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To: BigBull who wrote (66471)	1/17/2003 1:43:25 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

>>Bridge-building unit's call-up shows need to cross Euphrates In-Depth Coverage By THOMAS HARGROVE Worried that allied troops will suffer from a bridge not far enough if America invades Iraq, the Pentagon this week called to active duty a small National Guard engineering unit from rural Alabama. Normally, activation of the 145 men in the Guard's 167th Engineer Company based in the south Alabama towns of Demopolis and Centreville would draw scant attention among the tens of thousands of reservists and guardsmen being called. But the unit knows how to construct float bridges, and may well be asked to help span Iraq's fabled Euphrates River. "The unit's mission is to provide float bridge assets at one or more river crossings," Maj. Gen. Mike Sumrall, adjutant general of the Alabama Guard, said when announcing the activation. "The unit can span up to 660 feet of water." Pentagon observers closely followed the announcement. "These bridge units are on our watch list," said Francois Boo, a military analyst at GlobalSecurity.org, a Washington- based nonprofit research group. "When we see call-ups of engineering units that know how to build ribbon bridges, we know that they are getting serious about operations in Iraq." << More at: globalsecurity.org