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DOHUK, Iraq - Every soldier should have this problem. Spc. Joshua Nalbandian of Scarborough has his truck running and ready to depart the thriving marketplace in the middle of this small northern Iraq city - but it's still too dangerous to move. The kids won't get off the tailgate. "Get back! C'mon guys, get back!" Nalbandian and his fellow soldiers shout, as a wave of Iraqi boys, all between 10 and 15, spill off the sidewalk and onto the first of three Humvees parked by the curb. Finally, Sgt. Eric Currier of Bristol, N.H., gets out of the second truck...

DOHUK, Iraq -- On a recent afternoon in this northern Iraqi city, children romped about a lawn and adults munched cake on land that was once a base for Saddam Hussein's military. The crowd had gathered for the grand opening of a new home-furnishings outlet in Dream City -- a megastore and amusement-park complex. Entrepreneur Hamid Hajji Mashod rattled off his plans for the former military site: twin office towers, a hotel, a Coca-Cola bottling franchise. Standing amid carefully tended violets and marigolds, Mr. Mashod saw the blossoms symbolizing a new era for the region, home to most of Iraq's...

The United States military has deployed five teams of 10 airborne snipers to defend Iraq's northern oil pipelines from acts of sabotage by forces loyal to ousted president Saddam Hussein. Sergeant Brian Stinson said final modifications were being made to Blackhawk UH-60 helicopters, before snipers from the elite Tiger Force could begin patrols along the crucial oil supply lines. "There is so much area to cover that it requires precision fire, we're on call for 24-hours a day and can be airborne within 30 minutes," he said. Protection of Iraq's northern pipelines, which stretch 500 kilometres to Turkey and almost...

GOTTA SEE THIS - War for Enduring Freedom 4/12/03 - Mosul, Jabal Maqlub, Ghazel, Khaneqin, Arbil, Kalak, Kifry, Hadithah dam, Shamamer, Halabja, Chamchamal, Kirkuk, Altun Kupri, Tuz Khurmatu, Dohuk BREAKING: Mosul - Iraqis surrender BREAKING: Jabal Maqlub - SF special contributions BREAKING: Ghazel - Bridge destroyed by Iraqis, but captured BREAKING: Khaneqin - liberated from Saddam BREAKING: Arbil - freedom with the help of the USA BREAKING: Arbil - More Iraqi atropine injectors captured BREAKING: Kalak - freedom after airstrikes BREAKING: Kifry - freedom after Iraqi rockets BREAKING: Hadithah dam - champion US Special Forces secured it BREAKING: Shamamer -...

GOTTA SEE THIS - War for Enduring Freedom 03/31/03 - Strike Videos, Baghdad, Basra, Umm Qasr, Dohuk, Qushtapa UNDERREPORTED COALITION GAINS Baghdad - shock and awe incrementally applied South Iraq - Russian antitank 'technology' used against American heroes Basra - Exodus at Basra- fleeing Iraqis slaughtered by Saddam's forces Basra - Checkpoint of Freedom at Basra Az Zubaya - British Light Infantry distributes aid Najaf - homocidal bomber in a taxi kills four American heroes Umm Qasr, RFA Sir Galahad arrives Umm Qasr, Royal Marines rock Chamchamal - chemical protection kit found in bunker after Iraqis abandoned their position Dohuk...

GOTTA SEE THIS - War for Enduring Freedom 03/27/03 - Baghdad, Sarqat, Chamchamal, Fayda, Qushtapa,Tapa Korra, Dohuk,I rbil, Kalak, Qoratu BREAKING: Baghdad.- Evil to Dust BREAKING: Chamchamal - Coalition warplanes attack BREAKING: Fayda, Qushtapa, Tapa Korra BREAKING: Dohuk, Irbil, Kalak, Qoratu BREAKING: Sarqat - Ansar al-Islam ========= Chamchamal ========= In Chamchamal, Coalition warplanes pound front-line Iraqi positions. In Chamchamal, a Kurd security guard shows a terrorist bomber's belt filled with TNT made by Ansar i-Islam. Near Chamchamal, Kurdish militia. ========= Sarqat ========= THE FACE OF THE ENEMY In Sarqat, an Ansar al-Islam [al-Qaeda] terrorist. ========= Fayda ========= Fayda, controlled by...

GOTTA SEE THIS - War for Enduring Freedom 03/19/03 -Kabul, Kandahar, Freedom in Afghanistan, Dand, Baghdad, , Irbil, Chamchamal, Daulatshahi,, Dohuk, Harrier G7, USS Kitty Hawk, Tel Aviv, Jabaliya Kabul, Kandahar, Freedom in Afghanistan, Dand, Baghdad, , Irbil, Chamchamal, Daulatshahi,, Dohuk, Harrier G7, USS Kitty Hawk, Tel Aviv, Jabaliya BREAKING: AFGHANISTAN: Kabul, Kandahar, Freedom in Afghanistan BREAKING: Kabul - evasive action BREAKING: Dand District High School BREAKING: NEAR IRAQ: Baghdad, France's interest section BREAKING: Irbil, Chamchamal, Daulatshahi,, Dohuk BREAKING: Harrier G7, USS Kitty Hawk BREAKING: ISRAEL: Tel Aviv, Jabaliya HEROES IN AFGHANISTAN AND NEAR IRAQ ---------- : ========= Daulatshahi =========...