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Major fighting over: Pentagon
April 15, 2003 09:34 IST
A Pentagon official said on Monday that major fighting in Iraq appeared to be over.
Major General Stanley McChrystal said US forces were moving into a phase of 'smaller, albeit sharper fights'.
The number of daily air missions had dropped to 700 or 800, down from about 1,000 or more, according to him.
Monday marked the last day that jets from all five aircraft carriers would fly missions over Iraq, he added.
The USS Kitty Hawk and USS Constellation could leave the Persian Gulf in the next several days, CNN quoted officials as saying. That would leave the USS Nimitz in the gulf.
One of the two aircraft carrier in the Red Sea, the USS Harry S Truman or the USS Theodore Roosevelt, could also depart, officials said.
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Sub: War on Iraq
The U.S. has not found any wmd that were allegedly possessed by saddam. now the only probable alternative left to save face for the 'superpower' ...
Posted by R Rao
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Sub: Getting bored.
Hi Well now that air missions and the war as a whole have eased to quite some extent.Plz do something for the people out there ...
Posted by Larry
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Sub: Saddam or Civilians?
The US has been targetting buildings in Baghdad..expecting Saddam and his members r hiding there..resulting in civilian deaths...Now my question is when saddam is not ...
Posted by vikram
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Sub: Sick of war
Hi, America won the war and failed to impress the World people. It had once again shown its superiority against minnows like IRAQ. There was ...
Posted by Udaya
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Sub: my opinion on the war
the pentagon talks about construction after destruction. thats damn bullshit talk.they are now looking at their next target(possibly syria /korea).
Posted by sriram
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