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Naval Buildup The U.S. has dispatched a fourth aircraft carrier--the Kitty Hawk--to the region to serve as a floating base for ground troops...
...Aircraft --AC-130 Spectre and Spooky gunships are flying artillery platforms that give air cover to ground troops...
High-altitude, low-opening parachutes Sniper guns with laser scopes Explosives and grenades Bulletproof body armor Secure, satellite-linked laptops Night-vision goggles Earphones and throat microphones Lasers for directing aircraft and missiles...
...fighters: "Is it true American soldiers wear boots that cost 5,000 rupees [about $80] each? I could sell them in the bazaar." In the same province, recounted this commander, an old Afghan invested in a donkey and a lantern so he could salvage scrap metal from downed U.S. aircraft at night. War is an age-old habit with Afghans, and they squeeze from it what benefit they...
...President George W. Bush promised $320 million in food aid for Afghan refugees. In a speech to the State Department he said, "This is our way of saying that, while we strongly and firmly oppose the Taliban regime, we are friends of the Afghan people." U.S. aircraft, probably with fighter jet escorts, will parachute relief supplies into areas where fleeing Afghans have gathered. The World Food Program trucked the first 400 tons of grain into Faryab and Balkh, northern Afghanistan, since deliveries were suspended after the Sept. 11 bombings. Aid workers estimated that they would have to provide...