NP? the War that Never Ends

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a friend of mine in the army was preparing for invasion of iraq many months 
ago.


>From: Doug Millison <millison at online-journalist.com>
>To: pynchon-l at waste.org
>Subject: NP?  the War that Never Ends
>Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2002 07:45:21 -0700
>
>http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/allnews/page.cfm?objectid=12204872&method=full&site
>id=50143
>
>[...] Military expert Major Charles Heyman, editor of Jane's World Armies,
>said last night: "There is no doubt in my mind that the first stage of war
>with Iraq has quietly begun.
>
>"Knocking out Tallil will be of vital strategic interest to an invading
>force. I believe we will see a lot more raids like this one until the
>coalition are sure they can operate over southern Iraq safely."  [...]
>Baghdad's outer air defence ring - which the Tallil base helps to
>co-ordinate - has seen the largest concentration of bombing raids in recent
>weeks.
>
>British and US bombers appear to be clearing a wide path to the Iraqi
>capital from Kuwait and the Persian Gulf.
>
>There have also been recent reports that US Special Forces entered northern
>Iraq as long ago as February to begin preparations for war.
>
>Operating freely in the semi-autonomous zone controlled by the Kurds, the
>troops are believed to be constructing key landing zones and airstrips to
>support a US-led invasion. [...]




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