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Sandstorm blows over troops { March 25 2003 } Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=K4ETJ3AU11XFQCRBAELCFEY?type=focusIraqNews&storyID=2441220 http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=K4ETJ3AU11XFQCRBAELCFEY?type=focusIraqNews&storyID=2441220 Sandstorm Blows Over U.S. Troops South of Baghdad Tue March 25, 2003 01:24 AM ET NEAR NAJAF, Iraq (Reuters) - A sandstorm was blowing in over U.S. troops advancing on Baghdad early on Tuesday, cutting visibility and hampering operations, a Reuters reporter with the forces said. "The southerly wind has picked up overnight and visibility this morning is down to about 500 meters (yards)," Luke Baker said from a position with the U.S. 3rd Infantry Division near Najaf, 100 miles south of the Iraqi capital. "The officers say they expect it to get worse. That could make it hard for the helicopters to fly today." In Baghdad itself, the strengthening wind also blew up dust, clouding the sky, cooling temperatures and, combined with oil fires that are still blazing, reduced visibility, a Reuters correspondent said from the city. Senior U.S. commanders in the Gulf forecast on Monday that coming sandstorms could pose a major problem for several days. U.S. troops have approached as close as 62 miles from Baghdad. Officers said an Apache attack helicopter was lost in the night from Sunday to Monday during an attack by several dozen helicopters on Iraqi Republican Guard positions near Kerbala.

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