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March 27, 2003       Share:    

Source: http://nytimes.com/2003/03/27/international/worldspecial/27MILI.html

U.S. Paratroops Drop into Northern Iraq

(New York Times) - In one of the largest paratroop drops since World War II, more than 1,000 U.S. soldiers landed in Kurdish-held northern Iraq Wednesday to secure an airfield for U.S. cargo planes to deliver tanks and Bradley fighting vehicles for the long-delayed northern front.

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