IRAQ: UNITED STATES TROOPS AND ALLIES MARK THIRD ANNIVERSARY OF THE SEPTEMBER 11TH ATTACKS ON THE U.S.

Record ID: 338109

  • Title: IRAQ: UNITED STATES TROOPS AND ALLIES MARK THIRD ANNIVERSARY OF THE SEPTEMBER 11TH ATTACKS ON THE U.S.
  • Date: 13th September 2004
  • Summary: (W7) BAGHDAD, IRAQ (SEPTEMBER 11, 2004) (REUTERS) 1. SLV U.S. SOLDIERS MARCHING IN WITH U.S. FLAG; U.S. SOLDIERS MARCHING UP; SCU U.S. SOLDIER SINGING HYMN 0.38 2. SCU SOLDIERS SALUTING DURING MINUTE OF SILENCE; MARINES STANDING WITH HEADS BOWED 1.06 3. SLV LIEUTENANT-GENERAL THOMAS F. METZ ADDRESSING CEREMONY 1.12 4. SOUNDBITE (Eng
  • Embargoed: 28th September 2004 13:00
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  • Location: BAGHDAD, IRAQ
  • Country: Iraq
  • Reuters ID: LVAGMC1OK0BXGWROGDKU5U1SJV3
  • Story Text: U.S. troops and allies in Iraq mark the third
    anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.

    U.S. soldiers on Saturday (September 11, 2004) gathered
    for a ceremony to mark the third anniversary of the
    devastating Sept. 11 attacks on the United States.

    Almost 3000 people died when hijackers crashed planes
    into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a
    Pennsylvania field.

    The 3rd Signal Brigade of the 57th Signal Battalion of
    the 3rd Corps hosted the ceremony, holding a minute of
    silence for those who perished.

    Addressing the ceremony Lieutenant-General Thomas F.

    Metz pledged to continue the fight on terror.

    "We've been fighting this thing for three years and we
    will continue to fight it until we have destroyed terrorism
    and made our country safe and our coalition countries safe
    from terrorism," he declared.

    The continuing violence across the country was a
    reminder that U.S. military action since the attacks had
    not wiped out militant groups hostile to the United States
    and allied nations.


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