Transcript: Analysis: US military presence in Kurdish-controlled northern Iraq

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Analysis: US military presence in Kurdish-controlled northern Iraq

Host: ROBERT SIEGEL Time: 8:00-9:00 PM

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Today, for the first time, the United States announced its military presence in Kurdish-controlled northern Iraq. Marine Corps Major General Pete Osmond told journalists in the town of Salaheddin that some ground troops had arrived to provide largely humanitarian assistance. He didn't say how many troops, and his appearance came as the US seemed to be stepping up its operations along what may be developing into a second front in the war on Iraq. NPR's Ivan Watson reports from Chamchamal in northern Iraq.

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