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To: NickSE who wrote (75243)	2/18/2003 3:34:44 PM
From: NickSE	Respond to of 281500

U.S. Orders 28,000 More Troops to Gulf Region abcnews.go.com WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Defense Department has ordered a further 28,000 troops to the Gulf region as the United States builds a military force of more than 200,000 for a possible war with Iraq, military officials said on Tuesday. The 5,200 soldiers of the highly mobile U.S. Army 3d Armored Cavalry Regiment, based at Fort Carson in Colorado, are included in the deployment order signed in recent days, the officials said. [....]