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To: Elsewhere who wrote (85009)3/22/2003 7:02:30 PM
From: Neeka  Respond to of 281500
 
U.S. Troops Attacked in Kuwait; 10 Wounded


foxnews.com



To: Elsewhere who wrote (85009)3/22/2003 7:04:25 PM
From: Condor  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 281500
 
Attack Injures 10 U.S. Troops in Kuwait
AP World News

03/22/2003 18:27:36 EST

The camp of the 101st Airborne Division in Kuwait was attacked early Sunday with
grenades, wounding 10, including six seriously, U.S. military officials said.

"From our reports it appears that a terrorist penetrated Camp Pennsylvania, one or
more terrorists threw two hand grenades into a tent said George Heath, spokesman at
Fort Campbell, home base of the 101st.

He said 10 people were wounded, six seriously.



To: Elsewhere who wrote (85009)3/22/2003 7:49:24 PM
From: The Philosopher  Respond to of 281500
 
It's a big division. Lots of places.

Hopefully Saddam doesn't know where they are. Which means you shouldn't, either, because he can read SI.



To: Elsewhere who wrote (85009)3/23/2003 9:20:22 AM
From: BigBull  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 281500
 
The Northern Front: The Yanks are coming.

BTW I don't think it was inappropriate of you to post that 101st pic. Hell, the Pentagon allowed the whole world to watch 3rd division's drive north in real time for HOURS. I know, cause I watched it. I wonder if Chemical Ali did? I hear he may only exist as a charcoal spot in the bunker.

Special Forces Land in Northern Iraq
washingtonpost.com
BAKRAJO, Iraq, March 23 -- Four U.S. military cargo planes carrying several hundred special forces troops landed overnight at this airstrip in Iraq's Kurdish-held north, in what senior Kurdish officials described as the beginnings of a major U.S. deployment toward a northern front

washingtonpost.com
Blocked from sending a heavy armored force into northern Iraq, Pentagon officials said lighter infantry troops belonging to the 173rd Airborne Brigade, based in Italy, would likely be airlifted into the region within the next day or two.