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U.S. forces in Iraq receiving more tanks

Apr-28-2004 » Filed Under: 3/2 SBCT

This Asociated Press article provides a brief explanation of what the SBCT elements are doing in central Iraq.

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By Robert Burns, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) In a sign that the Iraq conflict is deepening, a senior officer said Wednesday that Army and Marine Corps units have begun receiving more tanks and other heavy armor.

The move is in response to the growing Iraqi insurgency and the lengthening list of U.S. casualties.

Maj. Gen. John Sattler, the operations chief for U.S. Central Command, told reporters at the Pentagon that when new Army and Marine Corps commanders arrived in Iraq in recent weeks, they saw a deteriorated security situation and decided more armor was needed for combat. [...]

Kern also said that when insurgents stepped up attacks early this month on U.S. military convoys bringing supplies north from Kuwait, U.S. commanders reduced the number of convoys for about a week. During the slowdown they improved security arrangements. As a result, the general said, in recent days there have been fewer losses along the main supply routes from Kuwait.

Alluding to the same problem, Sattler said an infantry battalion from the 2nd Infantry Division's Stryker brigade was shifted from its usual operating area in northern Iraq to provide extra security along the southern supply routes from Kuwait.


Comments For "U.S. forces in Iraq receiving more tanks":

I really dont like AP articles. They're far too biased, and they're too interested in selling the story rather than telling it.

Posted by: Josh | April 29, 2004 11:34 AM

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