Archive for December 2005

Making Iraqi girlfriends

While embedded with the 172nd Stryker Brigade, reporter Margaret Friedenauer kept a Web log of her observations. This item was filed Dec. 27, 2005.

Quotables

While embedded with the 172nd Stryker Brigade, reporter Margaret Friedenauer kept a Web log of her observations. This item was filed Dec. 26, 2005

Wilderness challenges

Filed from Rawah, this story originally ran in the Dec. 26, 2005 issue of the News-Miner.

A quiet patrol in ‘IED Alley’

Filed from Mosul, this story originally ran in the Dec. 25, 2005 issue of the News-Miner

Meet and greet in Tall Kayf

Filed from Mosul, this story originally ran in the Dec. 19, 2005, issue of the News-Miner.

Blood vote and lunch conversation

Many Kurdish people were reportedly especially jubilant over the parliamentary elections because it is the first government installed in the last 30 years or more that wasn’t the outcome of a revolution or military maneuvering.

Soldier saves toddler’s life

Filed from Mosul, this story originally ran Dec. 18, 2005, in the News-Miner.

Translators and tea

While embedded with the 172nd Stryker Brigade, reporter Margaret Friedenauer kept a Web log of her observations. This item was filed Dec. 16, 2005.

Troops have role in election security

Filed from Mosul, this story originally ran in the Dec. 14, 2005, issue of the News-Miner.