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Tip of the Spear
MSNBC (NEWSWEEK) ^
| 6 Apr 03
| Arian Campo-Flores
Posted on 04/06/2003 6:39:19 PM PDT by OriginalV
April 5 — They’re on the very front lines of the war. Yesterday, the Army’s Third Infantry Division secured Saddam International Airport. Today, the division’s tanks rolled through the streets of Baghdad on a daring daytime drive through the streets of the capital. Newsweek correspondent Arian Campo-Flores has been embedded with the Third ID for more than a month. Here, he profiles three of the men who make up this fighting force.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: embeddedreport; iraqifreedom; tipofthespear; viceisclosing
Good read.
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posted on
04/06/2003 6:39:19 PM PDT
by
OriginalV
To: OriginalV
Ted Koppel will host a special with the same title Monday night.
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posted on
04/06/2003 6:40:22 PM PDT
by
goldstategop
(Lara Logan Doesn't Hold A Candle Next To BellyGirl :))
To: OriginalV
Nah, I think the title to Ted's book is "Butt of the Spear"
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posted on
04/06/2003 6:44:37 PM PDT
by
pointsal
To: OriginalV
A very, very good read. Thanks.
To: OriginalV
To: OriginalV
The 3rd was formerly called the 24th mechanized out of Ft. Stewart Georgia. The "Iron Fist" is awesome.
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