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US Marines operating near Tikrit: Centcom
AS-SALIYAH, Qatar (AFP) Apr 13, 2003
 US Marines were operating near the key Iraqi town of Tikrit Sunday, Captain Frank Thorp said at US Central Command war headquarters in Qatar.

"Task Force Tripoli has moved north (from Baghdad) and is currently conducting operations in the vicinity of Tikrit," Thorp said at Camp As-Saliyah.

He told journalists the force was made up of elements of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force.

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