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Wings Clipped Esper Defends Plan to Divert $3.8B in Defense Funds to Build Border Wall; Military Programs, Aircraft at Risk Page 4 WORLD NBA VIDEO GAMES Virus infects more Africa’s potential Saints & Sinners than 1,700 health to be showcased offers engrossing workers in China in All-Star Game VR experience Page 10 Back page Page 11 US Navy seizes Iranian-made missiles from boat in Arabian Sea » Page 3 Volume 78, No. 215A ©SS 2020 CONTINGENCY EDITION SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2020 stripes.com Free to Deployed Areas Wings clipped Esper defends plan to divert $3.8B in defense funds to build border wall; military programs, aircraft at risk Page 4 Petty Officer 2nd Class Sabrina Bales signals an F-35B Lightning II to take off from the flight deck of the USS America in the South China Sea Jan. 15. VANCE HAND / U.S. Navy Official: US, Taliban reach Afghanistan truce agreement BY MATTHEW LEE AND KATHY GANNON followed by the start of all-Afghan peace iban had committed to a halt in roadside clude all Afghan sides. Associated Press talks within 10 days is “very specific” and suicide bombings as well as rocket A Taliban official familiar with the deal and covers the entire country, including attacks. The official said the U.S. would said that the second agreement would be MUNICH — A senior U.S. official said Afghan government forces. There were monitor the truce and determine if there signed on Feb. 29 and that the inter-Af- Friday the U .S. and the Taliban have indications a formal announcement could were any violations. ghan dialogue would begin on March 10. reached a truce agreement that will take ef- The officials said Germany and Norway fect “very soon” and could lead to withdraw- come as early as the weekend. Should the Taliban comply, the “reduc- have offered to host the talks but there has als of American troops from Afghanistan. The official, who was not authorized to tion in violence” agreement would be fol- been no decision on the venue. The official said the agreement for a publicly discuss the matter and spoke on lowed by the signing of an agreement that seven-day “reduction in violence” to be the condition of anonymity, said the Tal- would initiate peace negotiations that in- SEE TALIBAN ON PAGE 4 PAGE 2 •STARS AND STRIPES• Saturday, February 15, 2020 BUSINESS/WEATHER EXCHANGE RATES McClatchy files for bankruptcy protection Military rates Switzerland (Franc)........................... 0.9806 Euro costs (Feb. 17) ..........................$1.1136 Thailand (Baht) ..................................... 31.19 Dollar buys (Feb. 17) .......................... €0.898 Turkey (Lira) .........................................6.0500 British pound (Feb. 17) ........................$1.34 (Military exchange rates are those Associated Press Japanese yen (Feb. 18) ......................107.00 available to customers at military banking in financing from Encina Busi- the benefits they were entitled to. 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T O D A Y IN STRIPES American Roundup ..... 14 Comics ...................... 16 Crossword ................. 16 Gadgets ..................... 12 Opinion ..................... 15 Sports ...................17-24 Video Games ...............11 Saturday, February 15, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 3 MILITARY US seizes cache of Iranian-made missiles BY COREY DICKSTEIN for the Houthi rebels. The Shiite Iran have grown in recent years, Stars And Stripes fighters triggered a devastat- partially because of Iran’s support ing civil war when they overran of proxies throughout the Middle WASHINGTON — The Navy Yemen’s capital Sana’a in March East, including the Houthis. on Sunday captured a cache of 2015. The war has sparked the Those tensions rose to an all-time illegal, Iranian-made weapons, world’s worst humanitarian di- high early this year after the U.S. including about 150 anti-tank saster, according to the U.N., and on Jan. 3 killed Iran’s top military missiles, from a small sailing has resulted in near-famine. The leader, Maj. Gen. Qassem Solei- vessel in the Arabian Sea, U.S. Houthis continue to fight against mani, who commanded the Quds Central Command announced the U.N.-recognized Yemeni gov- Force, which has trained and di- Thursday. ernment, backed by a Saudi-led rected Tehran’s proxy forces. The weaponry was nearly iden- military coalition and supported Iran retaliated by launching tical to another cache seized in by the U.S. more than a dozen ballistic mis- November, which was assessed U.N. experts in a report this siles into a key Iraqi base that to be a shipment from Iran on the month to the Security Coun- hosts more than 1,000 American way to Houthi fighters in Yemen, cil said Iran has maintained its troops. More than 100 U.S. ser- CENTCOM said in a statement. efforts to supply the Houthis vice members suffered traumatic Defense officials said Thursday weapons through overland and brain injuries in the attack. But that they had not determined de- sea-based smuggling routes. President Donald Trump did not finitively where this most recent Those weapons have been used retaliate militarily, keeping the supply of weapons was being not only in the civil war in Yemen tensions from rising further. delivered. but also in attacks on Saudi Ara- Nonetheless, the U.S. has main- MICHAEL H. LEHMAN/U.S. Navy The weapons seized by sail- bia, including ballistic missile tained a beefed-up military pres- ors aboard the USS Normandy, a The crew of the USS Normandy seized a shipment of advanced strikes, U.S. and Saudi officials ence in the Middle East, where it guided-missile cruiser, included weapons and weapon components, including 358 surface-to-air have said. now has some 80,000 troops. about 150 “Dehlavieh” anti-tank missile components and “Dehlavieh” anti-tank guided missiles, The Houthis claimed respon- This week, the USS Bataan, an guided missiles — Iranian-made aboard a dhow sailing vessel during maritime security operations in sibility for a drone-and-cruise amphibious
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