Without sufficient fuel for planes, airborne troops have not had much training.

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KALAK, Northern Iraq (CNN) -- Thousands of U.S. airborne troops are expected to fly into northern Iraq from eastern Jordan over the next seven days, bypassing Turkish airspace, Kurdish sources tell CNN.

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Up to 200 U.S. Special Forces will set up a staging area in eastern Jordan near the border with Iraq, the sources said, where they will fly the airborne troops into the region.

CNN: U.S. troops set for northern Iraq

On Thursday, a planeload of troops from the 101st Airborne Division arrived home in Kentucky.

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Last week, troops from the 101st Airborne found a stash of chemicals, which was investigated as possible nerve agents, but the material turned out to be pesticides, Freakly said.

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The 173rd Airborne has more than 1, 000 troops in northern Iraq, military sources told CNN, but not all have been sent to Kirkuk.

CNN: U.S. reinforcements arrive in Kirkuk

KIRKUK, Iraq (CNN) -- A battalion from the 173rd Airborne Brigade has reinforced U.S. troops and Kurdish forces in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, Maj.

CNN: U.S. reinforcements arrive in Kirkuk

They want the 2nd Battalion Parachute Regiment - known as 2 Para - to encircle the movement, along with elite US troops from the 101st and 82nd Airborne Divisions, the paper reported.

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Augmenting the 36, 000 U.S. troops permanently stationed in South Korea including airborne, naval and air force elements.

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The last troops to be rotated out of Iraq -- in April, 2004 -- would be the 173rd Airborne Brigade.

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