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...operation, which doubled the population of the flat farmland in one single airlift, was initiated by intelligence from Iraq security forces, says Lt Col Skip Johnson commander of the 187 Battallion, 3rd Combat Brigade of the 101st Airborne. "They have the lead," he said to reporters at the second stop of the tour. But by Friday afternoon, the major targets seemed to have slipped through their fingers. Iraqi Army General Abdul Jabar says that Samarra-based insurgent leader Hamad el Taki of Mohammad?s Army was thought to be in the area, and Iraqi intelligence officers were still working...
...been sitting in the passenger seat, was initially flown to a hospital in a Green Zone in Baghdad, he said. He was then flown to a hospital in Germany and finally to the U.S., where he arrived at what he considers home—the base of the 101st Airborne Division in Fort Campbell, Ky.Morris said he is now undergoing physical therapy in order to rebuild the muscle in his leg.“I hope to be back up and running within three months, but it all depends on how long it takes for my leg to heal...
...instead of fusing into a cohesive elite force, this hodgepodge of different units has increased interservice rivalries, in part because of such rapid growth in recent years. The Air Force's 1st SOW is equipped to transport Special Forces; so is the Army's Task Force 160 of the 101st Air Assault Division. The Rangers, 1,800 strong, see themselves as the elite light-infantry unit; so does the entire 198,000-member Marine Corps. The Pentagon's Joint Special Operations Agency, established in 1984 to advise on policy, is run by Marine Major General Wesley Rice. Yet until...
Saturday evening at 6:30 p.m., accompanied by an entourage of almost 20 supporters and one reporter, Dewitz swiped for the hundredth time (and 101st, just for kicks). Though the machine did not explode, it did emit a congratulatory beep. Meanwhile, as supporters chanted “Swipe! Swipe!” over and over, the Kirkland House swiper folded her arms...
...slapped down the notion that Moscow had anything to do with it. Finally, the Pentagon introduced Army Major Austin Pearson, who said his unit, the 24th Ordnance Company, removed and destroyed between 200 and 250 tons of ammunition from al-Qaqaa on April 13, 2003, five days before the 101st arrived. Pearson said he didn't see any IAEA seals...