Marine, Army staffs ordered to Kuwait

The Pentagon has issued orders to the Army's V Corps and 1st Marine Expeditionary Force to deploy headquarters staffs to Kuwait, marking the first nonroutine dispatch of conventional ground forces to the Persian Gulf region in anticipation of possible military action against Iraq, defense officials said yesterday. [read more]

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Rumsfeld Orders War Plans Redone for Faster Action

Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said today that he had ordered the military's regional commanders to rewrite all of their war plans to capitalize on precision weapons, better intelligence and speedier deployment. That way, he said, the military could begin combat operations on less notice and with far fewer troops than thought possible — or even wise — before the Sept. 11 attacks. [read more]

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Texas on the Tigris

This has always been a place where people say the opposite of what they mean. But last week, the capital soared to ominous new Orwellian heights. [read more]

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Proceed With Caution
James Fallows argues that before getting ourselves into a war with Iraq, we must think long and hard about its possible consequences

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Green Berets move into Colombia's oil fields