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Guardian: Allies speed up deployment to the Gulf
Troops ready for February conflict

"The United States, Britain and Australia have started to speed up the movement of troops and weapons to the Gulf to enable them to attack Iraq by mid-February.
At the weekend, the American defence secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, authorised the deployment of another 62,000 US troops. About 150,000 US and British troops will be in the region by next month."

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