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To: michael97123 who wrote (63949)12/31/2002 7:15:02 PM
From: Nadine Carroll  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 281500
 
debka New Year's headlines:

Entire US Army 3rd (heavy mechanized) Division- 20,000 strong, based at Fort Stewart, Georgia, is ordered on New Year’s Eve deployed to Persian Gulf

DEBKAfile: Last US ultimatum to Saddam Hussein to renounce WMD arsenal expires Tuesday midnight as we reported in an earlier exclusive report appearing below

According to US military sources, 3rd Army commander has direct authority to use tactical (theater) nuclear weapons if Saddam employs WMD

US Col. (retired) Hackworth to Fox TV: US special forces already in Iraq are armed with ADMs -“nuclear suitcases”

Israeli defense minister Mofaz with air force commander Maj.-Gen. Halutz inspect air force’s southern base and its contingency plans in US war on Iraq

In TV interview, Mofaz affirms Iraqi missile or warplane carrying WMD may try to reach Israel.

He says similar menace posed by terrorists now that Iraqis, al Qaeda and Lebanon-based Iranian Revolutionary Guards are intermingled with Palestinian terror groups on West Bank and Gaza Strip

www.debka.com