NFL MUSIC NATION After series of injuries, AP chooses its albums, McConnell, Pelosi show Eagles QB Wentz ready songs of decade; 2010s no indication of budging to make playoff debut were great for Beyonce on impeachment trial Back page Pages 12-13 Page 8 Methodist Church proposes split over gay marriage, clergy » Page 9 Volume 78, No. 185B ©SS 2020 CONTINGENCY EDITION SUNDAY, JANUARY 5, 2020 stripes.com Free to Deployed Areas IRAQ Rockets fall near US troops Civilian injuries reported; security tightened after killing of Iranian general BY CHAD GARLAND Stars and Stripes IRBIL, Iraq — Several rockets struck areas in Baghdad and an air base used by American troops Saturday, the Iraqi government said. Five civilians were reported injured in the capital’s Jadriya neighborhood. No casualties were reported at two other impact sites, Grand Celebrations Square in the Green Zone, and Balad Air Base, about 55 miles north of Baghdad. The attacks came hours after the U.S.- led coalition in Iraq bolstered security at bases and suspended training with gov- ernment security forces in the wake of a deadly strike that killed Iran’s Gen. Qas- sem Soleimani and Iraqi militia leaders, a military official said. “Our command places protection of U.S. forces, as well as our allies and se- curity partners in the coalition as the top priority,” a coalition military official said on condition of anonymity. “We re- main vigilant and resolute.” ALEX BRANDON/AP SEE ROCKETS ON PAGE 7 An Army carry team moves a transfer case containing the remains of U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael Goble, at Dover Air Force Base, Del., on Dec. 25. Goble was the last of 22 U.S. service members killed in Afghanistan in 2019. RELATED How Trump decided to kill an Iranian general Page 6 Iranian cyberattacks Profiles of the 22 US service members killed in Afghanistan in 2019 feared after killing Pages 3-5 of Soleimani Page 7 PAGE 2 •STARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, January 5, 2020 BUSINESS/WEATHER EXCHANGE RATES Stocks fall, oil prices surge after strike on general Military rates Switzerland (Franc)............................0.9713 Euro costs (Jan. 6) ............................$1.1425 Thailand (Baht) ..................................... 30.15 Dollar buys (Jan. 6) ...........................€0.8753 Turkey (Lira) .........................................5.9771 Associated Press sending their yields lower. The the killing of the senior military British pound (Jan. 6) .......................... $1.36 (Military exchange rates are those Japanese yen (Jan. 6) ........................ 107.00 available to customers at military banking price of gold rose. leader. South Korean won (Jan. 6) ............1,130.00 Stocks fell broadly on Wall Commercial rates facilities in the country of issuance for Japan, South Korea, Germany, the Technology, financial and The S&P 500 dropped 23 Bahrain (Dinar) ....................................0.3770 Street and oil prices surged Fri- Netherlands and the United Kingdom. For British pound .....................................$1.3080 health care stocks accounted for points, or 0.7%, to 3,234.85. The nonlocal currency exchange rates (i.e., day after a U.S. strike killed a top Canada (Dollar) ...................................1.2989 much of the selling. index ended with a 0.2% loss for purchasing British pounds in Germany), Iranian general in Iraq, raising China (Yuan) ........................................6.9662 check with your local military banking Companies that rely on con- the week. Denmark (Krone) ................................6.6929 tensions in the Middle East. facility. Commercial rates are interbank Egypt (Pound) ....................................16.0403 sumer spending also fell, along The Dow Jones Industrial Av- rates provided for reference when buying The selling, which lost some Euro ........................................ $1.1166/0.8956 momentum toward the end of the with airlines. Several energy erage fell 233.92 points, or 0.8%, Hong Kong (Dollar) .............................7.7780 currency. All figures are foreign currencies stocks got a boost from higher oil to 28,634.88. The index briefly Hungary (Forint) .................................295.73 to one dollar, except for the British pound, day, ended a five-week winning Israel (Shekel) .....................................3.4757 which is represented in dollars-to-pound, streak for the S&P 500 a day after prices. Defense contractors also dropped 368 points. Japan (Yen) ...........................................108.21 and the euro, which is dollars-to-euro.) the benchmark index hit its latest notched gains. The Nasdaq lost 71.42 points, Kuwait (Dinar) .....................................0.3031 INTEREST RATES Norway (Krone) ...................................8.8199 record high. The strike marks a major es- or 0.8%, to 9,020.77. The Russell Philippines (Peso)................................. 51.09 Prime rate ................................................4.75 The price of U.S. crude oil calation in the conflict between 2000 index of smaller company Poland (Zloty) ..........................................3.80 Discount rate ..........................................2.25 Saudi Arabia (Riyal) ...........................3.7521 Federal funds market rate ...................1.55 climbed 3.1%. Investors sought Washington and Tehran, as Iran stocks gave up 5.90 points, or Singapore (Dollar) ..............................1.3493 3-month bill .............................................1.50 safety in U.S. government bonds, vowed “harsh retaliation” for 0.4%, to 1,660.87. South Korea (Won) ..........................1,165.34 30-year bond ...........................................2.34 WEATHER OUTLOOK SUNDAY IN THE MIDDLE EAST SUNDAY IN EUROPE MONDAY IN THE PACIFIC Misawa 36/30 Kabul 30/25 Seoul 36/29 Baghdad 60/44 Kandahar 49/44 Osan Tokyo Mildenhall/ Drawsko 42/29 46/30 Lakenheath Pomorskie Busan 44/39 34/30 49/34 Iwakuni 48/45 Kuwait Bahrain Zagan Sasebo City 69/65 Brussels 33/30 Guam 65/54 42/39 Ramstein 55/42 81/78 Lajes, 41/33 Riyadh Doha Azores Stuttgart Pápa 61/58 73/68 64/61 39/36 37/33 Aviano/ Vicenza 45/33 Naples 54/40 Okinawa Morón 71/67 58/43 Sigonella Rota 55/30 The weather is provided by the Djibouti Souda Bay American Forces Network Weather Center, 83/73 64/42 57/53 2nd Weather Squadron at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb. T O D A Y IN STRIPES American Roundup ..... 15 Comics ...................... 14 Crossword ................. 14 Opinion ..................... 16 Music ....................12-13 Sports ...................17-24 Sunday, January 5, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 3 MILITARY BY PHILLIP WALTER WELLMAN Stars and Stripes wenty-two American service members were killed in Afghanistan in 2019, the highest number since NATO combat operations in the country ended at the end of 2014. Since then, the United States has continued a separate counterterrorism mission. All but four of the military fatalities in Afghanistan in 2019 were combat-related. The deaths came as Washington held direct peace talks with the Taliban aimed at the ending the war, the U.S.’s longest, throughout most of the year. The talks are ongoing. Roughly 13,000 American troops were deployed to Afghanistan at the start of 2020. TSince the war began in 2001, some 2,400 U.S. service members have been killed in the country, while more than 20,000 have been wounded. Cameron A. Joshua Z. Will D. Joseph P. Robert A. Benjamin S. Meddock Beale Lindsay Collette Hendriks Hines Army Sgt. Cameron Army Sgt. 1st Class Army Sgt. 1st Class Army Sgt. Joseph P. Marine Sgt. Robert Marine Staff Sgt. Ben- A. Meddock, 26, died Joshua “Zach” Beale, Will D. Lindsay, 33, Collette, 29, of Lancast- A. Hendriks, 25, was jamin S. Hines, 31, of Jan. 17 at Landstuhl 32, was killed by small- of Cortez, Colo., died er, Ohio, died March one of three Marines York, Pa., died April 8 Regional Medical Cen- arms fire in southern March 22 after being 22 of wounds sustained killed April 8 by a car in a car bomb explo- ter in Germany from Uruzgan province on wounded during com- in combat operations bomb outside Bagram sion outside Bagram small-arms fire wounds Jan. 22. bat in northern Kunduz in northern Kunduz Airfield. Airfield. he received in Badghis Beale, from Carroll- province. province. Originally from He was assigned province in northwest ton, Va., was assigned He was assigned to He was assigned to Locust Valley, N.Y., to the 25th Marine Afghanistan. to 1st Battalion, 3rd 2nd Battalion, 10th the 242nd Ordnance Hendriks was assigned Regiment, 4th Marine The Texas native was Special Forces Group, Special Forces Group Battalion, 71st Explo- to the 25th Marine Division and was on assigned to Company A at Fort Bragg, N.C. (Airborne), Fort Car- sive Ordnance Disposal Regiment, 4th Marine his second overseas of 2nd Battalion, 75th He enlisted in the son, Colo., and died Group, out of Fort Car- Division, and served deployment. He was Ranger Regiment, and Army in 2011, after alongside Spc. Joseph son, Colo., and post- as an infantry machine posthumously promot- served as a fire team graduating from Old P. Collette. humously promoted to gunner. ed to staff sergeant. leader. Dominion University in Lindsay is survived sergeant. Hendriks joined He was one of three Meddock is survived 2008 with a bachelor’s by his wife, Sarah Collette had married the Marines in Octo- Marines killed by the by his wife, Stevie, who degree in criminal Unger Lindsay, and his wife, Caela Marie ber 2012. His awards blast just days before was pregnant with their justice. four daughters. Collette, in December include the Selected they were to return to first child at the time of He is survived by his His awards and 2018 before his first Marine Corps Reserve the United States. his death. wife. Lindsey Christine decorations include the overseas deployment to Medal and the National Hines’ awards and His awards and Beale, and two daugh- Bronze Star with four Afghanistan. Defense Service Medal. decorations include decorations include the ters, Leah and Grace. oak leaf clusters, the He was “the most He was posthumously a Navy and Marine Purple Heart, Joint Beale was posthu- Purple Heart and the genuine person you’ll promoted to sergeant.