New York Times November 1, 2001
U.S. Will Increase Number of Advisers in Afghanistan
By MICHAEL R. GORDON and STEVEN LEE MYERS
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The admiral and other Pentagon officials also said the B-52's were being used in a tactic commonly known as carpet bombing, but he referred to as using the "long stick," dropping a series of 500-pound munitions in a concentrated, punishing row of strikes.
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