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Disarming Iraq
Road to the 2003 War in Iraq
Dr. Hans Blix
Chairman,
Commission on Weapons of
Mass Destruction
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Friday, April 23, 2004
Homecoming
THE BATl!
Fort Hood soldiers return amid celebm
By T.A. Badger
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
FORT HOOD, Texas — After a year in which
they captured Saddam Hussein and lost 79 sol
diers while doing whatever they could to stabilize
Iraq, the troops of the 4th Infantry Division are
finally back home.
This Central Texas Army post gave its
20,000 returning troops a hero’s welcome with
a daylong party Thursday, a day after the last of
them flew in from their yearlong tour in the
Middle East.
Gov. Rick Perry and Secretary of the Army
Les Brownlee, who praised the troops for catch
ing Saddam hiding in a spider hole, were among
the crowd expected to ultimately reach 50,000 by
midnight.
“When the 4th (Infantry Division) nabbed the
ace of spades, the people of Iraq knew that he
would never terrorize them again,” Brow nlee said,
referring to Saddam’s rank in the card deck of
high-level Iraqis sought by U.S.-led forces.
A patriotic concert started around
performer list that included Jessica Si
Randy Travis, Tracy Byrd, Ludacris, \|
and John Michael Montgomery, as
Carey, Lynyrd Skynyrd and the Dallas
and New England Patriots cheerleaders.
Texas cattle raisers donated about ]f
beeue sandwiches tor the bash.
Soldiers surrounded by children, ni
friends and relatives milled about tl
grounds. Troops in desert camouflage
carousel and Ferris wheel with theirtod
small carnival set up for the party.
Monica Sanchez clung to her tel
Steven Sanchez, of Palmdale, Calif., whi
dier cradled their sleeping 3-montti
Matthew, bom while he was deployed.
"1 don’t know what 1 would havelo
lost him,” she said of her husband
ried days before he shipped out. "Itfei: [ Wile}
1 kept looking at my calendar attfsasaB out
the days. I’m thrilled to pieces. I’maBstii
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definitive results regarding
the size and the velocity of
the foam since they only had
one chance at the test.
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ished. especially with the foam
test, we really were sure that
this was in fact the cause,”
Widnall said.
Senior chemical engineering
major Chris Coxon and junior
mechanical engineering major
Jonathon Colletti attended the
lecture that was put on by the
Dwight Look College of
Engineering.
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about the disaster from someone
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gation board and their beliefs
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the castle designs.
Each team will be graded on quality of
design, management of budget, overall appear
ance and peer review'. Five judges will be on
hand Saturday morning to critique the struc
tures. and a silent auction will take place
throughout the day. said Peterson.
“It’s a good experience for us to get to actu
ally go out and build something." said Tyler
Bruce, a sophomore construction science major.
•Many of the students in this classlij
had a building project until now."
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cannot be taught in the classroom. J*
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time and money crunches are what tew
designed to accomplish." Peterson
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resourcefulness of some of
Playhouses not sold during the)
donated to local children’s organj
CASA, which should receive at r
structures, Peterson said.
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