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<p>FORWARD OPERATING BASE SHELL, Iraq, March 27 — The Army’s senior ground commander in Iraq, Lt. Gen. William S. Wallace, said today that overextended supply lines and a combative adversary using unconventional tactics have stalled the U.S. drive toward Baghdad and increased the likelihood of a longer war than many strategists had anticipated. “THE ENEMY WE’RE FIGHTING is different from the one we’d war-gamed against,” Wallace, commander of V Corps, said during a visit to the 101st Airborne Division headquarters here in central Iraq.</p>

Biggest Bombs of War Dropped on Baghdad By DAVID CRARY .c The Associated Press The biggest bombs dropped on Baghdad so far - two 4,700-pound ``bunker busters'' - struck a communications tower Friday in an intense U.S. bombardment aimed at cutting off Saddam Hussein's command from his forces. Iraqi officials said allied forces would suffer if they assault the capital; U.S. Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld suggested a siege might be preferable to an all-out assault. U.S. and British troops continued to battle Iraqi regulars and paramilitary units in the south. A U.S. Marine was killed in one battle, at...

<p>Statements from Iraqi prisoners of war and electronic eavesdropping on Iraqi government communications indicate that Saddam Hussein has moved chemical weapons to the Medina Division, one of three Republican Guard divisions guarding the approaches to Baghdad, Army officials have said.</p>

<p>CNN) -- Coalition forces, led by the U.S. Army's V Corps, have advanced to near Karbala, Iraq, a town about 60 miles south of Baghdad, and could soon encounter the Iraqi Republican Guard's elite Medina Division, British Prime Minister Tony Blair told Parliament on Monday.</p>

Hail of Gunfire and Grenades Forces Apaches to Pull Back By JIM DWYER IN CENTRAL IRAQ, March 24 - With a hail of small arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades, Iraqi forces downed two Apache helicopters today and forced 30 other helicopters in their brigade back to their base. One two-member crew was unaccounted for; the other was rescued. Iraqi state television broadcast images of one downed helicopter, which appeared largely intact, and jubilant men dancing around it. All 32 helicopters sustained some damage, occasionally slight, Army officials said, in what was a significant setback for the allies. Fighting continued today...

Monday, October 14, 2002 V Corps confirms Mideast orders By Jon R. Anderson, Stars and Stripes European edition, Monday, October 14, 2002 PRIZREN, Kosovo — The Pentagon has ordered the Army’s top warfighting command in Europe to the Middle East, the first U.S. Army Europe unit to deploy as part of Operation Enduring Freedom, officials confirmed Sunday. “Elements of V Corps headquarters have received a deployment order to deploy to U.S. Central Command area of responsibility,” said Lt. Col. Joe Richard, V Corps spokesman in a telephone interview. Central Command oversees all military operations throughout most of the Middle East...