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CAMP UDARI, Northern Kuwait - The troops, tanks and armored equipment once seen as opening a crucial northern front against Baghdad are now pouring into Kuwait at a rapid pace with some elements preparing to head toward the Iraqi capital. Almost overnight troops from the 4th Infantry Division have flooded this dusty outpost, swelling chow-hall lines so much the Army built several new dining halls in the past two days. Those reinforcements could add a much-needed punch to the 3rd Infantry Division that is poised just a few scant miles from Baghdad. By month's end, the 4th will unload...

AMP DOHA, Kuwait, March 22 — Iraqi forces have been repositioning their surface-to-surface missiles and are expected to try further missile attacks against advancing American troops, senior American officials said today. The officials also disclosed that the missiles fired at Kuwait over the past few days have not been random shots but have been targeted, based on Iraqi intelligence about where American units were positioned.Allied warplanes are now involved in an intensive effort to strike the Iraqis' mobile missile launchers before they fire again. United States military officials say they bombed several Iraqi missile launchers last night. But the...