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Getting a real close look at paratroopers jumping into Iraq.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Byline: Ken Dilanian
NEAR BASHUR IN NORTHERN IRAQ _ When I told Lt. Col. Dominic Caraccilo that I wanted to watch from one of the jets as his paratroopers jumped into northern Iraq, he looked at his first sergeant and said, "We'll put a monkey strap on him."
I had no idea what he was talking about. When I walked up the back ramp of the giant C-17 sitting on the tarmac at an air base in Europe last week, I learned that the plan was for me to wear a harness hooked to the floor, so I could stand near the doors as the troopers exited and not get sucked out.
I was told to lie down and hold on as the plane descended, and also as it sped away after ...
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