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Troop buildup quickens in gulf
Tribune foreign correspondentHovercraft and amphibious vehicles ferried several thousand U.S. Marines ashore in Kuwait on Wednesday, part of a quickening buildup of forces in the Persian Gulf ahead of a potential war with Iraq. The new arrivals, the first wave of more than 14,000...Tags: Anchorage, George W. Bush, Armed Forces, Saddam Hussein, Petroleum Industry
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Military expands ties in the gulf
Sun National StaffWASHINGTON - Amid strains in American ties with Saudi Arabia, the United States has significantly expanded its strategic relationship with the smaller emirates and monarchies of the oil-rich Persian Gulf, which could play a key role as bases for U.S....Tags: U.S. Department of Defense, Washington (U.S. state), Qatar, Political Systems, Elections
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It's exile or war, Hussein told
Sun National StaffWASHINGTON - President Bush took the nation to the brink of war last night, warning that unless Saddam Hussein and his sons went into exile within 48 hours, the United States would invade Iraq and topple his regime. Speaking from the White House, the...Tags: Colin Powell, Death, Carl Levin, Executive Branch, Employees
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Swift victory sends shock wave across Middle East
The news spread quickly by word of mouth Wednesday on the clogged side streets of Cairo where Ramzy Shaaban parked his cab: Saddam Hussein had lost control of Baghdad after just a few days of battle. "I didn't believe it," said the 38-year-old driver,...Tags: Entertainment, National Government, Colleges and Universities, Qur'an, Gaza Strip
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Marines head for Baghdad, think home
Sun Foreign StaffThe seven members of the machine gun team squeezed themselves inside their amphibious assault vehicle. They were wearing their charcoal-lined camouflage suits and carrying gas masks. In their hands, they cradled their guns. Then they began to sing. It...Tags: Arts and Culture, Death, Saddam Hussein, India, England
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Hometown hero gets final salute
Tribune staff reporterAn overflow crowd of friends and relatives shared their grief over Marine Capt. Ryan Beaupre on Thursday with strangers who wanted to help bury one of the first American casualties in the war with Iraq. There was the Army veteran, now a south suburban...Tags: Armed Forces, Kankakee, Death, Kankakee County, World War II (1939-1945)
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For Kuwaitis, a new war brought home
Sun Foreign StaffKUWAIT CITY - The threat of war, war as a debate topic at the United Nations, war as seen on television and heard on radio and read in the newspapers, is relatively benign, an abstraction, compared to even a glimpse of what real war can mean to real...Tags: Defense, Death, Saddam Hussein, Entertainment, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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For U.S. troops, airstrikes come as surprise, relief
Sun Foreign StaffCAMP PENNSYLVANIA, Kuwait - Word of the airstrikes on Iraq came as a surprise to some officers with the Army's 101st Airborne Division this morning. Here at Camp Pennsylvania, 30 miles from Iraq, commanders got the news from a reporter as they awoke at...Tags: George W. Bush, Defense, Armed Forces, Saddam Hussein, Pennsylvania
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A surprising limited strike supplants 'shock and awe'
Sun National StaffWASHINGTON - The war was supposed to start with about 3,000 precision-guided weapons ripping through the night sky over Baghdad and other Iraqi cities. But late yesterday, President Bush was offered targets he couldn't refuse, and everything changed -...Tags: George W. Bush, Armed Forces, Washington (U.S. state), Death, Saddam Hussein
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Airline decides to cancel regular flights to Baghdad
Associated PressAMMAN, Jordan - Royal Jordanian, the only commercial airline with regularly scheduled flights to Baghdad, said yesterday it was canceling the service in anticipation of a U.S.-led war on Iraq. But as more airlines canceled flights to the region, others...Tags: Air Transportation, Cairo (Egypt), Economic Sanctions, Travel, Air Transportation Delays
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In Kuwait: 'This is our revenge'
Sun Foreign StaffKUWAIT CITY - For weeks, Kuwaitis have been asking each other when the war to topple Iraqi President Saddam Hussein would begin. Yesterday, as the first cruise missiles and bombs struck Baghdad and the sun rose over the country Hussein pillaged in 1990,...Tags: George W. Bush, Civil Unrest, Death, Entertainment, Saddam Hussein
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In just hours, a friend and new dad was dead
Sun Foreign StaffCAMP PENNSYLVANIA, Kuwait -- It was the sort of exchange old friends have a million times. "How's Coy doing?" Capt. Christopher Seifert asked. Coy is the 2-year-old son of Capt. Mark Johnson. Last week, doctors in Nashville, Tenn., implanted a...Tags: Oregon, Armed Forces, Death, Nashville, Los Angeles Times
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