From: Rick Rozoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: New York: Over 1,000 Troops Sent To Ex-Soviet Republics [WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK] Visit our website: HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --------------------------------------------- The Post-Star October 3, 2001 Fort Drum troops sent to ex-Soviet republics WASHINGTON - The Army's 10th Mountain Division sent more than 1,000 troops Tuesday night on an unprecedented combat deployment to the former Soviet republics of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, bringing the total U.S. force amassed overseas for the war on terrorism to more than 30,000 uniformed personnel, defense officials said. Victoria Clarke, the Pentagon's chief spokeswoman, said the U.S. military also has 350 combat aircraft, two carrier battle groups and a Marine amphibious ready group in a theater of operations that stretches from the Persian Gulf through Central Asia to Afghanistan in South Asia. The unit being sent from the 10th Mountain Division, based at Fort Drum, about 60 miles north of Syracuse, N.Y., is a reinforced battalion of light infantry. The new troops are expected to perform two basic missions in the Central Asian republics, the Army official said. Primarily, they will provide ground security for U.S. Air Force fighter and combat search-and-rescue units. In addition, they will form a "Quick Reaction Force" that will be on alert and ready to come to the aid of any U.S. Special Forces units that get in trouble while conducting raids in Afghanistan. _________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki Phone +358-40-7177941 Fax +358-9-7591081 http://www.kominf.pp.fi General class struggle news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe mails to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Geopolitical news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________
