LA Nat. Guard pics coming back from Irag as cable went to Fema conference

[rodeodance]

perhaps i am paranoid but was this a diversion?--scheduling this press conf. at the time of LA guard arrival from Irag?

[rodeodance]

1. hi ho. anybody notice?

[dweller]

3. guess not, but thanks to you!

still haven't seen another thread about it.

will look around.

dp

[kansasblue]

2. I don't understand your statement.

[dweller]

4. they are not back yet

http://www.armytimes.com/story.php?f=1-292925-1092653.php

the only story on google news i could find.
Iraq tour complete, La. Guard unit returns to devastated state

By Vince Crawley
Times staff writer

About 2,500 Louisiana National Guard members have finished their yearlong
combat mission in Iraq and are shipping home, with top priority given to about
500 soldiers most directly affected by Hurricane Katrina, the unit’s commander
said Friday.

The unit members are in Kuwait awaiting transport home, and “the 500 most
severely effected people” are scheduled to arrive back in Louisiana by Saturday
night, Sept. 10, said Brig. Gen. John Basilica Jr., commander of the 256th Brigade
Combat Team with the Louisiana Army National Guard.

Basilica spoke to Pentagon reporters Friday morning Eastern time in Washington
via satellite from Kuwait.

He said about 800 unit members “have indicated they are interested” in taking
part in disaster-relief operations along the Louisiana coast, devastated by the
Aug. 29 Category 4 hurricane that destroyed New Orleans and is believed to
have killed thousands.