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Another Air Assault Launched in Afghanistan
Wednesday, 26 March 2003, 10:27 am | American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, March 25, 2003 -- Coalition forces conducted another air assault in the Sami Ghar Mountains of Afghanistan today, Combined Joint Task Force-180 officials said. More >>
Bush Wartime Supplemental Budget Request 'Urgent'
Wednesday, 26 March 2003, 10:23 am | American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, March 25, 2003 -- The president said today his $74.7 billion wartime supplemental budget request is urgent and "directly related to winning this war and to securing the peace that will follow this war." More >>
CENTCOM Charts Operation Iraqi Freedom Progress
Wednesday, 26 March 2003, 10:21 am | American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, March 25, 2003 -- All of Iraq is a battlefield and coalition forces are challenging the heart of Iraqi resistance around Baghdad, Air Force Maj. Gen. Victor Renuart said today in Qatar. More >>
Two Apache Pilots Missing
Tuesday, 25 March 2003, 8:35 am | American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, March 24, 2003 -- Two American Apache helicopter crewmen are missing in action as coalition forces continue to pound Iraqi Republican Guard units ringing Baghdad, Army Gen. Tommy Franks said today in Qatar. More >>
Six Airmen Die in Afghan Mercy Mission Crash
Tuesday, 25 March 2003, 8:34 am | American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, March 24, 2003 -- An Air Force HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter crashed near Ghazni, Afghanistan, March 23, killing all aboard, said Combined Joint Task Force-180 officials in Bagram. More >>
Battle Intensifies Around Nasiriyah
Monday, 24 March 2003, 2:17 pm | American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, March 23, 2003 – Today was a tough day for American forces in Iraq, but coalition forces still made good progress on the ground, air and sea, said Army Lt. Gen. John Abizaid, deputy commander of the Combined Forces Command. More >>
Twelve Americans Missing Following Ambush
Monday, 24 March 2003, 2:16 pm | American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, March 23, 2003 – Twelve American soldiers are unaccounted for following actions around the Iraqi city of Nasiriyah, U.S. Central Command officials said today. More >>
U.S. Soldiers 'Unaccounted For' in Iraq - Rumsfeld
Monday, 24 March 2003, 11:56 am | American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, March 23, 2003 – Some U.S. soldiers in Iraq are "unaccounted for," Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld told CNN today. More >>
Iraq Campaign to Get Tougher Approaching Baghdad
Monday, 24 March 2003, 12:07 am | American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, March 23, 2003 – U.S. and coalition forces have made great gains so far during Operation Iraqi Freedom, but the going will likely get harder in coming days. More >>
Bush Expects Iraq to Treat POWs Humanely
Monday, 24 March 2003, 12:00 am | American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, March 23, 2003 – President Bush is pleased with progress the military is making in the early stages of the war to rid Iraq of its weapons of mass destruction, he said during a press availability at the White House. More >>
Ground War Kicks Off; Helicopter Crash in Kuwait
Friday, 21 March 2003, 5:21 pm | American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, March 20, 2003 -- A Marine helicopter crash is believed to have killed at least 16 coalition troops in northern Kuwait just hours before a major ground offensive kicked off in the Persian Gulf. Defense Department officials confirmed ... More >>
Iraq Launches Missiles Into Kuwait
Friday, 21 March 2003, 2:32 am | American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON - Iraq has fired surface-to- surface missiles at U.S. forces based in Kuwait, DoD officials said this morning. More >>
War Begins; Coalition Aircraft Attack Iraqi Target
Thursday, 20 March 2003, 5:27 pm | American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, March 19, 2003 – Operations to disarm Iraq have begun, President Bush announced during a speech to America tonight. More >>
Dominance in Space Makes General 'Pity the Enemy'
Thursday, 13 March 2003, 10:42 am | American Forces Press Service
Anybody who goes against the massive space capability of the U.S. military "is in for a tough go," Air Force Maj. Gen. Franklin J. "Judd" Blaisdell told reporters during a Pentagon press briefing today. More >>
North Korean Fighters 'Lock On' to U.S. Jet
Tuesday, 4 March 2003, 2:57 pm | American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, March 3, 2003 -- Four North Korean fighter jets intercepted a U.S. Air Force plane in international airspace over the Sea of Japan early Mar. 2, Defense Department officials said. More >>
CIA: Threat Info 'Most Specific to Date'
Thursday, 13 February 2003, 8:56 pm | American Forces Press Service
The CIA is warning Americans that it suspects a renewed seriens of terrorist strikes within the USA is imminent... More >>
'No One Wants War' But It May Be Necessary: Powell
Thursday, 13 February 2003, 8:53 pm | American Forces Press Service
"No one wants war," U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell said today, "but sometimes it's necessary when you need it to maintain international order." More >>
Rumsfeld: World Stage Not a Court of Law
Thursday, 6 February 2003, 12:22 am | American Forces Press Service
The world stage isn't a court of law, and the United States isn't trying to prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that Saddam Hussein is a threat, but to convince reasonable people of this, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said today. More >>
U.S./British Warplanes Hit Iraqi Military Sites
Monday, 19 February 2001, 9:56 am | American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16, 2001 – American and British warplanes attacked Iraqi military command, control and communication sites outside Baghdad today, defense officials said. No allied aircraft were lost. More >>
