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...early August that they were canceling their longstanding biennial, multilateral "Bright Star" exercise in Egypt because of a lack of available troops. The September game was to feature more than 70,000 troops from about a dozen countries practicing war in the Egyptian desert. In Iraq, the Army's 101st Airborne Division, exhausted and only halfway through its yearlong tour, already has the Pentagon fretting over a replacement. The Department of Defense is pondering what some officials think is a radical step: dispatching U.S. Marines--the nation's pre-eminent quick-and-dirty warriors--to Iraq early next year...
...infantryman in the 101st Airborne Division, which has been in Iraq since the onset of the war - which by the way is still a war - the Army is indeed being stretched too thin. There are no replacements in sight for our unit, which we're told will be here for over a year. Retention - and most of all the health and welfare of soldiers and their families - are in dire straits. The current admistration, in particular Secretary Rumsfeld, seems to be oblivious to the needs of the Army and the soldiers who dedicate their lives to it. I only hope...
...military's special-operations unit charged with nabbing high-value targets in Iraq, quietly descended on an airstrip near Mosul last Wednesday--backed by MC-130 combat Talon planes, modified humvees and so-called little-bird attack helicopters--to prepare for a potential assault. A battalion from the 101st Airborne Division, based in Sinjar, was on alert to seal off escape routes leading to the Syrian border. But that day Saddam was not to be found. "We shoot a lot of dry holes. It's the law of averages," says a Pentagon official. "But his number's going to come...
...hunt for Saddam. And they could be at any time, should intelligence point to his presence in areas they patrol. The two outfits that have most aggressively pursued Saddam in recent weeks are the 4th Infantry Division's RAIDER BRIGADE, which controls Tikrit and the surrounding towns, and the 101st Airborne Division's STRIKE BRIGADE, in charge of Mosul and environs. However, the vanguard unit seeking Saddam is the elite TASK FORCE 20, whose exclusive job is to hunt for Iraq's most wanted. TF20, as it is called within the military, is a shadowy group that avoids the press...
...Hussein turned up, if not their top prize, the next best thing: The dictator's sons. Uday and Qusay, two of Iraq's most notorious tormentors (and, in Qusay's case, his political heir) were holed up in a house in the northern city of Mosul. Helped by the 101st Airborne, the task force stormed the house and, after a fierce firefight that lasted hours, the Pentagon reported that two of the four charred corpses found inside were identified as belonging to Iraq's second- and third-most wanted...