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-- U.S. to Send 7,000 More Marines to Gulf-Officials -- WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon has told 7,000 Marines from Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, to prepare to go to the Gulf along with other U.S. troops and arms in a major American military build-up for possible war with Iraq, Marine Corps officials said on Friday. "No deployment order has been received, but they have been authorized to be ready to quickly pre-stage and embark aboard Navy ships," one of the officials, who asked not to be identified, told Reuters. The Marine Corps troops, support warplanes and helicopters would come from the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force based at Camp Lejeune and include air support elements from Marine Corps air stations at Cherry Point and New River, North Carolina, according to the officials. The United States has already begun sending more than 12,000 armored and infantry troops from the state of Georgia and from Germany and thousands of Marines from California to the Gulf. Other U.S. forces are also move in a new year's surge expected to more than double the 60,000 troops the United States now has in the Gulf region. (C) Reuters 2003. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of Reuters content, including by caching, framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Reuters. Reuters and the Reuters sphere logo are registered trademarks and trademarks of the Reuters group of companies around the world. 10-Jan-2003 15:12:45 GMT Source RTRS - Reuters News