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  • Two More US Carriers, 37,000 Troops Going To Gulf

    01/21/2003 12:47:28 PM PST · by blam · 21 replies · 375+ views
    Reuters/Yahoo ^ | 1-21-2003 | Charles Aldinger/Will Dunham
    Two More U.S. Carriers, 37,000 Troops Going to Gulf Tue Jan 21,12:12 PM ET By Charles Aldinger and Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon has ordered two more U.S. aircraft carriers and another 37,000 combat troops to deploy to the Gulf region for a possible war with Iraq, defense officials said on Tuesday. The moves by Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld will bring to four the number of U.S. carriers within striking distance of Iraq and boost to more than 100,000 the number of U.S. troops ordered to the Gulf this month, the officials told Reuters. The USS Abraham Lincoln...