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US Continues Military Buildup in Gulf Area

As the United States continued its military buildup in the Gulf area, the US Army said Thursday it is sending 800 engineering and intelligence specialists from Germany to that area in the next several weeks.


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As the United States continued its military buildup in the Gulf area, the US Army said Thursday it is sending 800 engineering and intelligence specialists from Germany to that area in the next several weeks.

The soldiers, from the 130th Engineer Brigade, the 205th Military Intelligence Brigade, the 22nd Signal Brigade and the 3rdCorps Support Command, would be deployed before mid-February, the Army said.

There are more than 50,000 American troops already in the Gulf region, operating from Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Turkey and other countries near Iraq.

The Pentagon plans to nearly double its forces in the Gulf region in the next several weeks in preparation for a potential war with Iraq. Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld last week signed orders for sending additional troops to the region.

More than 10,000 troops from the Army's 3rd Infantry Division based in Georgia have been told to be ready to leave immediately for the Gulf area, defense officials said Wednesday.

In addition, the Navy has ordered the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln to remain at sea instead of returning to the United States from a recently completed six-month tour of the Gulf.

The USS George Washington, which returned to Norfolk, Virginia,from the Mediterranean Sea shortly before Christmas, has also been notified that it could be sent back into service in the coming days.

The aircraft carrier USS Constellation currently patrols the Gulf, and the USS Harry S. Truman is in the Mediterranean, where it could quickly move through the Suez Canal toward the Gulf region.


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