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Tue, 20 February 2007 11:55 WesternIndonesiaTime
Subject:
Two First New F 22 Deployed in Japan
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A F/A-22 Raptor. Two US air force F-22A stealth fighters have flown
into the southern Japan island of Okinawa in the first overseas deployment of the aircraft, witnesses said.
The fighters touched down at the US Kadena air force base on the main Okinawan island, strategically located
in the East China Sea within striking distance of China and the Korean peninsula, an AFP photographer said.
(AFP/Getty Images/File/Win McNamee)
AFP/Getty Images/File via Yahoo! News - Feb 16 8:05 PM
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An F-22 Raptor is surrounded by U.S. military personnel after landing at
Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan, Saturday, Feb. 17, 2007. Two F-22 Raptors, America's most advanced
fighter jets, were deployed Saturday in Japan for the first time, the U.S. Air Force said. Ten more F-22s were
to arrive at Kadena Air Base on the southern island of Okinawa on Sunday, the Air Force said in a statement.
(AP Photo/Kyodo News)
AP via Yahoo! News - Feb 16 8:45 PM
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U.S. Air Force's F-22 Raptor jets fly over the base before their landing
at Kadena U.S. Air Force Base on Japan's southwestern island of Okinawa February 18, 2007. The United States
sent eight more U.S. F-22 stealth fighter planes to the southern Japanese island of Okinawa on Sunday in their
first full deployment overseas. The Raptors, the U.S. Air Force's most advanced fighters and said to be the most
expensive fighter planes ever built, arrived at the U.S. Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, a Reuters photographer
and a TV cameraman said.
REUTERS/Issei Kato (JAPAN)
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Feb 18 12:47 AM
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Soldiers guard a U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor fighter at Kadena U.S.
Air Force base in Kadena town on Japan's southern island of Okinawa February 18, 2007. The United States
sent eight more U.S. F-22 stealth fighter planes to the southern Japanese island of Okinawa on Sunday in
their first full deployment overseas. The Raptors, the U.S. Air Force's most advanced fighters and said to be the
most expensive fighter planes ever built, arrived at the U.S. Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, a Reuters photographer
and a TV cameraman said.
REUTERS/Issei Kato (JAPAN)
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Feb 18 1:08 A
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A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor lands as military officials watch at Kadena
U.S. Air Force Base on Japan's southwestern island of Okinawa February 18, 2007. The United States sent eight
more U.S. F-22 stealth fighter planes to the southern Japanese island of Okinawa on Sunday in their first full
deployment overseas. The Raptors, the U.S. Air Force's most advanced fighters and said to be the most expensive
fighter planes ever built, arrived at the U.S. Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, a Reuters photographer and a TV
cameraman said.
REUTERS/Issei Kato (JAPAN)
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Feb 18 1:05 AM
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Recent deployment of two first new F-22 Raptors in Okinawa, followed by some others, inevitably
makes me feel like becoming an aircraft too, because the name F 22 is like related with my name. Whereas 2 + 2 is four like my name Firman
which in Dutch or German "fir" has the meaning of "four".
Since it is flying, it also commensurate with my consent to move up to the eternity. But to be sure of,
it is not about moving up in politics, because I have no sufficient capability to become a good politician. This is important to state here, because
whenever I seem like writing some experiences related to political figures abroad, like about
Nancy Pelocy becoming the first woman to head the US House of Representative, it would raised some notions here that I would like to
enter politics. While in fact it was about rare historical moment in world history, inspiration from an ordinary Indonesian to the super power
country United States.
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Date:
Tue, 20 February 2007 12:15 WesternIndonesiaTime
Subject:
General Petraeus' New Position
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Lieutenant General David Petraeus testifies to the Senate Armed Forces
Committee about his nomination to be general and commander of the Multi-National Forces in Iraq at a hearing
on Capitol Hill in Washington, January, 23, 2007. The U.S. general took command of the American military in
Iraq on Saturday, just days after an offensive began in Baghdad that aims to halt the country's slide into civil war.
(Joshua Roberts/Reuters)
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Feb 11 3:51 AM
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Incoming U.S. military commander in Iraq General David Petraeus (R)
receives the Coalition Forces in Iraq flag from a military officer during the hand-over ceremony at the U.S.
military Camp Victory in Baghdad February 10, 2007. Petraeus said on Saturday that American and Iraqi
security forces had to stabilise the country or it would be doomed to more violence.
REUTERS/Erik de Castro (IRAQ)
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Feb 10 7:20 AM
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General David Petraeus, right, stands with Army Gen. John Abizaid, left and
Gen. George Casey, center, as he takes over as top commander for U.S. troops in Iraq at a ceremony at Al Faw
Palace at Camp Victory in Baghdad, Iraq Saturday, Feb. 10, 2007. The U.S military is in the midst of an operation
to secure Baghdad after months of escalating violence.
(AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
AP via Yahoo! News - Feb 10 4:44 AM
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Incoming U.S. military commander in Iraq General David Petraeus (R) and
outgoing General George Casey pray during the hand-over ceremony at the U.S. military Camp Victory in
Baghdad February 10, 2007. Petraeus said on Saturday that American and Iraqi security forces had to stabilise
the country in what he called a high-stakes battle, or it would be doomed to more violence.
REUTERS/Erik de Castro (IRAQ)
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Feb 10 7:23 AM
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The appointment of General Petraeus for his new position in Iraq seems like related with myself
and these letters to you too, because when I was in the first year of Senior High School, I often took a visit to the house of Reno,
now the husband of Wista, along with my other friends Arief, Benyamin, Nimaudin, and Petrus.
In the early eighties, the name Petrus also famous during the anti-criminal move by
"the government" in Indonesia. Many criminal perpetrators were mysteriously found dead with some bullets in their heads or bodies,
without certain clarification about who had shot them. It was then known as the work of "Petrus" that stands for "penembak
misterius", or "mysterious shooters".
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Date:
Tue, 20 February 2007 12:25 WesternIndonesiaTime
Subject:
Admiral William Fallon New Position
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US Admiral William Fallon testifies during his confirmation hearing to
become commander of the US Central Command (CENTCOM) before the Senate Armed Services Committee
on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. US forces are running up against the clock in implementing a badly-needed
new strategy in Iraq, Fallon said.
Photo:Mark Wilson/AFP
AFP via Yahoo! Canada News - Jan 30 12:54 PM
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Admiral William Fallon, will replace General John Abizaid as commander of Central
Command. The Defense Department said it was replacing the US generals in charge of Iraq and crucial Central Command,
in the latest step of a shake-up of senior US diplomatic and military personnel.
Photo:Tang Chhin Sothy/AFP
AFP via Yahoo! Canada News - Jan 05 1:47 PM
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Admiral William Fallon testifies before the Senate Armed
Services Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington during a hearing on his nomination to be
commander of the US Central Command, January 30, 2007.
REUTERS/Yuri Gripas
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Jan 31 3:29 AM
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The appointment of Admiral William Fallon also seems like related with myself
and these letters to you, because in 2004 when I first have a strong attention toward Paris Hilton,
it was after she appeared with Jimmy Fallon in the Saturday Night Life. While his first name William is like your first name. It also
contains the letters AM like my name.
After all of course we should hope and pray that they would accomplish
their jobs nicely, for the good of this world.
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