45,000 American troops to be transported to Kuwait, Jordan next week
Kuwait-USA, Politics, 9/7/2002

British defense sources said that the USA is deploying in Kuwait and Jordan weapons for 45,000 troops that will be transported next week.

The sources said that the USA is redeploying some 60,000 American and British troops along the Kuwaiti - Iraqi borders, and 15,000 on the Jordanian - Iraqi borders, and other 30,000 troopers in the Kurdish area to the north of Iraq, so far 8,000 of them arrived through the Turkish territories.

The same sources indicated that these forces will use tanks stored in the Kuwaiti al-Doha base, and the fighters of the Shiite groups in the south, especially the "Bader" contingent, led by Ayatullah Muhammad Baqer al-Hakim, currently existing in Iran.

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