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February 13, 2003       Share:    

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A331-2003Feb12.html

Special Operations Units Already in Iraq

(Washington Post) Thomas E. Ricks - U.S. Special Operations troops are already operating in various parts of Iraq, hunting for weapons sites, establishing a communications network, and seeking potential defectors from Iraqi military units in what amounts to the initial ground phase of a war, U.S. defense officials said. Two Special Operations Task Forces with an undetermined number of personnel have been in and out of Iraq for well over a month, laying the groundwork for conventional U.S. forces that could quickly seize large portions of Iraq if President Bush gives a formal order to go to war.

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