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...easy. The U.S. has three options for running commandos into Afghanistan. It can use the bases in Pakistan or Uzbekistan; it can establish a temporary camp in Afghanistan; or it can use the U.S.S. Kitty Hawk, now loading up in Oman, as a base for the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, the Army's commando chopper unit. The first is politically sensitive; nobody's eager to do the second; so even though forces may use Pakistani bases for refueling and emergencies, the Kitty Hawk, sailing in the Arabian Sea, is likely to be the primary base of sustained special operations...
...special forces have recently revised their training for the sort of urban jungles they had to cope with in Mogadishu, there has been little or no training for Afghanistan's terrain. "We're going to figure out this cave business as we go along," says a former special-forces commando. In much the same way, they will figure out what to do if they catch up with bin Laden or another al-Qaeda leader. In that event, the special forces would have to choose between a "snatch-and-grab" mission--tossing their target into a helicopter and getting out fast...
...pretty big show. The Pentagon intends to send more troops to the region next week. Some of them could come from the 23,000 U.S. troops, including special-forces units, now participating in Operation Bright Star maneuvers in Egypt. Another contingent might be supplied by Britain's 3 Commando Brigade, currently on exercises in Oman...
...launched some short-run efforts in Afghanistan, aimed not so much at larger ideological points as at proving our niceness and making the country friendlier when U.S. soldiers come in. Commando Solo, an Air Force cargo plane converted into a $70 million flying radio and TV station, will broadcast messages to Afghan citizens that the attacks are aimed not at them but at the Taliban. TIME has learned that the CIA is providing portable radios that will be air-dropped or trucked in so Afghans can listen to what Commando Solo is broadcasting. An Army PSYOPS unit has printed hundreds...
...easy. The U.S. has three options for running commandos into Afghanistan. It can use the bases in Pakistan or Uzbekistan; it can establish a temporary camp in Afghanistan; or it can use the U.S.S. Kitty Hawk, now loading up in Oman, as a base for the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, the Army's commando chopper unit. The first is politically sensitive; nobody's eager to do the second; so even though forces may use Pakistani bases for refueling and emergencies, the Kitty Hawk, sailing in the Arabian Sea, is likely to be the primary base of sustained special operations...