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...create a footprint of its own in the Kurdish areas of the country. In the days after U.S. forces captured Saddam's powerbase in Tikrit, a dozen Turkish Special Forces troops were dispatched south from Turkey. Their target: the northern oil city of Kirkuk, now controlled by the U.S. 173rd Airborne Division's 3rd Brigade. Using the pretext of accompanying humanitarian aid the elite soldiers passed through the northern city of Arbil on Tuesday. They wore civilian clothes, their vehicles lagging behind a legitimate aid convoy. They'd hoped to pass unnoticed. But at a checkpoint on the outskirts...
...This war was clearly for these oilfields," concluded Hasan Muhamed, a Kurd who tried to visit the area around the oil fields to see a sick friend, only to be turned away by members of the 173rd Airborne. They had blocked all roads into the area with razor wire. "Saddam Hussein never gave us a penny for this oil, and now it looks like the Americans are going to take it." Leaning against his beat-up white Chevrolet in the blazing sun, he said he was confused about the outcome of the war so far. "We thank the Americans...
...back from Kirkuk any longer. It's a hard claim to judge, since every Kurdish man has a gun and many soldiers don't wear uniforms. And the Americans, if they didn't approve the operation, at least seemed to tolerate it. A column of 60 Humvees from the 173rd Airborne Brigade rumbled down the highway from Erbil, but they stopped short of Kirkuk. Only a few Americans were easily seen in the city, sitting in their jeeps in a parking lot. But many residents were waiting for them to show up in force and stop the looting...
...armor unmatched in speed in the annals of warfare. In addition, more than 7,000 smart bombs and missiles battered the Iraqi leadership's command and control outposts and pounded the tanks and artillery of Saddam's Republican Guard. After prolonged delay, 1,000 members of the U.S.'s 173rd Airborne Brigade parachuted into northern Iraq to open a second front. A senior U.S. official told TIME that U.S. military special operations and CIA paramilitary teams are roaming all over Iraq looking to pick off key Iraqi military and civilian leadership figures...
Birk was the 173rd player chosen over-all. He realizes that a roster spot is by no means secure, but the situation in Minnesota seems perfect...