Posted on 04/06/2003 10:32:27 PM PDT by doug from upland
Edited on 04/13/2004 2:09:31 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
ABOARD THE USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (AP) Weeks of intense air attacks over northern Iraq have crippled the fighting ability of more than a quarter of Saddam Hussein's army, including Republican Guard elements, Navy commanders say.
Though far from the spotlight of the battle for Baghdad, the carrier-launched airstrikes from the USS Theodore Roosevelt and the USS Harry S. Truman are significant not only for control of the north but also for securing the capital, they say.
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