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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49911-2002Apr2.html Britain Sends Elite Troops to Bagram The Associated Press Tuesday, April 2, 2002; 2:57 AM BAGRAM, Afghanistan �� The first batch of combat fighters from Britain's elite Royal Marines was bound for Afghanistan after weeks of waiting aboard a ship in the Persian Gulf, a British military spokesman said Tuesday. About 200 British marines are already at the allied base at Bagram, outside Kabul, working to clear mines. Some 1,700 British marines are expected to be at Bagram by the end of the week, a force that will replace a segment of U.S. soldiers who are headed home. Lt. Col. Paul Harradine said the first 100 fighters would arrive Tuesday, though he would not specify exactly when or by what route. Harradine said the troops would need some time to adjust to the climate at this former Soviet base in central Afghanistan, located about 6,000 feet above sea level. The arrival of the Royal marines has been delayed in order to make sure the area where they will live and work is clear of mines. After decades of fighting, Bagram is littered with unexploded ordnance � some sticking out of the ground. U.S. Maj. Bryan Hilferty, spokesman for the 10th Mountain Division stationed at Bagram, said two weapons caches were found Monday. One cache was found in the Shah-e-Kot area, the region in eastern Afghanistan where U.S.-led forces launched Operation Anaconda, the biggest offensive yet in the Afghan war. The cache included rocket-propelled grenades and boxes of small arms. The second was near the Kandahar base used by coalition forces in southern Afghanistan. Hilferty declined to give details about the weapons found in Kandahar, but said it was "a relatively large cache that could have been used to attack the base." __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax http://http://taxes.yahoo.com/ --------------------------- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [email protected] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9617B Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
