Facts about the war
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| AMERICA AT WAR: HAWAI'I IMPACT | |
| • | Hawai'i's troops 'in midst of battle' |
| • | Agency aids part-time soldiers at workplace |
| AMERICA AT WAR | |
| • | U.S. gathers strength for Baghdad assault |
| • | Airfield taken with 'jump into unknown' |
| • | Blasts kill 14 Baghdad civilians |
| • | Defense of supply lines critical |
Casualties
U.S. military: 26 dead
British military: 22 dead
Iraqi forces: about 350
— The Associated Press
Quote
"I'm getting increasingly concerned by humanitarian casualties in this conflict. I would want to remind all belligerents that they should respect international humanitarian law and take all necessary steps to protect civilians."
— Kofi Annan, U.N. Secretary-General
By the numbers
50 — number of miles the U.S. Army's 3rd Infantry Division is from Baghdad
70 to 120 — Iraqi tanks reported to have broken out of the besieged southern city of Basra
1,000 — estimated number of Iraqi fighters remaining in the city
1,000 — approximate number of paratroopers from the U.S. Army's 173rd Airborne who seized an airfield in northern Iraq
25,000 — high estimate of number of Republican Guards, a paramilitary force that protects Saddam's presidential residences.
25,000 — high estimate of number of Saddam Fedayeen, a militia created in 1995 from tribal areas loyal to Saddam to combat internal unrest.
1,300,000 — Basra's civilian population
$2,200,000,000 — amount the U.N. is seeking in the next six months for emergency humanitarian relief for Iraq
Oil prices
New York: Down 69 cents, to $27.97 a barrel
London: Down $1.28 to close at $24.81 a barrel
The time
Iraq's time zone is 13 hours ahead of Hawai'i time.
Persian Gulf weather
Friday's forecast:
Baghdad — Daytime: 66 degrees, mostly sunny. Night: 48 degrees.
Basra — Daytime: 75 degrees, sunny. Night: 55 degrees.
Kuwait City — Day: 77 degrees, sunny. Night: 55 degrees.
Unit spotlight
The 173rd Airborne Brigade was reactivated on 12 June 2000 in Vicenza, Italy, where it serves as European Command's only conventional airborne strategic response force for the European Theater. Since its reactivation the brigade has added a reconnaissance company and a second battalion — the 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry (Airborne).
Today's Sky Soldiers continue the distinction of honored service earned through service dating to World War I and proudly represent the airborne fighting spirit with routine training deployments to Bosnia, Kosovo, Hungary, Tunisia, Morocco, Germany, Italy, Czech Republic, and more.
Facilities: Vicenza AFB, Italy
Commander: Col. William C. Mayville, Jr.
Web site: www.173abnbde.setaf.army.mil
