Posted on 12/05/2001 10:09:09 PM PST by brat
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U.S. building up forces near Iraq
2,000 soldiers sent to Kuwait, more coming
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The United States is quietly building up its forces in Kuwait amid reports that it is considering expanding military operations in the war against terrorism.
About 2,000 soldiers from the Army's 1st Cavalry Division, based in Fort Hood, Texas, were sent to Kuwait in late November. Additional troops from the 4th Infantry Division, also from Fort Hood, are said by U.S. officials to be next in line. The heavy armored Fort Hood troops will marry up with tanks and armored vehicles already pre-positioned in Kuwait.
U.S. intelligence agencies also are building up personnel in Kuwait in anticipation of future operations in the region, U.S. officials said.
A spokesman for the U.S. Army in Kuwait said the troops are in the country to conduct training exercises. The forces are designed to bolster the army presence in Kuwait.
"They are designed to show that we are standing by our allies in the region," the spokesman said. The soldiers are based at Camp Doha, north of Kuwait City.
"The brigade will enhance current force levels to provide a more robust deterrent to Iraq," said another military officials, who noted that there is concern that during operations in Afghanistan the Iraqis might try to exploit the conflict to its advantage.
U.S. intelligence officials said Iraqi military forces have dispersed in the past several months, and there have been some troop movements in northern Iraq. Iraqi armored columns have been spotted moving in northern Iraq near the Saddam Dam.
The dam is of great interest to U.S. intelligence agencies, which suspect that it may contain some type of underground military facility nearby.
Meanwhile, coinciding with the U.S. military buildup, a German newspaper reported last week that the Berlin government is sending 600 soldiers who specialize in weapons of mass destruction to Kuwait.
The unit specializing in detecting nuclear, biological and chemical weapons is being dispatched to the Persian Gulf for "several possibilities," according to a military spokesman quoted by the Rhein-Zeitung newspaper on Nov. 30. The spokesman declined to comment on the "exact zone of action" for the unit.
The spokesman refused to answer when asked if the German troops were part of a U.S.-led military operation against Iraq.
President George W. Bush said last week that Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein should permit United Nations arms inspectors to return to Iraq and warned that Saddam would "find out" the consequences for refusing to do so. The comment was viewed as a veiled threat to use force against Iraq.
In response, Iraq's Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz said on Dec. 1 that Iraq would not be intimidated by threats.
"We are not scared by those threats," Aziz told reporters in Baghdad.
Since the expulsion of U.N. inspectors in 1998, Iraq has been rebuilding its chemical, biological and nuclear programs, according to a CIA report made public earlier this year. Iraq also has been building an unmanned aerial vehicle program involving converted Czech L-29 trainer jets, the report said.
"These refurbished trainer aircraft are believed to have been modified for delivery of chemical or, more likely, biological warfare agents," the report said.
Baghdad is refusing to allow U.N. weapons inspectors to return until after the world body lifts sanctions against Iraq.
This is true...I read this a few weeks ago. A yearly exercise - but timely.
Perhaps both of them. It must be hard to run a country with a hook in your jaw.
we have to weed out the spirit-destroyers and the genetic saboteurs in our society
Must be your strong personality that makes your mind try to flee ;).
Oh, the Scientologists are in fact a threat. Not on the level with Islamism, but that is ony because they are few and weak. Give them some time. They have one basic tenet which makes them rather like the islamotards, in fact - the Doctrine of Fair Game. Basically, this says that anyone they deem an enemy - and that can be literally anything, including other Scientologists - is Fair Game. Fair Game can (and should) be lied to or about, attacked, destroyed or killed.
Not long ago, Microsoft had to rip out parts of their software in order to be allowed to sell Windows in Germany. One of the subcontractors, who makes the low-level disk verification routines, is a Church of Scientology subsidiary.
Just out of curiosity, have you had any personal contact with these people? You sound like you might have..
Whaaaaaaat?
Lock them up?
Where could I get my personality tested for free then?
Will Travolta entertain the internees?
Yes, and they hype the fact that Gertz supposedly will be a contributor to World Tribune.com to lend some credibility to everything else it prints. I don't think that logically follows.
Right now, I'm very skeptical of GeostrategyDirect and I'm getting the feeling that they are a Debka clone.
An extra 2,000 U.S. troops have begun arriving in Kuwait to take part in desert war games and act as a deterrent to Iraq, officials said yesterday.
"Their arrival is continuing over the next few days," a U.S. source said. The United States, which already has around 5,000 troops in the conservative Gulf Arab state, is preparing for a training exercise codenamed "Desert Spring".
The reinforcements are expected to draw military hardware from stores at the Americans' Camp Doha on the outskirts of the capital, Kuwait City, and head to the desert area close to the frontier with Iraq for the manoeuvres.
Officials said the U.S. show of force was a message to Iraq, demonstrating Washington's readiness to defend Kuwait despite Washington's preoccupation with its military offensive against the Taliban and the Al Qaida network in Afghanistan.
The United States has kept ground troops, warplanes and heavy weapons in Kuwait since the 1991 Gulf War, when it led an international military coalition to drive out Iraqi forces which had occupied Kuwait for seven months.
Nice one, girl! :)
Daniel 8:23-24
23 And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up.
24 And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power: and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people.
One of those scenarios is obviously concerning Iraq and EVERY SINGLe option and realisitic military plan that can be executed and under what circumstances, including analysis by the state department, DOD, CIA- they all pitch in on the thinking and the possible results and liklihood of success.
Most Americans are unaware of the incredible amount of planning and thought that goes into such serious possible moves. There is literally a scenario in writing for just about everything you can imagine might occur. Since 9/11 this government has worked overtime to update scenarios and provide the President and his team with a helluva lot of info so he can have plenty of options at his disposal.
The era of the Johnson Administration and into the Nixon Administration of silly military planning and boondoggles is so far behind the management of military action today, it's like night and day. This is an incredibly scientific risk assessment pursuit. These people are extraordinarily capable, methodical, and approach this as a science.
So, if there is a build-up in Kuwait, you can bet your tail that it has been well thought out, there is an exact goal and plan already in place that has been thought-out in incredible detail, including diversionary plans.
Look, something is obviously going on there, the President has chosen some option, now the plan is being implemented- WHY? Because assests are being moved- that's the key. Now, you wait for the reaction, if any, and go to the next step of the plan, altering, amending, scientifically assessing what you then need to change or pursue. We are in incredibly good hands with this President and the most capable and intelligent National Security Council ever assembled. Nobody's gonna do anything stupid. If assests are moved, its silly to speculate about what is going to happen next, its been planned, assessed for risk, thought out thoroughly, and if movement is occuring, something is planned- it may be nothing more than diversionary.
In short, some military movements are impossible to do covertly. Others are not, Advantage is sometimes gained with covert, and advantage is sometimes gained with overt.
At this juncture, I wouldn't want to see people talking about U.S.assests being moved from bases around the world unless the Pentagon announces it. However, with Diversion, you don't announce it really, you "kinda" let the press find out about it.
Anyway, I learned a few things about WND. Joseph Farrah takes his credibility very seriously, and atleast this other journalist does the same. IMHO, WND is NOT even similar Debka, a website which seems to write eveything anonymously. I enjoy and respect WND.
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