Uncle Sam
03-01-2004, 12:46 PM
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040301/D811N6180.html
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A US soldier pretends to slug it out with an Iraqi boy as they guard
the Imam Al-Khadum Mosque in Khadimiya north of Baghdad, Iraq
on Sunday Feb. 28, 2004 for the Shiites' festival of Ashoura, the ten
- day mourning of the death of one of their most important saints,
Imam Hussein. For the first time in decades, Shiite Muslims in Iraq
will be able to mark Ashoura at the Shiite holy city of Karbala, which
was banned during the rule of toppled dictator Saddam Hussein.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Four major Army National Guard units have been placed on alert for possible deployment to Iraq late this year or in early 2005 as part of a larger force rotation, officials said Monday.
The units are the 42nd Infantry Division headquarters from the New York National Guard, the 256th Infantry Brigade from Louisiana, the 116th Cavalry Brigade from Idaho and Oregon, and the 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment from Tennessee, according to several officials who spoke on condition of anonymity.
The alert notifications were expected to be publicly announced later Monday at the Pentagon.
The exact number of Guard members who would be mobilized is unclear; the number could change depending on the security situation in Iraq during the course of this year, but they likely would total several thousand or more.
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A US soldier pretends to slug it out with an Iraqi boy as they guard
the Imam Al-Khadum Mosque in Khadimiya north of Baghdad, Iraq
on Sunday Feb. 28, 2004 for the Shiites' festival of Ashoura, the ten
- day mourning of the death of one of their most important saints,
Imam Hussein. For the first time in decades, Shiite Muslims in Iraq
will be able to mark Ashoura at the Shiite holy city of Karbala, which
was banned during the rule of toppled dictator Saddam Hussein.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Four major Army National Guard units have been placed on alert for possible deployment to Iraq late this year or in early 2005 as part of a larger force rotation, officials said Monday.
The units are the 42nd Infantry Division headquarters from the New York National Guard, the 256th Infantry Brigade from Louisiana, the 116th Cavalry Brigade from Idaho and Oregon, and the 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment from Tennessee, according to several officials who spoke on condition of anonymity.
The alert notifications were expected to be publicly announced later Monday at the Pentagon.
The exact number of Guard members who would be mobilized is unclear; the number could change depending on the security situation in Iraq during the course of this year, but they likely would total several thousand or more.