03/07/2003

An email from my son:

I don't get any cable right now. I have heard a little news but not much. Internet access is also limited and spotty at best but I do get our daily INTSUMs (intelligence summarys) which are very interesting (although of course I can't tell you anything about them). Today was a good day, got to fly (2 hours but we had to land in the middle of the desert for two hours due to a horrible sandstorm).

Kuwait Sandstorms Create Problems for U.S. Soldiers

AP) - Pfc. Charles Bryant got lost for three hours on the way back to his tent, disoriented by thick clouds of sand swirling at 50 mph in this desert camp near the Iraqi border. Sandstorms, a gritty and miserable fact of life in the Persian Gulf region this time of year, are making things uncomfortable for troops waiting for a possible war with Iraq. They also present major problems for U.S. war planners. More, to read the whole story:

http://news.yahoo.com/fc?tmpl=fc&cid=34&in=us&cat=us_armed_forces

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