United States soldiers are sihouetted against the sun as they prepare a
bunker near Harir airbase north of Arbil, in Kurdish-controlled
northern Iraq, March 28, 2003. The United States moved more troops into
northern Iraq overnight, advancing plans to open up a northern front in
the war to oust Iraqi President Saddam. Reuters journalists arriving at
Harir airstrip at around 7 a.m. (0400 GMT) on Friday saw transport
helicopters and vehicles and troops which had come in overnight, on top
of the first wave of 1,000 paratroopers who arrived early on Thursday.
REUTERS/Caren Firouz

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