US to deploy up to 11,000 troops to Gulf

Updated: 17:39, Wednesday, 1 January 2003

The United States has ordered the deployment of up to 11,000 desert-trained troops to the Gulf as part of continuing preparations for possible military action against Iraq.

The deployment, the first since the Gulf War in 1991, includes tanks and attack helicopters.

United Nations weapons inspectors are due to report back to the Security Council later this month on whether they have found any signs of weapons of mass destruction.

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