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The troop level in Haiti has risen to 3,300, and members of the Multinational Interim Force now are stabilizing parts of the troubled country beyond the capital of Port-au-Prince, Defense Department officials said here today. Combined Joint Task Force – Haiti now has 1,800 U.S., 760 French, 330 Chilean and 340 Canadian military personnel assigned, U.S. Southern Command officials said. The operation now has a name: Operation Secure Tomorrow. Under the command of U.S. Marine Brig. Gen. Ronald S. Coleman, troops of the force are confiscating illegal weapons as they come upon them, officials said. "(Confiscating weapons) is not one...

NEWS RELEASEHEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES CENTRAL COMMAND7115 South Boundary BoulevardMacDill AFB, Fla. 33621-5101Phone: (813) 827-5894; FAX: (813) 827-2211; DSN 651-5894 February 13, 2004Release Number: 04-02-25 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TASK FORCE OLYMPIA RECOVERS WEAPONS MOSUL, Iraq - Soldiers from 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, under the operational control of Task Force Olympia, recovered weapons and explosive devices in northern Iraq Wednesday. Soldiers from 1st Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment conducted a patrol near Tall Afar and discovered one 82 mm mortar. Members of the Coalition for Iraqi Unity, a concerned group of citizens in northwestern Iraq, came to the 1st Squadron, 14th...