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TOKSOK-RI, South Korea (AP) - Hundreds of U.S. Marines stormed a South Korean beach Friday, carrying out war games that North Korea charges are a prelude to an invasion. The maneuvers, supported by fighter jets from warships just off shore, came even as other Marines, U.S. troops and allies crossed into Iraq in a march to disarm Saddam Hussein. Both South Korean and U.S. Marines came ashore on amphibious assault vehicles amid mock explosions. Waves of helicopters and fighter jets droned overhead during the exercises, part of ongoing annual maneuvers. After jumping out of the landing craft, the troops scrambled...