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Arms for 45,000 to Kuwait, Jordan...
British defense sources said that the USA is deploying in Kuwait and Jordan weapons for 45,000 troops that will be transported next week. The sources said that the USA is redeploying some 60,000 American and British troops along the Kuwaiti - Iraqi borders, and 15,000 on the Jordanian - Iraqi borders, and other 30,000 troopers in the Kurdish area to the north of Iraq, so far 8,000 of them arrived through the Turkish territories. The same sources indicated that these forces will use tanks stored in the Kuwaiti al-Doha base, and the fighters of the Shiite groups in the south, especially the "Bader" contingent, led by Ayatullah Muhammad Baqer al-Hakim, currently existing in Iran. That makes ummm...(78 less 41... divide by 6... apply the square root...) 105,000 Merkins and/or Brits. The Kurds claim they can come up with 75,000 fighters — assume they hit half that number, throw in maybe 2/3 of that with the Shiites, and that tips us up over 150,000... At the same time Bush claims that they have not reached a conclusive decision regarding Iraq. "Nope. Nope. No decision at all. Now, don't bother me. I've got to, uh... discuss some policy with Condi and Dick and Don and Tommy..." Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2002-09-10 |
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