
As the swimmer moved along the wall at the shallow end back to the correct lane, Loeffler explained that his charge sometimes submarines under the lane line when sprinting the breaststroke. It wouldn’t happen if he weren’t pushing himself in the final weeks before the Paralympic Games in London.
And also if he weren’t blind.
Bradley Snyder is midway through a seven-event schedule at the Paralympic Games, which end Sept. 9. He won a gold medal in the 100-meter freestyle Friday and a silver in the 50-meter freestyle Saturday. A former captain of the U.S. Naval Academy’s swim team, Snyder never imagined he would be in this meet. Nevertheless, it marks his return to a sport that once helped define who he was, before bad luck changed everything.
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Saturday, September 1, 2012
New Army gear won't save lives but can save futures
Gauges worn by troops offer clues on impact from blasts
By Gregg Zoroya
USA TODAY
About 7,000 U.S. ground troops in Afghanistan are now wearing blast gauges that enable neurologists in the war zone for the first time to gather detailed profiles of explosions that cause brain damage among servicemembers.
The gauges, three of which are worn on a soldier's body, track the direction, pressure and speed of a blast wave as it overtakes a servicemember in the milliseconds after an improvised bomb detonates.
The bombs the Taliban bury along roads or pathways patrolled by Afghan and U.S. troops are among the deadliest weapons used against coalition forces.
Soldiers or Marines who step on them can be killed or lose arms and legs to the blast. Many comrades nearby are left unconscious or dazed from a brain injury scientists are still trying to understand — invisible damage long considered one of the signature wounds of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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By Gregg Zoroya
USA TODAY
About 7,000 U.S. ground troops in Afghanistan are now wearing blast gauges that enable neurologists in the war zone for the first time to gather detailed profiles of explosions that cause brain damage among servicemembers.
The gauges, three of which are worn on a soldier's body, track the direction, pressure and speed of a blast wave as it overtakes a servicemember in the milliseconds after an improvised bomb detonates.
The bombs the Taliban bury along roads or pathways patrolled by Afghan and U.S. troops are among the deadliest weapons used against coalition forces.
Soldiers or Marines who step on them can be killed or lose arms and legs to the blast. Many comrades nearby are left unconscious or dazed from a brain injury scientists are still trying to understand — invisible damage long considered one of the signature wounds of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Sunday, July 1, 2012
Camp Lejeune Marine survives blast, inspires brothers
Marine survives blast, inspires brothers
By Cpl. Jeff Drew
Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune
June 27, 2012
2nd Marine Division
MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. – “I was looking at Simone when it went off and where he was standing was just a big dust cloud,” Sgt. Bjorn Cantrell said. “Then we heard Simone scream out to us he was hurt.”
The morning of Aug. 24, 2011, began with the Marines of 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, preparing to step out on a blocking mission. They were tasked with protecting engineers along Route 611 in Sangin, Helmand province, Afghanistan, as they repaired a wall damaged by a roadside bomb. Not long after they were in place, 19-year-old Lance Cpl. Adrian Simone, carrying 110 pounds of ammunition, water and equipment – nearly his own bodyweight – stepped on a pressure plate and changed the course of his life indefinitely.
“I was standing over the (improvised explosive device), I bent down and heard a pop, not loud at all, then felt the concussion,” Simone said as he retold his experience. “There wasn’t any immediate pain. I remember seeing my legs fly off, because they were amputated right there. I came back to and heard the ‘EEEEE’ sound as the dust was settling. I was in a hole and I knew I had to get out so I started to climb out and realized my muscles were shot. I couldn’t move so I started screaming for help.”
Cantrell, Simone’s squad leader, rushed to his aid, applying tourniquets to his legs alongside squad members Lance Cpl. Cory Mays and Lance Cpl. Pat Sutton. The Marines began to treat him for shock and, when the corpsman arrived, he was given morphine for the pain.
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By Cpl. Jeff Drew
Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune
June 27, 2012
2nd Marine Division
“In Afghanistan, life is simple: you either die that day or you don’t die that day. You just do your job. When you go to a place like Sangin with a ton of IEDs, you have to put the thought in your mind you might die today. You can’t think about it, you can’t care about it, you just need to do your job. If you step on an IED then well, you step on an IED and hopefully you won’t lose that much. But, it’s a possibility. This is war.”
MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. – “I was looking at Simone when it went off and where he was standing was just a big dust cloud,” Sgt. Bjorn Cantrell said. “Then we heard Simone scream out to us he was hurt.”
The morning of Aug. 24, 2011, began with the Marines of 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, preparing to step out on a blocking mission. They were tasked with protecting engineers along Route 611 in Sangin, Helmand province, Afghanistan, as they repaired a wall damaged by a roadside bomb. Not long after they were in place, 19-year-old Lance Cpl. Adrian Simone, carrying 110 pounds of ammunition, water and equipment – nearly his own bodyweight – stepped on a pressure plate and changed the course of his life indefinitely.
“I was standing over the (improvised explosive device), I bent down and heard a pop, not loud at all, then felt the concussion,” Simone said as he retold his experience. “There wasn’t any immediate pain. I remember seeing my legs fly off, because they were amputated right there. I came back to and heard the ‘EEEEE’ sound as the dust was settling. I was in a hole and I knew I had to get out so I started to climb out and realized my muscles were shot. I couldn’t move so I started screaming for help.”
Cantrell, Simone’s squad leader, rushed to his aid, applying tourniquets to his legs alongside squad members Lance Cpl. Cory Mays and Lance Cpl. Pat Sutton. The Marines began to treat him for shock and, when the corpsman arrived, he was given morphine for the pain.
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Thursday, May 26, 2011
7 NATO troops killed in blast in southern Afghanistan
7 NATO troops killed in blast in southern Afghanistan
Military officials did not the disclose the nationalities of the seven NATO fatalities, an unusually large toll for a single incident. Another service member is killed in a helicopter crash in eastern Afghanistan.
By Laura King, Los Angeles Times
May 27, 2011
Reporting from Kandahar, Afghanistan—
An explosion in southern Afghanistan on Thursday killed seven Western troops, officials said, an unusually large toll for a single incident.
Earlier in the day, NATO's International Security Assistance Force, or ISAF, announced the death of a service member in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan's east. The cause of the crash was under investigation, the coalition said.
Western military officials did not immediately disclose the nationalities of the dead. Most of the troops in both the south and the east are Americans. U.S. troops make up about two-thirds of the overall NATO force.
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7 NATO troops killed in blast in southern Afghanistan
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Towns unite to help mom of wounded local soldier
I really want you to think about the people of these two towns. A week after Spc. Jeremy Pierce was wounded in a blast serving in Iraq, they have already come together to try to help his mother. This is what makes us really show we do care and do support the men and women serving this nation. The people of these two towns are what makes this country so great.
The rest of the people you know sending out chains of emails fueling hatred for the other side, spreading lies, paying no attention at all to what they can really do to make this nation better, do not deserve your attention at all. These are the people trying to make a difference in this country and this is the kind of email you should forward if you get one. Otherwise, send them a copy of it and start to direct their energy into something positive for a change.
The rest of the people you know sending out chains of emails fueling hatred for the other side, spreading lies, paying no attention at all to what they can really do to make this nation better, do not deserve your attention at all. These are the people trying to make a difference in this country and this is the kind of email you should forward if you get one. Otherwise, send them a copy of it and start to direct their energy into something positive for a change.
Towns unite to help mom of wounded local soldier
CapiLynn
August 19, 2009
Tragedies always bring out the best in small communities, and here's another example.
Residents of Mehama and Lyons are planning a benefit concert for the family of Spc. Jeremy Pierce, the Oregon Army National Guard soldier who was severely wounded last week in Iraq.
The soldier's mother, Samantha Jones, lives in Mehama and works in Lyons, both east of Salem. The two communities, separated by the North Santiam River and the Marion-Linn county line, really are one.
"Everybody knows her," said Daryl Stroschine, who is helping organize the concert that will be held 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday at John Neal Memorial County Park. "We're a close-knit community."
He's been receiving updates from Jones, who on Tuesday was at her son's bedside at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C. She will be there for the foreseeable future, as Jeremy faces multiple surgeries on his wounds.
"Samantha is back there who knows how long," Stroschine said. "We're just trying to make sure she can pay her bills and not worry about it."
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Towns unite to help mom of wounded local soldier
Monday, April 20, 2009
8 U.S. soldiers wounded by Iraq bomb
8 U.S. soldiers wounded by Iraq bomb
By Brian Murphy - The Associated Press
Posted : Monday Apr 20, 2009 9:03:51 EDT
BAGHDAD — A suicide bomber wearing an Iraqi military uniform struck a U.S. military delegation visiting the mayor of violence-wracked Baqouba on Monday, injuring at least eight American soldiers and nine others.
It was not immediately clear whether the attacker was a member of the Iraqi military or in disguise, but U.S. forces have faced both types of assaults.
Bombers have used police and military uniforms to clear checkpoints in the past. In February, two police officers opened fire on U.S. soldiers in the northern city of Mosul, killing one soldier and raising worries about insurgent infiltration in security forces.
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8 U.S. soldiers wounded by Iraq bomb
By Brian Murphy - The Associated Press
Posted : Monday Apr 20, 2009 9:03:51 EDT
BAGHDAD — A suicide bomber wearing an Iraqi military uniform struck a U.S. military delegation visiting the mayor of violence-wracked Baqouba on Monday, injuring at least eight American soldiers and nine others.
It was not immediately clear whether the attacker was a member of the Iraqi military or in disguise, but U.S. forces have faced both types of assaults.
Bombers have used police and military uniforms to clear checkpoints in the past. In February, two police officers opened fire on U.S. soldiers in the northern city of Mosul, killing one soldier and raising worries about insurgent infiltration in security forces.
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8 U.S. soldiers wounded by Iraq bomb
Saturday, September 20, 2008
Truck bomb and gas leak destroys Marriott Hotel in Islamabad
Truck bomb destroys Islamabad hotel
A suicide truck bombing Saturday night destroyed the Marriott Hotel in central Islamabad, near the Parliament building and the prime minister's home. People are still trapped in the hotel, which burst into flames after the explosion caused a natural gas pipe leak, officials said. full story
A suicide truck bombing Saturday night destroyed the Marriott Hotel in central Islamabad, near the Parliament building and the prime minister's home. People are still trapped in the hotel, which burst into flames after the explosion caused a natural gas pipe leak, officials said. full story
Deadly blast targets Marriott Hotel in Islamabad
Deadly blast targets Marriott Hotel in Islamabad
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At least 34 killed, 200 hurt in car bomb attack on Marriott Hotel, police say
Reporter at the scene says he saw more than 50 bodies
Hotel set on fire by gas leak following massive blast
New President Asif Ali Zardari had addressed Parliament hours earlier
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) -- A car bomb detonated Saturday night in the heart of Islamabad, killing at least 34 people, police said, and shattering windows more than two miles away.
Rescuers pulled bloodied victims from vehicles, and other casualties could be seen in the street. Officials predicted the casualty tolls would rise.
GEO TV's Hamid Mir, who was at the explosion site, said he saw at least 52 bodies. Most of the dead appeared to be drivers who were waiting with their cars outside the hotel, and hotel staff -- most of them security guards.
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Story Highlights
At least 34 killed, 200 hurt in car bomb attack on Marriott Hotel, police say
Reporter at the scene says he saw more than 50 bodies
Hotel set on fire by gas leak following massive blast
New President Asif Ali Zardari had addressed Parliament hours earlier
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) -- A car bomb detonated Saturday night in the heart of Islamabad, killing at least 34 people, police said, and shattering windows more than two miles away.
Rescuers pulled bloodied victims from vehicles, and other casualties could be seen in the street. Officials predicted the casualty tolls would rise.
GEO TV's Hamid Mir, who was at the explosion site, said he saw at least 52 bodies. Most of the dead appeared to be drivers who were waiting with their cars outside the hotel, and hotel staff -- most of them security guards.
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Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Afghanistan Bomb blast deaths make 2008 surpass all of 2007
Bomb kills 4 U.S.-led troops in Afghanistan
Wed Sep 17, 3:39 AM ET
KABUL (Reuters) - A roadside bomb killed four soldiers from the U.S.-led coalition force and an Afghan national in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, the U.S. military said.
The military did not identify the victims, but most foreign troops serving under coalition force in eastern Afghanistan are Americans.
The toll is the bloodiest in a single attack in recent weeks in Afghanistan, where the al Qaeda-backed Taliban have stepped up their campaign of suicide attacks and roadside bomb blasts against the government and foreign troops backing it.
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2007 117 US deaths
2008 122 US deaths
Wed Sep 17, 3:39 AM ET
KABUL (Reuters) - A roadside bomb killed four soldiers from the U.S.-led coalition force and an Afghan national in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, the U.S. military said.
The military did not identify the victims, but most foreign troops serving under coalition force in eastern Afghanistan are Americans.
The toll is the bloodiest in a single attack in recent weeks in Afghanistan, where the al Qaeda-backed Taliban have stepped up their campaign of suicide attacks and roadside bomb blasts against the government and foreign troops backing it.
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2007 117 US deaths
2008 122 US deaths
Friday, August 15, 2008
Northern Ireland, OMAGH BOMB ANNIVERSARY
Omagh and me - 10 years on
'How I survived the bombing'
By Judith Cummings
BBC News
At ten past three today, I will remember the moment I survived 10 years ago.
I was 21 years old, I had just graduated from university with a degree that really should have been better, and I was spending the summer at home to gather my thoughts about what the big wide world would hold for me.
With nothing much happening, I was happy to work a day in a friend's shop while they were on holiday. I was filling in for another member of staff and it was my first day on the job.
It turned out to be a very quiet day money-wise, my friend and I were fretting that the owners would come home to a bad day's takings. But then at about 2pm business started to pick up.
More and more people came into the shop - when we asked a customer about the increase in numbers down 'our end' of the town we were told about a bomb-scare up at the courthouse.
We had no fear and were glad to hear the till ringing a bit more frequently.
In my 21 years, I had lived a life removed from the Troubles - yes I saw it on TV but it never came too close.
I was a Protestant who had been brought up to have friends of both faiths, some of my first friends were the children of my parents' Catholic friends. It wasn't until I went to primary school that I really gained Protestant friends.
I had spent the previous three years telling my university friends in England that Northern Ireland really wasn't that bad anymore and that I lived in a quiet little town, where nothing really happened and where pretty much everyone got along.
Explosion
Then on 15 August my life changed.
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OMAGH BOMB ANNIVERSARY
Ten years on
Event remembers atrocity victims
Wording behind service boycott
Audio slideshow
'How I survived the bombing'
By Judith Cummings
BBC News
At ten past three today, I will remember the moment I survived 10 years ago.
I was 21 years old, I had just graduated from university with a degree that really should have been better, and I was spending the summer at home to gather my thoughts about what the big wide world would hold for me.
With nothing much happening, I was happy to work a day in a friend's shop while they were on holiday. I was filling in for another member of staff and it was my first day on the job.
It turned out to be a very quiet day money-wise, my friend and I were fretting that the owners would come home to a bad day's takings. But then at about 2pm business started to pick up.
More and more people came into the shop - when we asked a customer about the increase in numbers down 'our end' of the town we were told about a bomb-scare up at the courthouse.
We had no fear and were glad to hear the till ringing a bit more frequently.
In my 21 years, I had lived a life removed from the Troubles - yes I saw it on TV but it never came too close.
I was a Protestant who had been brought up to have friends of both faiths, some of my first friends were the children of my parents' Catholic friends. It wasn't until I went to primary school that I really gained Protestant friends.
I had spent the previous three years telling my university friends in England that Northern Ireland really wasn't that bad anymore and that I lived in a quiet little town, where nothing really happened and where pretty much everyone got along.
Explosion
Then on 15 August my life changed.
go here for more
OMAGH BOMB ANNIVERSARY
Ten years on
Event remembers atrocity victims
Wording behind service boycott
Audio slideshow
Saturday, June 14, 2008
Three months after bomb blast Sgt. Steve A. McCoy succumbs
Georgia soldier wounded in Iraq dies in Texas
The Associated Press - The Associated Press
Posted : Friday Jun 13, 2008 21:18:03 EDT
SAN ANTONIO — A Georgia soldier died Tuesday at a military hospital in San Antonio of wounds suffered nearly three months ago in Iraq.
The Defense Department on Friday announced the death of 23-year-old Sgt. Steve A. McCoy of Moultrie, Ga.
The Pentagon says McCoy died Tuesday at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio of wounds suffered during a March 23 vehicle bombing in Baghdad.
He was assigned to 4th Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, at Fort Stewart, Ga.
http://www.armytimes.com/news/2008/06/ap_militarydeath_061308/
The Associated Press - The Associated Press
Posted : Friday Jun 13, 2008 21:18:03 EDT
SAN ANTONIO — A Georgia soldier died Tuesday at a military hospital in San Antonio of wounds suffered nearly three months ago in Iraq.
The Defense Department on Friday announced the death of 23-year-old Sgt. Steve A. McCoy of Moultrie, Ga.
The Pentagon says McCoy died Tuesday at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio of wounds suffered during a March 23 vehicle bombing in Baghdad.
He was assigned to 4th Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, at Fort Stewart, Ga.
http://www.armytimes.com/news/2008/06/ap_militarydeath_061308/
Monday, May 19, 2008
Staff Sgt. James P. Snyder dies 4 months after bomb attack in Iraq
Nappanee soldier dies 4 months after bomb attack in Iraq
Associated Press
7:18 AM CDT, May 19, 2008
NAPPANEE, Ind. - A soldier from northern Indiana has died of injuries suffered in a January roadside bomb explosion in Baghdad.
The soldier's family and a funeral home say that 48-year-old Staff Sgt. James P. Snyder of Nappanee died May 10 at Fort Benning in Georgia, where he was being treated for his injuries.
His mother, Donna Snyder, says he was on his third tour of duty in Iraq. He also served in the 1991 Gulf War and had 21 months left before his retirement.
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Associated Press
7:18 AM CDT, May 19, 2008
NAPPANEE, Ind. - A soldier from northern Indiana has died of injuries suffered in a January roadside bomb explosion in Baghdad.
The soldier's family and a funeral home say that 48-year-old Staff Sgt. James P. Snyder of Nappanee died May 10 at Fort Benning in Georgia, where he was being treated for his injuries.
His mother, Donna Snyder, says he was on his third tour of duty in Iraq. He also served in the 1991 Gulf War and had 21 months left before his retirement.
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Sunday, March 23, 2008
25 Fuel trucks in Afghanistan blown up
US Fuel Trucks Hit at Afghan Border
2 hours ago
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Twenty-five trucks carrying fuel to U.S.-led forces in Afghanistan have been destroyed in a possible bomb attack on the Pakistani border. Officials say that dozen of people have been injured.
Mohammed Sadiq Khan, a local government official, said that the explosions and blaze occurred on the Pakistani side of the Torkham customs post late Sunday. At least 50 people were injured, eight of them seriously.
Fida Mohammed, the commander of a paramilitary force that helps provide security at the crossing, said authorities suspect the blasts were caused by bombs, but were still investigating. He said 25 trucks carrying fuel to U.S.-led forces in Afghanistan were destroyed.
Fuel tankers headed for U.S. and NATO bases in Afghanistan have been repeatedly targeted by militants close to the Pakistani border.
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hzwT02p_F-tUr0TXK1_DXysYeMYAD8VJC8400
Two killed, 50 injured as bombs hit oil tankers
* 40 oil tankers carrying fuel for NATO forces destroyed near Torkham BorderLANDI KOTAL: Two people were killed and 50 others injured when six bomb blasts ripped through two parking lots, and destroyed 40 oil tankers in Khyber Agency on Sunday, Dawn News reported.According to the channel, the tankers were carrying fuel for NATO forces in Afghanistan, and were parked in the Bacha Mina area near the Torkham Border crossing.The political administration told the channel that most of the injured had been shifted to Landi Kotal hospitals and those with critical burns had been rushed to Peshawar. The administration declared emergency in local hospitals after the blasts.According to the channel, the administration beefed up security at the border crossing after the explosions and deployed heavy contingents of Khasadar force, frontier corps and levies force.
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5C03%5C24%5Cstory_24-3-2008_pg7_5
2 hours ago
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Twenty-five trucks carrying fuel to U.S.-led forces in Afghanistan have been destroyed in a possible bomb attack on the Pakistani border. Officials say that dozen of people have been injured.
Mohammed Sadiq Khan, a local government official, said that the explosions and blaze occurred on the Pakistani side of the Torkham customs post late Sunday. At least 50 people were injured, eight of them seriously.
Fida Mohammed, the commander of a paramilitary force that helps provide security at the crossing, said authorities suspect the blasts were caused by bombs, but were still investigating. He said 25 trucks carrying fuel to U.S.-led forces in Afghanistan were destroyed.
Fuel tankers headed for U.S. and NATO bases in Afghanistan have been repeatedly targeted by militants close to the Pakistani border.
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hzwT02p_F-tUr0TXK1_DXysYeMYAD8VJC8400
Two killed, 50 injured as bombs hit oil tankers
* 40 oil tankers carrying fuel for NATO forces destroyed near Torkham BorderLANDI KOTAL: Two people were killed and 50 others injured when six bomb blasts ripped through two parking lots, and destroyed 40 oil tankers in Khyber Agency on Sunday, Dawn News reported.According to the channel, the tankers were carrying fuel for NATO forces in Afghanistan, and were parked in the Bacha Mina area near the Torkham Border crossing.The political administration told the channel that most of the injured had been shifted to Landi Kotal hospitals and those with critical burns had been rushed to Peshawar. The administration declared emergency in local hospitals after the blasts.According to the channel, the administration beefed up security at the border crossing after the explosions and deployed heavy contingents of Khasadar force, frontier corps and levies force.
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