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To: HAL9000

An air assault is alot different than an airborne assault. Doubt that they did a airborne (parachute) assault. Since the MSM used both terms in the same article, they clearly don’t know the difference.


2 posted on 08/15/2007 7:58:42 PM PDT by centurion316 (Democrats - Supporting Al Qaida Worldwide)
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A couple of weeks ago, the Commando Brigade (2-10 Mountain) did it’s 100th Air Assault this deployment.
There have been Air Assaults in Iraq at a rate of ~2/day (0-4) since Jan...


7 posted on 08/15/2007 9:54:54 PM PDT by DJ Elliott
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To: centurion316
An air assault is alot different than an airborne assault. Doubt that they did a airborne (parachute) assault. Since the MSM used both terms in the same article, they clearly don’t know the difference.
One of the units in Kalsu is the 25th INF/ 377th Parachute Artillery Unit so yes it is possiable
11 posted on 08/16/2007 5:27:44 AM PDT by boxerblues
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