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Army Prepares to Secure Oil Fields in Northern Iraq
AP via Fox News ^
| Friday, March 28, 2003
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Posted on 03/28/2003 6:03:45 AM PST by TigerLikesRooster
Edited on 04/22/2004 12:35:57 AM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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NEAR IRBIL, Iraq
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: airdrop; embeddedreport; kirkuk; northernfront; northerniraq; oilfields; paratroopers; troopmovement; turkey; ussroosevelt
The mission of 173rd Airborne Brigade is changing.
To: TigerLikesRooster
First the airfields, then Kirkuk, and maybe onto Baghdad.
To: goldstategop
Forces are now west of Chamchamal and dug in on a ridge where Kirkuk can be seen in the distance.
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03/28/2003 7:13:36 AM PST
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gaspar
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