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Haiti Shapes Up as a Long-Term Military Mission
By David Wood - Politics DailyPope Air Force Base, N.C. – From the endless lines of military Humvees, wrecker trucks, all-terrain vehicles, ambulances, flat-bed cargo trucks, generator trucks, fuel trucks, communications vans, and paratroopers waiting in a cold rain, it's clear that the U.S. military mission in Haiti is going to be a long one. For a week, cargo handlers and loaders and flight crews have been struggling to get the 3,200 paratroopers of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team of the 82nd Airborne Division into Haiti. As of midday Thursday, the job is about two-thirds complete, with 2,177 soldiers and 2,000 tons ...
Ranking America's Latest Troop Commitment
By Zubin Jelveh - AOL News(Jan. 19) – The estimated 11,000 troops to be sent to Haiti in the next few weeks to aid in recovery efforts has meant yet another significant military commitment from the United States – even as thousands more troops are being sent to Afghanistan. As of September, the U.S. military had 379,000 troops stationed in 150 countries around the world, with Iraq and Afghanistan accounting for 60 percent of this level. The deployment of troops to Haiti makes it host to the sixth largest contingent of American forces outside of the United States: ...
Violence Grows in a Desperate Haiti
By Michelle Ruiz - AOL News(Jan. 17) -- Violence is increasing on the streets of Haiti in the wake of last week's devastating earthquake, as desperation gives way to looting and gang-related activity. The United States planned to have 12,000 troops in the region by Monday to speed up relief efforts and quell the rising anger. Looters armed with machetes and makeshift weapons were storming quake-ravaged storefronts and even ransacking coffins and piles of dead bodies in search of usable belongings. One man was killed Saturday when police opened fire on a mob scavenging for food at a Port-au-Prince market. "They are ...
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