Pakistan, Afghanistan's closest ally, has agreed to allow U.S. military overflights of its territory if necessary.

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Military overflights have assessed the damage, and by early afternoon our civilian disaster assistance team are beginning to arrive.

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"The level of planning suggests that this was in train before the French overflights ever took place, " the official said.

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Thousands of US overflights carrying troops and supplies have passed through Azerbaijan on their way to the war in Afghanistan since 2001.

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Uribe announced Monday that no overflights by military aircraft would be allowed.

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Officials traveling with him said he would press Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and other senior officials on democratic reforms and directly urge them to stop overflights of Iranian aircraft carrying military personnel and equipment to support the Syrian government as it battles rebels.

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Our goal is to take the smaller equipment that's flexible, put it on vessels of opportunity, and then coordinate better with our local state partners, including National Guard overflights, local fishermen's associations, and so forth, mass our effect and get it pointed up with a command and control system that can attack it on all levels.

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