61. The JSTARS is a surveillance plane that could help the Army and Air Force detect troop movements and radio Iraqi positions to commanders on the ground, Cook said. 62. The majority of messages they sent, Hawthorne said, related to troop movements, requests for reinforcement and enemy positions. 63. The Pentagon action was in response to Iraqi troop movements south of Baghdad. 64. The Pakistani officers were reported as having said that the latest troop movements made the most likely point for an Indian attack somewhere along the border in Kashmir. 65. The Penny Farthing network produced accurate information on German troop movements and helped the American high command plan and execute the landings in Normandy and the south of France. 66. The Pentagon maintains that the troop movements are part of the natural ebb and flow of personnel. 67. The problem apparently was that American diplomats and military intelligence experts in Seoul are first-rate in monitoring North Korean troop movements but much less attuned to capital flows. 68. The reported Iraqi troop movements and the U.S. warning came at a time of significant tensions in the north. 69. The restrictive nature of these guidelines might lead one to believe that the press had in past wars published troop movements that jeopardized American fighting men and women. 70. The Pentagon said it detected no unusual troop movements in northern Iraq and called news reports of mobilizations there inaccurate. |
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