Photos: US Increasing Troops in Persian Gulf

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Photos: US Increasing Troops in Persian Gulf

US troops are moved to the Persian Gulf for a possible war with Iraq. On January 7, US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld confirmed that US is building up its forces in the region, noting that is not a sign that war with Iraq is inevitable.

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The US Navy's 1,000-bed hospital ship USNS Comfort leaves the port of Baltimore for the Gulf region, January 6, 2003, in one of the strongest signals that the United States is preparing for a military showdown with Iraq.

On January 6, members of the 3rd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division based in Georgia, US, make preparations for the deployment in the Gulf region for a possible war against Iraq. Some 300 soldiers of the 3rd Infantry Division are already in Kuwait.

A sailor bids farewell to his wife before he deploys on the USS Tarawa along with 4,000 other marines and sailors from the San Diego Naval Station, January 6, 2003. The USS Tarawa along with two other US warships are embarking on a regularly scheduled six-month tour that will take them to the Arabian Gulf as well as to the Indian Ocean and Western Pacific.

File photo: An F-14D Tomcat takes off from the US Navy aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the Persian Gulf. The Pentagon has ordered a major military force to the Persian Gulf in preparation for a possible war with Iraq.

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