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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Bald Eagle who wrote (35595)	10/26/2001 8:18:31 AM
From: thames_sider	Respond to of 82486

Yep, they're transferring across from Oman - we just had a big joint exercise there. It was scheduled some time ago, the usefulness of the location was just pure coincidence. news.bbc.co.uk Less Marines than first indicated, though - 200 now, 400 more on standby (but from the UK) from next week. A lot of them haven't been home (i.e., back in the country) for some months, apparently, so they're getting a brief break... Ironically the exercise itself didn't go as well as planned - because some of the naval support, and some of the crack troops and logistical forces, were rather suddenly relocated ahead of schedule...