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CANBERRA, Australia, May 09, 2003 (AP Online via COMTEX) -- Elite Australian special forces charged with knocking out Scud missile bases entered deep into Iraq two days before the opening salvo of the war, defense officials said Friday. Releasing details on the role of Australia's 150 Special Air Services troops in Iraq for the first time, defense officials said a large contingent of Australian special forces went into Iraq the night of March 18. The commandos were mainly charged with reconnaissance and "shoot and scoot" missions tracking key military targets and destroying them, either with their own weapons or...

NYC cab that aroused suspicion is stopped in Brewer Tuesday, March18, 2003, 12:53 PM BANGOR (AP) -- A New York City taxi cab that aroused suspicion Tuesday morning in Maine was stopped in Brewer, and at least one of the occupants is being detained. Steve McCausland of the Maine Public Safety Department says the sight of a New York taxi heading Down East was unusual enough for someone to report it to state police, and a teletype was issued early Tuesday. Police eventually stopped the taxi carrying two men and a woman less than an hour later Tuesday morning in...