Scoop has an Ethical Paywall
Scoop InfoPages
This InfoPage in unregistered, if this is your news page register American Forces Press Service for InfoPages here.
American Forces Press Service - Latest News [Page 8]
Enemy Forces Fire Missiles at U.S. in Afghanistan
Tuesday, 8 April 2003, 12:21 am | American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, April 7, 2003 – Unknown enemy forces fired missiles at U.S. forces in Afghanistan in three separate incidents over the weekend, a military spokesman in Bagram said today. More >>
U.S. Units Take Iraqi Presidential Palace
Tuesday, 8 April 2003, 12:19 am | American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, April 7, 2003 – Units of the Army's 3rd Infantry Division took the Presidential Palace in downtown Baghdad, demonstrating to the world that coalition forces can move at will, U.S. Central Command officials said today. More >>
Saddam's Regime 'Is on Its Way Out,' - Wolfowitz
Monday, 7 April 2003, 1:19 pm | American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, April 6, 2003 - Dictator Saddam Hussein's 20- plus-year hold on the Iraqi people is drawing to a close, U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz said today. More >>
Forces Drub Baghdad Defenders WMD Search Continues
Monday, 7 April 2003, 1:18 pm | American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, April 6, 2003 - U.S. military combat action in Baghdad yesterday may have inflicted thousands of casualties on the enemy, a senior U.S. Central Command spokesperson said today. More >>
Coalition Air Forces Make Ground Gains Possible
Monday, 7 April 2003, 1:13 pm | American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, April 5, 2003 – Americans see the tanks driving through Baghdad, but what they really don't see is the air campaign that helped make it possible. More >>
Infantry Division Takes Drive Through Baghdad
Monday, 7 April 2003, 1:12 pm | American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, April 5, 2003 – Members of the 3rd Infantry Division are moving through downtown Baghdad, U.S. Central Command officials said today. More >>
Lynch to Rescuers: 'I'm an American Soldier, Too'
Monday, 7 April 2003, 1:11 pm | American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, April 5, 2003 – The special operations mission to rescue Army Pfc. Jessica D. Lynch from Iraqi captivity was a triumph of joint planning and execution, said Air Force Maj. Gen. Victor Renuart. More >>
Powell Predicts 'A Better Day Ahead' for Iraq
Monday, 7 April 2003, 1:09 pm | American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, April 4, 2003 – With Iraq's day of liberation drawing near, U.S. officials are hard at work on plans for an interim authority, U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell said today. More >>
Iraqi Family Risks It All to Save American POW
Monday, 7 April 2003, 1:07 pm | American Forces Press Service
MARINE COMBAT HEADQUARTERS, Iraq, April 4, 2003 -- New heroes have surfaced in the rescue of Army Pfc. Jessica Lynch. More >>
Largest Special Ops Effort Since Vietnam
Monday, 7 April 2003, 1:05 pm | American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, April 4, 2003 – Operation Iraqi Freedom is supported by the largest special operations force since the Vietnam War, Defense Department officials said during a press briefing today. More >>
Pentagon Revises Smallpox Vaccination Policy
Monday, 7 April 2003, 1:04 pm | American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, April 4, 2003 — DoD is taking a watchful approach to its smallpox vaccination program after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta reported investigating whether a sequence of cardiac deaths was associated with the vaccine. More >>
Water Flowing Into Southern Iraq; Food on the Way
Monday, 7 April 2003, 1:01 pm | American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, April 4, 2003 – With the help of the Kuwaiti government, fresh water is flowing into coalition-held areas of southern Iraq, and food is on the way, the American officer in charge of these efforts said today. More >>
Renamed Airport Gateway to Iraq's Future
Monday, 7 April 2003, 12:59 am | American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, April 4, 2003 – Saddam International Airport is under new management and has been renamed Baghdad International Airport, U.S. Central Command officials said today. More >>
Precision Munitions Carry 'Great Responsibility'
Friday, 4 April 2003, 2:42 pm | American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, April 3, 2003 – Precision munitions and careful targeting have enabled Operation Iraqi Freedom planners to maximize the effects of missiles and bombs and minimize unintended Iraqi civilian casualties and collateral damage. More >>
Forces in Commuting Distance to Downtown Baghdad
Friday, 4 April 2003, 2:42 pm | American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, April 3, 2003 – Coalition forces have taken outlying areas of Baghdad "and are closer to the center of the Iraqi capital than many American commuters are to their downtown offices," Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said at ... More >>
Highlighting the Cruel Nature of Iraqi Regime
Friday, 4 April 2003, 2:41 pm | American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, April 3, 2003 - Since the beginning of the war in Iraq, defense officials have pointed out the Iraqi regime's policy of consistently ignoring the laws of armed conflict and the Geneva Conventions. More >>
President Vows Destination Baghdad, Nothing Less
Friday, 4 April 2003, 2:39 pm | American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, April 3, 2003 – "There's no finer sight than to see 12,000 United States Marines and corpsmen -- unless you happen to be a member of the Iraqi Republican Guard," President Bush said this morning in North Carolina. More >>
Coalition Land Forces Approaching Baghdad
Friday, 4 April 2003, 2:35 pm | American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, April 3, 2003 – A Navy F/A-18 Hornet fighter jet went missing and an Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crashed in central Iraq April 2, U.S. Central Command officials said this morning. More >>
Post-War Iraq to Transfer Quickly to Iraqi Control
Friday, 4 April 2003, 2:34 pm | American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, April 3, 2003 – Immediately after the Iraqi regime falls, U.S. and coalition military officials will assume responsibility for stabilizing the country, but soon after will transition to an "interim Iraqi authority," Secretary of State ... More >>
Lynch Family Overjoyed by Rescue
Friday, 4 April 2003, 2:34 pm | American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, April 2, 2003 – Joy and relief filled the Gregory and Deadra Lynch household in Palestine, W.V., today after learning overnight that their daughter, 19- year-old Jessica Lynch, an Army private first class, had been rescued from captivity in Iraq. More >>
