U.S. Troops Enroute to Uzbekistan . . .
U.S. Troops Enroute to Uzbekistan
Friday, October 5, 2001
AFP
1,000 US troops are en route to Uzbekistan in the first major deployment of U.S. ground forces in the showdown with Afghanistan, an official travelling with U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has said.
"The 10th mountain division is in the air," the official told reporters travelling with Rumsfeld from Cairo to Tashkent.
The crack light infantry division was flying to Uzbekistan from their base at Fort Drum, New York.
Their mission would be to provide force protection for U.S. military operations in Uzbekistan, the official said.
(The Australian News Source)
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