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DoD Detail War Progress, Death Squad Atrocities

Monday, 31 March 2003, 9:28 am | American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, March 28, 2003 -- Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld gave details of Saddam Hussein's death squads, during a Pentagon press briefing today. More >>

Fights With Iraqi Combatants Dressed as Civilians

Monday, 31 March 2003, 9:27 am | American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, March 28, 2003 -- Two wounded American fighting men yesterday described their experiences in Iraq to interviewers -- including how some Iraqi combatants don't play by the rules of war. More >>

82nd Airborne Launches Operation Near Bagram

Monday, 31 March 2003, 9:25 am | American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, March 28, 2003 -- Coalition forces in Afghanistan launched another battalion-sized operation March 27, this time in the Kohe Safi Mountains near Bagram Air Base, Combined Joint Task Force–180 officials said. More >>

Gen. Myers Speaks to Arab World via Al Jazeera

Friday, 28 March 2003, 12:55 am | American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, March 27, 2003 – The United States has absolutely no desire to stay in Iraq any longer than necessary, the U.S. military's senior officer told the Arab world today. More >>

Saddam's 'Death Squads' Preventing Surrenders

Friday, 28 March 2003, 12:21 am | American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, March 27, 2003 -- U.S. Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld has a three-word answer to why more Iraqi troops aren't laying down their arms and surrendering to coalition forces: Saddam's death squads. More >>

Marine Gen. Peter Pace Decries Iraqi War Crimes

Friday, 28 March 2003, 12:20 am | American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, March 27, 2003 -- Iraqi forces loyal to Saddam Hussein have executed coalition troops and committed other "disgusting" war crimes, U.S. Marine Gen. Peter Pace said March 26. More >>

Mines Delay Food Aid in Umm Qasr

Friday, 28 March 2003, 12:15 am | American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, March 27, 2003 -- Several hundred "Sky Soldiers" of the 173rd Airborne Brigade opened a new front in a Kurdish-controlled area of northern Iraq, defense officials announced. More >>

Regime Threatening Children to Make Men Fight

Friday, 28 March 2003, 12:14 am | American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, March 27, 2003 -- Saddam Hussein's regime is forcing men to fight by threatening children, U.S. Central Command officials in Qatar said today. More >>

Coalition Air Forces Fly 1,500 Missions March 26

Friday, 28 March 2003, 12:12 am | American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, March 27, 2003 -- Coalition air forces struck repeatedly at Iraqi Republican Guard formations March 26, defense officials said. More >>

Coalition Loosening Iraqi Regime's Grip of Terror

Friday, 28 March 2003, 12:03 am | American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, March 27, 2003 -- "Slowly, but surely, the grip of terror around the throats of the Iraqi people is being loosened," President Bush said today. More >>

Coalition Progress 'Phenomenal,' DoD Officials Say

Thursday, 27 March 2003, 10:42 am | American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, March 26, 2003 -- Six days into the campaign against Iraq and the coalition progress has been "phenomenal," Pentagon spokeswoman Victoria Clarke said today. More >>

Press and Military Seem to Appreciate Media Embeds

Thursday, 27 March 2003, 10:41 am | American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, March 26, 2003 -- For the past week, the world has had unprecedented access to the combat zone in Iraq. More >>

General: Iraqi Regime's Showing Its 'True Colors'

Thursday, 27 March 2003, 10:17 am | American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, March 26, 2003 -- The Iraqi regime has "shown its true colors" in recent days with brutality and disregard for international rules of warfare, a U.S. Central Command official said today. More >>

Guard Flexes Muscle in the War Against Terrorism

Thursday, 27 March 2003, 10:07 am | American Forces Press Service

ARLINGTON, Va., March 26, 2003 -- More than 141,000 members of the Army and Air National Guard were mobilized, placed on alert or identified for possible mobilization by March 24, five days after Operation Iraqi Freedom began, National Guard Bureau officials ... More >>

Day of Reckoning For Iraq's War Criminals - Bush

Thursday, 27 March 2003, 10:06 am | American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, March 26, 2003 -- Dictator Saddam Hussein's regime is "evil at its heart," President Bush declared today, as he pointed to several alleged instances of Iraqi disregard for internationally recognized rules of war. More >>

Coalition on Track, Forces 'Flowing' into Iraq

Wednesday, 26 March 2003, 10:35 am | American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, March 25, 2003 -- After five days of ground combat, coalition forces are more than 200 miles into Iraq and poised to take on forces defending Baghdad, DoD leaders said today. More >>

405th Commanders, Bomber Pilots Talk War's Optempo

Wednesday, 26 March 2003, 10:34 am | American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, March 25, 2003 -- Right now, deployed at an undisclosed location, the 405th Air Expeditionary Wing is in what Col. James Kowalski calls "surge operations." That means that all the unit's aircraft, primarily B-1 bombers, are flying at rates ... More >>

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