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What's the word on an at least company level para drop way to the forward edge in Iraq? I heard something briefly this morning and haven't heard a thing since. News reports about it have been replaced by muddy descriptions like this: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?
EDIT: put in new link, old one obsolete.
http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2003/03/26/warwrap_030326
Thu, 27 Mar 2003 8:42:06
WASHINGTON - The United States, stung by criticism that its war plan in Iraq is in disarray, opened its long-awaited northern front on Wednesday.
Paratroopers land close by an airstrip
More than 1,000 U.S. army troops parachuted into Kurdish-controlled areas of northern Iraq. "I can only tell you yes, they're on the ground," said army spokesman Lt.-Col. Thomas Collins.
But a reporter for The Philadelphia Inquirer embedded with the 173rd Airborne Brigade says the troops seized an airfield called Bashur, about 50 kilometres south of the Turkish border.
It is believed several hundred members of the U.S. Special Forces are in northern Iraq. There has been no information on their mission.
The airfield seized by the paratroopers is large enough to accommodate large C-17 Globemaster transport planes, which are expected to begin ferrying supplies and support personnel into the region.
The main targets for forces in northern Iraq are expected to be the oilfields around Mosul and Kirkuk.
Heavy fighting has been reported in southern Iraq near Basra. A British military spokesman said a column of Iraqi tanks and armoured personnel carriers left Basra, heading south. The column was attacked by British and U.S. warplanes, as well as coalition artillery.
There were reports of a fierce battle near the city of Najaf for control of key bridges across the Euphrates River. There are reports a small Iraqi column left Baghdad heading south in the direction of Karbala.
Written by CBC News
EDIT: put in new link, old one obsolete.
http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2003/03/26/warwrap_030326
Thu, 27 Mar 2003 8:42:06
WASHINGTON - The United States, stung by criticism that its war plan in Iraq is in disarray, opened its long-awaited northern front on Wednesday.
Paratroopers land close by an airstrip
More than 1,000 U.S. army troops parachuted into Kurdish-controlled areas of northern Iraq. "I can only tell you yes, they're on the ground," said army spokesman Lt.-Col. Thomas Collins.
But a reporter for The Philadelphia Inquirer embedded with the 173rd Airborne Brigade says the troops seized an airfield called Bashur, about 50 kilometres south of the Turkish border.
It is believed several hundred members of the U.S. Special Forces are in northern Iraq. There has been no information on their mission.
The airfield seized by the paratroopers is large enough to accommodate large C-17 Globemaster transport planes, which are expected to begin ferrying supplies and support personnel into the region.
The main targets for forces in northern Iraq are expected to be the oilfields around Mosul and Kirkuk.
Heavy fighting has been reported in southern Iraq near Basra. A British military spokesman said a column of Iraqi tanks and armoured personnel carriers left Basra, heading south. The column was attacked by British and U.S. warplanes, as well as coalition artillery.
There were reports of a fierce battle near the city of Najaf for control of key bridges across the Euphrates River. There are reports a small Iraqi column left Baghdad heading south in the direction of Karbala.
Written by CBC News