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The Pentagon has announced that Army Specialist Christine M. Ndururi, 21, of Dracut, died on Tuesday. The military has stated the cause of death was an "unspecified illness." Her family wants to know what happened now because it was the first day of her first overseas mission. Her father told the Eagle-Tribune that she hadn't been sick: "I’m waiting for them to tell me what happened. She was not ill, unless she was ill after... more ›

This has been a terrible week for Massachusetts when it comes to the war in Iraq. The Pentagon has announced that a third resident of the state has died. Green Beret Robert Pirelli, of Franklin, was killed in Iraq. He was in the 3rd Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne), based in Fort Carson, Colorado. He was 29. The Pentagon has released information that Pirelli died in small-arms fire in Diyala Province. Pirelli was supposed... more ›

Update: Birchett's family has said that she was killed when the truck's brakes failed as she changed the tire. The Pentagon has announced that Army Staff Sergeant Alicia Birchett, 29, died last Thursday in Iraq. She was from Mashpee. One of Birchett's cousins said that she was changing a tire by the road in Baghdad and was somehow crushed. The Pentagon said that the incident is "under investigation." Birchett was with the 887th Engineer Company,... more ›

First, the good news for Yaderlin Hiraldo Jimenez, the wife of missing American soldier and Lawrence resident Alex Jimenez - after all the sturm und drang und red tape, she got her green card! The Eagle Tribune, which has been running a series on Jimenez and his family spoke with her about how she's feeling. She said, " "I feel relieved and thankful for those who supported me." She also discussed the pain of not... more ›

It seems the U.S. Navy is a little short-handed these days for viable training grounds to simulate Iraq-like combat. According to a report in today's Herald, the Pentagon is considering the South Boston waterfront as an arena for war-game exercises later this summer. Apparently the narrow street and proximity to water makes Southie the ideal location to prepare for real danger in Fallujah or Baghdad: more ›