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301 Holleman Drive East
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1, 2 & 3 Bedroom Apartment Homes
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Microwaves
Covered Parking
Patios / FrencR Doors
Balcony Storage
Nine Feet Ceilings
Directions
From Texas Avenue, travel east on Holleman (toward Post Oak Mall).
We are the first apartment community on the left
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Intrusion Alarm
Ceiling Fan
Business & Fitness Center
Sand Volleyball Court
Waterscaped Pool
Conveniently Located
Wednesday, September 8, 2004
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By Robert Burns
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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WASHINGTON — Defense
Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld
said Tuesday he is confident the
interim Iraqi government will
find a way to retake cities now
in the hands of insurgents.
He also expressed sympathy
for the rising number of Ameri
can military deaths in Iraq, now
more than 1,000 since the start
of the war.
“We certainly honor the cour
age and sacrifice of every man
and woman in uniform who has
served in Iraq and who is cur
rently serving there,” he said.
“And, needless to say, we mount
with the families of those lost.”
Taking a broader view, Rums
feld cited progress on multiple
fronts in the Bush administra
tion’s global war on terrorism
and said U.S. enemies should not
underestimate the willingness of
the American people and its co
alition allies to suffer casualties
in Iraq and elsewhere.
“The progress has prompted
a backlash, in effect, from those
who hope that at some point we
might conclude that the pain
and the cost of this fight isn’t
worth it,” Rumsfeld told report
ers. “Well, our enemies have
underestimated our country, our
coalition. They have failed to
understand the character of our
people. And they certainly mis
read our commander in chief.”
Rumsfeld said the war in Iraq
has not created more terrorists
there, but he also cautioned that
the country needs a more capa
ble security force of its own to
eventually defeat the insurgents.
He said interim Prime Minis
ter Ayad Allawi understands the
threat from continued instability.
“The prime minister and his
team fully understand that it is
important that there not be areas
in that country that are controlled
by terrorists,” he said. Later he
added, “For their country to suc
ceed, they simply cannot over
a sustained period of time have
areas that are under the control
of people who are violently op
posed to that government.”
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ies like Fallujah and Samarra.
where neither U.S. forces nor the
Iraqi government are in control.
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the terrorist attack on a Russian
school that killed more than 350
people, including children, and
said it underscored how the war
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U.S. military deaths top 1,000
By Hamza Hendwai
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BAGHDAD, Iraq — U.S. military deaths in
the Iraq campaign passed the 1,000 milestone
Tuesday, with more than 800 of them during the
stubborn insurgency that flared after the Ameri
cans brought down Saddam Hussein and President
Bush declared major combat over.
A spike in fighting with Sunni and Shiite insur
gents killed seven Americans in the Baghdad area
on Tuesday, pushing the count to 1,003. That num
ber includes 1,000 U.S. troops and three civilians,
two working for the U.S. Army and one for the Air
Force. The tally was compiled by The Associated
Press based on Pentagon records and AP reporting
from Iraq.
Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld cited
progress on multiple fronts in the Bush admin
istration’s global war on terrorism and said U.S.
enemies should not underestimate the willingness
of the American people and its coalition allies to
suffer casualties in Iraq and elsewhere.
“The progress has prompted a backlash, in effect,
from those who hope that at some point we might
conclude that the pain and the cost of this fight isn’t
worth it,” Rumsfeld told a Pentagon news confer
ence. “Well, our enemies have underestimated our
country, our coalition. They have failed to under
stand the character of our people. And they certain
ly misread our commander in chief.”
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foreign terror groups are involved in the anlil
insurgency in Iraq.
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