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To: Elsewhere who wrote (65388)	1/11/2003 10:32:16 AM
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"Friday's order brings the number deployed to the gulf region to around 80,000." BBC has a higher estimate: US boosts Gulf presence Saturday, 11 January, 2003, 13:38 GMT news.bbc.co.uk <<The troops are being sent to the Gulf in three amphibious warfare ships. They will raise the strength of US forces in the region to more than 120,000.>> Thus a "critical mass" for the start of an invasion seems to be available by the beginning of February. <<Defense officials have said any U.S. attack ordered by President Bush could begin with 100,000 or fewer troops in place.>> nytimes.com

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