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Two Battalions, Tanks to Kuwait Camp Doha, US 3rd Army
efreedomnews.com ^ | 9/10/02 | Jonathan Rhodes

Posted on 09/10/2002 2:49:30 AM PDT by efnwriter

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Two Battalions, Tanks to Kuwait
Camp Doha, US 3rd Army
Jonathan Rhodes
September 9, 2002

As bombing in the no-fly zones  increases, US forces are being pre-positioned as steadily as US Forces built up in the months preceding Desert Storm.

 

(click photos to enlarge)

ARCENT (Army Forces Central Command) and the US Third Army at Camp Doha has been the "focal point" for US Armed Forces in Kuwait since Gulf War I, 1991. The base covers 470 acres and has facilities for 2.5 million square feet of indoor storage.

(more satellite photos)

Over the past several months, two battalions of soldiers, tanks and  armored vehicles, fuel and ammunition have increased the force strength at this critical  post.

20,000 US Marines from Camp Pendleton in California are scheduled to arrive in the region in mid-October. The Marines and Navy are headquartered in Bahrain (NAVCENT).

 

 

US and British Special Forces have previously established an operating base near Incerlik in Turkey, and are running missions into northern Iraq. US Special Forces are already in place in the Kurdistan region of northern Iraq working with the Kurds and Turkish Special Forces as well as forces from Turkmenistan trained by the Turks.

 

4000 US troops arrived at Jordan’s Aqaba port on the Red Sea August 12  with loads of Bradley fighting vehicles and helicopters on ships hastily chartered by the US Navy.
[DOD Briefing,
US military equipment moved to Jordan, Navy Leases Transports]

 

"War is a constant struggle and must be waged from day to day. It is only with some difficulty and within limits that provision can be made for the future. Experience shows that forecasts are usually falsified and preparations always in arrear. Nevertheless, there must be a design and theme for bringing the war to a victorious end in a reasonable period. All the more is this necessary when under modern conditions no large-scale operation can be launched without the preparation of elaborate technical apparatus." -Winston Churchill 16 December 1941

Churchill and Roosevelt: The Complete Correspondence (Princeton Univ. Press, 1984, Vol. I, p.303)



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KEYWORDS: 3rdarmy; iraq; kuwait; war

1 posted on 09/10/2002 2:49:31 AM PDT by efnwriter
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2 posted on 09/10/2002 3:19:25 AM PDT by Seeking the truth
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To: efnwriter

Knock, knock?

3 posted on 09/10/2002 3:51:39 AM PDT by mhking
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To: mhking
"Knock, knock?"

Whose's there?

4 posted on 09/10/2002 4:54:20 AM PDT by cibco
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To: efnwriter
Thanks, I need to know where my troops are being moved at all times.
5 posted on 09/10/2002 5:17:44 AM PDT by illbenice
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To: efnwriter

6 posted on 09/10/2002 5:24:44 AM PDT by Thane_Banquo
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To: efnwriter
Wow, Winston Churchill, someone who could speak.
7 posted on 09/10/2002 5:28:07 AM PDT by Octavius
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To: efnwriter
For those who don't know, two battalions of tanks is 116 tanks. Not enough yet.
8 posted on 09/10/2002 6:02:08 AM PDT by SBeck
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To: SBeck
Thanks, I just emailed my dad to ask him that exact question. =)
9 posted on 09/10/2002 6:31:40 AM PDT by Aggie Mama
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To: SBeck
I disagree...

The only thing in Iraq that could stop them is a lack of fuel & ammo.

10 posted on 09/10/2002 7:06:44 AM PDT by VaBthang4
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To: mhking
Move over and let the BIG dog eat!

Mad Vlad
11 posted on 09/10/2002 7:07:51 AM PDT by madvlad
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To: madvlad
MadVlad.. dat only be appetizerz..!

vait till de real metal arrivez..!

JJJester
12 posted on 09/10/2002 8:16:12 AM PDT by JJJester
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To: SBeck
A nice addition to the pre positioned stuff, though.
13 posted on 09/10/2002 8:17:24 AM PDT by L,TOWM
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To: JJJester

We're ready for your closeup, Mr. Hussein


14 posted on 09/10/2002 8:54:11 AM PDT by CholeraJoe
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To: efnwriter
20,000 US Marines from Camp Pendleton in California are scheduled to arrive in the region in mid-October. The Marines and Navy are headquartered in Bahrain (NAVCENT).

Great info. I trust it's all declassified. Right?

15 posted on 09/10/2002 9:26:02 AM PDT by Barnacle
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To: mhking
Trick or Treat!

My guess in the pool is the war begins 10/31/02 2am Iraq time.

16 posted on 09/10/2002 10:17:49 AM PDT by Hugin
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To: Barnacle
All info is from public sources.
Jonathan
17 posted on 09/11/2002 1:39:41 AM PDT by efnwriter
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To: SBeck
That was an additional two battalions in addition to the pre-positioned equipment already there - building up since 1991.
Jonathan
18 posted on 09/11/2002 1:42:31 AM PDT by efnwriter
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