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Marines and family members, I received this via forwarded email dated 6/15/07. This looks like a gotta have item. A large download, but it's free and should be worth the time. Semper Fi Subject: FW: OIF2 Campaign Book ~A Personal Library Collection~ : Official Announcement / You Are Invited To Visit the Official Website (please feel free to forward) http://www.oif2campaignbook.com ________________________________ YOU ARE INVITED TO VISIT AND DOWNLOAD (FREE) YOUR COPY OF Operation Iraqi Freedom 2 CAMPAIGN BOOK ~ A Personal Library Collection ~ ________________________________ â–º Please feel free to forward or pass this email on to fellow Marines and...

MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII, KANEOHE BAY, Hawaii (Dec. 2, 2005) -- Like hail during a thunderstorm, the bullets landed all around the Marine as he simultaneously fired two M-16 service rifles, one in each arm. His own weapon and the weapon of his platoon sergeant, who was busy carrying another wounded Marine on his back to safety, continuously erupted as he methodically emptied magazine after magazine into the insurgent position. The four Marines were in an open field in Fallujah, Iraq, with no cover. It was later called a miracle that any of them survived, especially considering that two rocket-propelled...

As the United States developed its war plan, it was clear that it would have to take Baghdad to have a decisive victory. The armed forces' ability for urban warfare was a seen as a possible weakness, with their difficulties in the past in Mogadishu fresh in the minds of both the armed forces and the Iraqis. From talking to you and a number of people, it seems clear to me the Iraqis were keen to spread confusion about who was a combatant and who was a civilian ... [to] exploit American reluctance to kill civilians. But a lot of...

May 11, 2005: American marines in Iraq have begun to regularly take female marines with them on some raids. The female marines are there mainly to search Iraqi women who are expected to be found in the raided location. Terrorists have taken to giving some weapons or other items to women they are with, to hide in their clothing. American troops often do not search Iraqi women, because this makes Iraqi men more hostile, and often enrages them, leading to a brawl during an otherwise uneventful raid. Both soldiers and marines have used female troops for searching Iraqi, or Afghan,...

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WASHINGTON — Top Army leaders and combat zone force planners anticipate reducing the total number of troops needed to occupy Iraq within the next year, according to the Army’s No. 2 officer. “I think the next force rotation, we’ll start seeing that the force rotation coming in will be smaller than the force that’s in there right now,” the Army’s vice chief of staff Gen. Richard Cody told reporters Thursday in Washington. Any reductions, Cody underlined, however, hinge on Iraqi forces coming online. “It’s really based upon where they are in-country with the Iraqi [units] and security in the major...

The Army's second-ranking general said Thursday that the number of American troops in Iraq would probably decline by early 2006, largely because of post-election progress in combating insurgents and training more Iraqi troops to take over security duties. The officer, Gen. Richard A. Cody, the Army vice chief of staff, did not give specific figures, emphasizing that the decision would be made next month by Gen. George W. Casey Jr., the top commander in Iraq, and senior Pentagon officials. But other senior military officials said American troop levels could drop to around 105,000 by early next year from 150,000 now....

He's not wearing his seat belt," Patty Hauser said, a little alarmed, as she looked into the van that was about to take her son Daniel to the airport. A few minutes later, she laughed at the irony of the observation. The younger Hauser, 19, was on his way from Walnut Hills to Iraq. Hauser, a lance corporal, was one of 17 Marine Corps reservists from Communications Company, Headquarters Battalion, 4th Marine Division who deployed to Iraq today. The company's mission is to provide radio and data communications for a Marine division headquarters. That means if the situation has anything...

Members of Alpha Task Force, 2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Unit, hand out candy while providing security for the 155th Brigade Combat Team Psychological Operations team after conducting raids of multiple targets located in the city of Hashwah, Iraq, on March 5, 2005. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Brien Aho

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Their enemy has changed, from Iraqi soldiers in uniform to insurgents in civilian clothes. But for the soldiers of the 3rd Infantry Division returning to Baghdad, some things remain the same. The smell, for instance - a mixture of smog, rotting garbage and sewage. "It's only here, it's only in Iraq," said Staff Sgt. Jason Barr of Roswell, Mich. "I don't know what it is, but it gets to you." Nearly two years after they first entered Baghdad, the Fort Stewart, Ga.-based 3rd Infantry is back in Iraq, taking charge of the Baghdad metropolitan area. While...

BAGHDAD, Iraq - The number of U.S. military deaths in Iraq rose to 1,500 after the military announced Thursday that a soldier was killed in action just south of the capital, an Associated Press count showed.

Marines and sailors of the Okinawa-based 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit boarded three ships of the Sasebo, Japan- based USS Essex Amphibious Readiness Group and began their voyage home from the Middle East on Monday. The trip back to Okinawa will take about four weeks, according to a 31st MEU news release. The MEU’s 2,200 members served in Iraq from last September to February, when the unit was assigned to the 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force. It was responsible primarily for conducting security and stabilization operations in the 33,000-square-mile U.S. area of operation in the Al Anbar province. It...

DefendAmerica News - Father Pins Silver Star on Son in Baghdad Staff Sgt. William Thomas Payne, his father Carl and Maj. Gen. Pete Chiarelli, stand together after Payne was awarded the Silver Star at the cross sabers monument in central Baghdad. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. John Queen, 3rd BCT Public Affairs Father Pins Silver Star on Son in Baghdad Staff Sgt. Payne received the United States third highest award for heroism in combat. U.S. Army Sgt. John Queen 3rd BCT Public Affairs BAGHDAD, Iraq, March 1, 2005 -- Staff Sgt. William Thomas Payne of the 1st Cavalry Division received...

The Washington Timeswww.washingtontimes.com Army's 3rd Division returns to IraqBy Rowan ScarboroughTHE WASHINGTON TIMESPublished February 26, 2005 The Army's 3rd Infantry Division is back in Iraq, 22 months after it stormed the country from Kuwait and was the first U.S. unit to penetrate downtown Baghdad to oust Saddam Hussein.     The Fort Stewart, Ga.-based division has a new commander and a whole new combat configuration. Of its roughly 20,000 soldiers, about 50 percent participated in the invasion and subsequent occupation that saw a rise in lawlessness and a burgeoning insurgency.     "Our soldiers, for the most part, feel like this is the...

Sooner or later the opponents of the war will have to admit they were wrong - again, writes Miranda Devine. Last Wednesday was the third anniversary of the death in Afghanistan of SAS Sergeant Andrew Russell, the first Australian soldier to be killed in the war against terrorism, or what some people insist on calling the "so-called" war. On February 16, 2002, the long-range patrol vehicle in which Russell, 33, was travelling in southern Afghanistan hit an anti-tank mine. He never had the chance to see his daughter, Leisa, born in Perth four weeks earlier. This is the sacrifice Australia...

The U.S. military has begun to transfer authority to Iraqi security forces. Officials said the U.S.-led coalition has been quietly handing over the command to Iraq's military and security units in the four most violent provinces in the country. Fourteen of the 18 provinces have already been under Iraqi security control. In the latest move, the U.S. military has transferred control to the Iraq Army in Baghdad. The U.S. Army's First Cavalry Division has handed over authority in several areas to Baghdad to the Iraq Army's 40th Brigade. "We have reached a certain stage," Iraqi Brig. Gen. Jalil Khalaf said...

WASHINGTON - Former Secretary of State James A. Baker III, an architect of the U.S. war with Iraq (news - web sites) in 1991, is advising the Bush administration to consider a phased withdrawal of some of the 150,000 U.S. troops in Iraq. Otherwise, Baker says, the United States risks being suspected of having an "imperial design" in the region. A protracted U.S. military presence in Iraq is probably unavoidable since attacks on U.S.-led coalition forces and on Iraqi security forces are likely to continue, Baker said Tuesday in a speech at Rice University in Houston. "Even under the best...

I have been posting this elsewhere, but I'm getting so much information (and hope to collect info from others) that I wanted to start a seperate thread to keep you informed and, maybe, help my mental health by sharing.

Army leaders are considering seeking a change in Pentagon policy that would allow for longer and more frequent call-ups of some reservists to meet the demands of conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, a senior Army official said yesterday. Reservists are being used heavily to fill key military support jobs, particularly in specialty areas, but Army authorities are having increasing difficulty limiting the active-duty time of some normally part-time soldiers to a set maximum of two years, the official said. He described the National Guard's 15 main combat units as close to being "tapped out." To avoid pushing reserve forces to...

WASHINGTON (AP)--The military is increasing drug testing of its forces serving in Afghanistan and Iraq, in part out of concern that troops will turn to drugs because of the stress of combat, Pentagon officials said Friday. Drug use is low in the military and primarily limited to marijuana, said Mary Beth Long, the deputy assistant defense secretary for counternarcotics. She spoke with the American Forces Press Service, an internal military news service. But concerns about drug use center on Afghanistan, which has become the world's leading provider of opium since the U.S.-led campaign that drove the Taliban from power three...

These words flashed across the TV screen as I was getting ready for work one recent morning. It was just some copy that came up there, rather matter of factly, and it was followed by the name of a U.S. Army Cavalry unit that has now had its deployment tour extended in Iraq at least twice. Its current time in country is approaching fourteen months. It is not alone. Virtually every unit there now will be affected, I am sure. Total U.S. troop strength will soon reach the 150,000 man level in anticipation of security needs for the upcoming elections...

10,000 Troops Get Iraq Extension Associated Press December 2, 2004 WASHINGTON - With the insurgency still a threat to Iraq's planned elections, the U.S. force is about to expand to its highest level of the war - even higher than the initial invading force in March 2003. The force will grow from 138,000 today to about 150,000 by mid-January, the Pentagon said Wednesday. Extra troops are needed to bolster security before the national elections scheduled for Jan. 30. The increase in troop strength also underscores the fact that, despite enormous effort and cost, American commanders have yet to train...

MICHAEL GILBERT/THE NEWS TRIBUNE FILE Col. Mike Rounds, facing camera, meets Gen. John Abizaid, right, commander of the U.S. Central Command, in Mosul, Iraq, in January. Rounds gave up command of the first Stryker brigade Wednesday. The man who led the Army's first Stryker brigade from the training ranges at Fort Lewis to the streets of Mosul, Iraq, and back again handed over command Wednesday. Col. Mike Rounds led the 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division for 29 months. "As much as I'd love to stay, the Army's got a system," the 45-year-old infantry officer said in an interview Wednesday. Brigade...

Marine Harrier pilots fly into history over Fallujah Submitted by: 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing Story Identification #: 2004111222824 Story by Cpl. Paul Leicht AL ASAD, Iraq (Nov. 12, 2004) -- Since Alfred A. Cunningham first flew in 1912, the tradition of Marine aviation has had a singular, versatile focus: supporting the Marine on the ground. As U.S. Marines make their assault through the narrow streets of Fallujah against anti-Iraqi forces and terrorists, the physical and mental demands of Marine pilots flying overhead are proving no less intense. Whether flying convoy escorts, close air support or aerial reconnaissance in conjunction with...

Lejeune troops get orders for Iraq October 28,2004 STAFF REPORTS DAILY NEWS STAFF About 14,000 Marines and sailors with II Marine Expeditionary Force at Camp Lejeune will head to western Iraq in early 2005, military officials announced Wednesday. The deployment will be conducted in phases beginning in January and ending by March, according to the release from II MEF command at Camp Lejeune. The troops, which include forces from New River and Cherry Point air stations, should assume control of their assigned area by March, the release stated. The troops are expected to provide security and help stabilize the region....

WASHINGTON - A senior Army leader says the coming third rotation of U.S. military forces into Iraq has begun, with called-up Army National Guard units deploying to the war zone over the next three months and regular Army forces beginning to shift in to replace other units in December. The Army official, who asked that his name not be used, said the rotation was being phased so it stretches out over four to five months. He said that schedule meets the tactical requirements of U.S. Central Command. He denied that any plan was afoot to bunch up the rotating American...

Pentagon planners and military commanders have identified 20 to 30 towns and cities in Iraq that must be brought under control before nationwide elections can be held in January, and have devised detailed ways of deciding which ones should be early priorities, according to senior administration and military officials. Recent military operations to quell the Iraqi insurgency in Tal Afar, Samarra and south of Baghdad are the first and most visible signs of the new, six-pronged strategy for Iraq, approved at the highest levels of the Bush administration, the officials said. While elements of the plan have been discussed in...

Sadness overwhelming as 278th heads out on 'great adventure' Sunday, July 18, 2004 By WILLIAM D. JESSIE EDITOR'S NOTE-Capt. William D. Jessie today begins the first of a series of columns. Jessie is a member of 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment, which has been deployed for active duty in the war on terrorism. His company is based in Kingsport, and his occasional columns will appear in Sunday editions of the Times-News. The column will not be a news report about military operational developments in the war on terror. That's not the focus. It will be way for Tri-Cities readers to experience...

CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait — At nearly 50 years of age, the hardest working members of the 1244th Transportation Company have proved they can do everything their younger counterparts can do, and then some. The 1244th, an Illinois National Guard unit from North Riverside, is one of only two units currently supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom II that uses the old M818 semi-trucks, according to Capt. Rhonda Petersen, unit commander. The trucks rolled off the assembly line in the 1950s. But age hasn’t stopped the unit from chewing up roads in Kuwait and Iraq. “We’ve driven a total of 3.4 million miles,...

Speed and Power: Complements, Not Substitutes June 2004 By William R. Hawkins Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld wants to radically restructure the U.S. military, particularly the Army, to put even more emphasis on the speed of strategic deployment. Under the so-called "10-30-30 plan," major forces must be capable of deploying to a distant theater in 10 days, defeating an enemy within 30 days and then be ready for redeployment to a new battle somewhere else within another 30 days. This is a much more ambitious goal than the previous standard of being able to deploy a corps-sized force of up...

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - The U.S. military will consult Iraq's interim leaders before engaging in future offensives and is shifting its priorities from fighting guerrillas to training Iraqi troops and protecting Iraq's fragile new government, the U.S. general who heads military operations said Thursday. "Combat becomes a lower priority than it has been for much of the insurgent fight to date," said Lt. Gen. Thomas F. Metz, who took command of the new Multinational Corps Iraq headquarters last month. Metz said American forces "certainly have the right" under a U.N. Security Council resolution approved Tuesday "to conduct operations as we...

The Associated Press IN a rapid-fire deployment of US troops to Iraq, some 10,000 US Marines will arrive in Kuwait this month and travel into Iraq in July, the US military said today. The deployment occurs in the fierce heat of summer and under an extraordinarily tight schedule, with troops expected to land in the war theatre a few weeks after receiving orders. "We'll be pushing them through the theatre and getting them up north" into Iraq, said Army Colonel Gary McKown, who oversees US troop movements into Iraq from this desert base south of Kuwait City. The Marines, who...

New Commands in Iraq to Replace Combined Joint Task Force By John D. BanusiewiczAmerican Forces Press ServiceWASHINGTON, May 14, 2004 – Two new military commands will stand up in Iraq May 15, replacing the current coalition military organization. Multinational Corps Iraq and Multinational Force Iraq will replace Combined Joint Task Force 7. Coalition military spokesman Army Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt, at a Baghdad news conference today, said the change addresses a concern that a combined joint task force headquarters was not sufficient to handle the military workload in Iraq efficiently. "It's certainly more than a formality," he said. "It...

BOISE, Idaho -- Members of the Idaho Army National Guard's 116th Calvary Brigade are being mobilized to take part in Operation Iraqi Freedom, Maj. Gen. Jack Kane announced Saturday. The mobilization order affects about 750 Idaho guard members in support, administration and intelligence. The brigade has been on alert since Feb. 29. It has about 3,500 citizen soldiers from five states. About 2,600 are in Idaho. The brigade's chief mission is providing tanks, heavy artillery and personnel. "The initial call-up of Idahoans is taking place to prepare the rest of the 116th Cavalry Brigade for mobilization," said Kane, Idaho's adjutant...

GOTTA SEE THIS - WarEndur.FreedomA History of the War as composed by Diogenesison FreeRepublicGod Bless America!The beginnings...Gotta See This - 03/14/03  - al-Qaqa, Rafah, Youssifiya , Ibn,  Firna, drones, Tikrit Gotta See This - 03/15/03 - Camps Virginia, New York, Op TELIC, USS Gary, Al Hakam Gotta See This - 03/16/03 - Heroes Prepare, B-2, GR7, A10, AV-8B, Leaflets Gotta See This - 03/18/03 - 193rd SOW, Widowmakers, 101st, 1st MEF, Irish Guards, Roy.Eng Gotta See This - 03/19/03 - GR7s, Iraq, Iran, Kuwait, Heroes Gotta See This - 03/20/03 (part 1) - First Blood, Baghdad, Kuwait Gotta See This...

Have you heard of Operation Iraqi Freedom II? That is the reference troops overseas are already accustomed to using, and they are anticipating operations that will endure as OIF III and OIF IV. These designations, of course, refer to approximately one-year increments for stationing troops in the shooting gallery that is present-day Iraq. One year, plus another 120 days. Or more. At this writing, California National Guard troops from companies with home bases in the Antelope Valley, Riverside and Sacramento are anxiously awaiting word as to whether they will be extended past their yearlong "boots on ground" tour of duty...

Since the American media is having a hard time reporting on the good news that is coming from Iraq, I think I will be nice enough to report on what they are not sharing. Here is the good news that you probably have not been hearing: --------------- Email Message Below --------------- Since President Bush declared an end to major combat on May 1: - The first battalion of the new Iraqi Army has graduated and is on active d uty (~60,000 Iraqis providing security to citizens). - Nearly all of Iraq's 400 courts are functioning. - The Iraqi judiciary is...

WASHINGTON (AP) ? Citing a need to protect the troops, the Marine Corps operating in Fallujah and elsewhere in the volatile Sunni Triangle of central Iraq is restricting the information it releases about insurgent attacks that kill Marines. On Friday, for example, a statement from the Marines? base camp outside Fallujah said a Marine had been killed the day before ?as a result of enemy action? in Anbar province. In a break from the practice of other U.S. forces in Iraq, the Marines gave no details. The Army and the Pentagon, in their news releases announcing service members? deaths in...

  Troop Rotation to Iraq Continues, Units Assuming Control By Jim GaramoneAmerican Forces Press ServiceWASHINGTON, March 31, 2004 – The largest rotation of U.S. forces since World War II continues in Iraq, Defense Department officials said today. In all more than 250,000 U.S. service members are affected. Planning for the rotation began months ago. New units worked with units in Iraq to learn their new missions and to plan the movement. In December, new units began flowing into the region, and in January, they began the relief-in-place process. Officials expect the rotation to continue through May, when 110,000 U.S....

 Marine Prepositioning Force sets the table for OIF IISubmitted by: MCLB AlbanyStory Identification Number: 200432517146Story by Staff Sgt. Timothy C. Hodge BLOUNT ISLAND COMMAND JACKSONVILLE, Fl (March 25, 2004) -- SHUAIBA PORT, Kuwait - The overall concept of the Maritime Prepositioning Force revolves around one thing - the rapid deployment of equipment and supplies to decrease the time it takes to insert Marines into a contingency or combat environment. The Marines, Sailors, government workers, and civilian contractors that comprise Blount Island Command have teamed up with I Marine Expeditionary Force to do exactly that. Earlier this month, the Technical...

GOTTA SEE THIS - WarEndur.FreedomA History of the War as composed by Diogenesison FreeRepublicGod Bless America!The beginnings...Gotta See This - 03/14/03  - al-Qaqa, Rafah, Youssifiya , Ibn,  Firna, drones, Tikrit Gotta See This - 03/15/03 - Camps Virginia, New York, Op TELIC, USS Gary, Al Hakam Gotta See This - 03/16/03 - Heroes Prepare, B-2, GR7, A10, AV-8B, Leaflets Gotta See This - 03/18/03 - 193rd SOW, Widowmakers, 101st, 1st MEF, Irish Guards, Roy.Eng Gotta See This - 03/19/03 - GR7s, Iraq, Iran, Kuwait, Heroes Gotta See This - 03/20/03 (part 1) - First Blood, Baghdad, Kuwait Gotta See This...

Two days after battling insurgents in this restive area, smiling US Marines patrolled the dusty streets of this Iraqi town Sunday, waving and shaking hands with residents in a bid to win them over. A convoy of eight trucks mounted with machine-guns unloaded around 120 Marines in full combat gear in this town located around 50 kilometers west of Baghdad. This is the heart of what is known as the "Sunni triangle", a hotbed of violent opposition by Sunni Muslim insurgents to the US-led occupation. But unlike Friday's incident in nearby Fallujah in which a Marine was killed and several...

Move over, George Patton. There's a new Gen. Gung-Ho in town. He's Marine Maj. Gen. J. M. Mattis, the leader of the force taking over Iraq's Sunni Triangle badlands. "This is our test, our Guadalcanal--our Chosin Reservoir, our Hue City," he penned in a one-page memo to the troops. If ever there was a motivational letter, his was it. "You are going to write history," wrote Mattis. "When it's time to move a piano," he cheered, "Marines don't pick up the piano bench--we move the piano."

  Big Apple of Kuwait reopens By Spc. Marc Loi CAMP NEW YORK, Kuwait (Army News Service, March 24, 2004) -- After three months of not having any visitors, Camp New York is starting to fill its vacancies again. Camp New York was rebuilt in early December to provide facilities for service members coming through Kuwait during the Operation Iraqi Freedom rotation of troops, which began in January and will last through May. Situated in the middle of the Kuwaiti desert, the camp boasts some of the amenities a person would have in New York City, including a 1,000-seat...

For 18,000 soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) recently returned from a year in Iraq -- and for some, more months in Afghanistan -- there's no place like home. The "Screaming Eagles" said they returned to Fort Campbell, Ky., after deployments in support of Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom with a newfound appreciation for the simple pleasures in life. And no single pleasure ranked higher than the opportunity to reconnect with their families. For some, like Staff Sgt. David Giddens with the 101st Corps Support Group's Headquarters and Headquarters Company, being home after an 11-month deployment means...

<p>CAMP PENDLETON -- As 25,000 Marines return to Iraq in a bid to take control of the volatile Sunni Triangle, the Marines plan to do things by The Book.</p> <p>The Book is a 375-page encyclopedic volume called "Small Wars Manual, U.S. Marine Corps," written more than six decades ago by Marine officers as a record of tactics used in suppressing insurgencies and restoring stability in dozens of deployments stretching from Cuba and Haiti to Guam and the Philippines.</p>

FORT WAINWRIGHT--Eight desert camouflage uniforms stood out among a formation of about 20 soldiers of the 68th Air Ambulance Company at a Fort Wainwright deployment ceremony at the company's hangar Friday. Tan uniforms among a backdrop of green has become a common sight in the last year as select troops among Alaska's military have been sent to Southwest Asia to help fight in the war against terrorism. Within the next two weeks the eight will join the 1,037 Alaska soldiers that have been deployed to either Afghanistan or Iraq since Oct. 1, according to Maj. Gen. John Brown, commander of...

MCRD/ERR PARRIS ISLAND, S.C.(March 19, 2004) -- The Infantry Combat Equipment team from Marine Corps Systems Command was aboard the Depot March 11 to show off improvements and replacements currently being made to the Corps' combat gear. While bulletproof vests and bug repellant utilities may seem like gear from a James Bond movie, Lt. Col. Gabe Patricio, project manager, ICE, said these and other improvements are already being used to help bring Marines home alive. "The new gear has improved functionality and user friendliness," said Patricio. " Some of the new gear has already been tested in combat and the...

Saturday, March 20, 2004 Back in Iraq: 1st Marine Division returns ready to rebuild By Kent Harris, Stars and StripesEuropean edition, Sunday, March 21, 2004 Kent Harris / S&S Maj. Gen. Charles Swannack and Command Sgt. Maj. Wolf Amacker carefully roll up the colors of the 82nd Airborne Division on Saturday as the soldiers gave way in western Iraq to the 1st Marine Division. Kent Harris / S&S Army Lt. Gen. Thomas Metz, deputy commander of Joint Task Force-7, Maj. Gen. James Mattis and Maj. Gen. Charles Swannack stare at the colors Saturday during a transfer of authority ceremony in...

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Insurgents killed two U.S. Marines in western Iraq, the military said Friday, and an Iraqi journalist allegedly shot by American troops in Baghdad died of his wounds. A third U.S. soldier died of injuries suffered after his armored vehicle rolled 200 feet down an embankment into a river. During a visit to Iraq, Secretary of State Colin Powell said this was no time for civilized nations to ``run and hide'' from terrorists. The attack on the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force occurred Wednesday while it was conducting ``security and stability operations'' in Anbar province, the military statement...