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...Sadr appears to be wrapping his own bid for supremacy among the Shia in an increasingly strident campaign to confront the occupation, reinforcing his claims to leadership of the streets by channeling popular sentiment over the heads of those taking a more moderate approach. Last weekend's clashes at Karbala, in which one Iraqi was killed and a number wounded in a demonstration sparked by false and probably deliberately fueled rumors that the U.S. had encroached on a Shiite shrine there - provoking further violent clashes the following day - may be a harbinger of things to come as the struggle...
First Sergeant Coffin was the first American soldier to die in Iraq this month, and before the week was out, six more would be killed. On July 2, Marine Corporal Travis Bradach-Nall died clearing mines near Karbala. He was eligible to return to Camp Pendleton, Calif., soon after the war officially ended, but he volunteered to sign on for an extra three months because he wanted to earn more money for college, and because he felt there was still work to do. The next day Private Corey Small died from a gunshot wound "in a noncombat incident," and Private...
...back. In 2000, after graduating from high school, Bradach-Nall surprised his mother again when he joined the Marines. His unit entered Iraq in March. In May Travis gave up a chance to return to the U.S. and volunteered to stay on. He was killed clearing mines near Karbala. Lynn Bradach now plans to get her own tattoo--a gold star like the one the military gave her in appreciation for her son's sacrifice. --Reported by Eli Sanders/Portland...
...takes someone who can stand up in front of 60, 70, 80 people screaming at you," says Lieut. Colonel P.J. Dermer, a civil-affairs officer in Baghdad. "The military adds a bit of backbone. The Kumbaya part comes later." Captain James Ogletree, a Marine civil-affairs officer in Karbala, says his units are carrying out orders that come directly from Bremer's staff. "They will say, 'See how many orphanages there are in the city and what they need,'" says Ogletree. "Basically, Marines who pull triggers are going into schools and saying 'O.K., it needs this many windows?'" Bremer...
...101st Airborne’s second day of fighting in Karbala, Iraq...