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THE US’s most senior general in the Gulf yesterday took time out to address the massed ranks of Britain’s forces in the Kuwaiti desert and to give the clearest sign yet that war with Iraq is imminent and that British troops will be expected to play a key role in whatever action the military commanders are planning to take. In a call to arms, the commanding general of the 1st US Marine Expeditionary Force, General Jim Conway, flew in by helicopter to address troops from the 7th Armoured Brigade and the 16th Air Assault Brigade at a camp near Kuwait’s...

<p>Camp Doha, Kuwait -- American and British commanders say that they are devising a strategy intended to defeat the Iraqi military without completely destroying it, and to limit damage to Iraq's infrastructure.</p> <p>Lt. Gen. David McKiernan, the commander of land forces if the United States leads an invasion of Iraq, said he and other commanders were devising procedures for Iraqi units to signal their intention to stay out of the war.</p>