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Notes on International Terrorism and Response.
Deployment Humor: Military as "Inspectors"
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Compiled by Jeremy Lewis_Mail IconComments.  Posted on 19 Mar  2003.
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Mail IconComments		 > Washington DC, March 19, 2003 8:00 AM 
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> President George Bush has made an announcement that we will not attack
> Iraq. 
> 
> The President has announced that as of today, he is agreeing to additional
> inspectors to be deployed throughout the country of Iraq.
> 
> We will be sending 250,000 additional inspectors into Iraq. The additional
> inspectors will include: 24,000 members of the 1st Infantry Division;
> 15,000 members of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault); 15,000
> members of the 82d Airborne Division; more than 5,000 members of the 4th
> Armored Division with their "M1-A1 all-terrain vehicles".
> Additional U.S. military personnel, as needed for inspections will also be
> deployed: a variety of U.S. Air Force personnel for aerial recon missions
> and other "surveillance" activities; a significant number of United States
> Marines to aid with inspections, and United States Coast Guard personnel
> to inspect coastlines.
> 
> Further assistance to the inspection team will be provided by: an
> undisclosed number of Rangers, Green Berets, Navy SEALs, Recon Marines,
> Delta Force, and other Special Operations personnel to inspect Iraqi
> "hide-always".
> 
> Special air deliveries to aid the inspections will be made by aircraft
> from the USS Constellation, USS George Washington, USS Abraham Lincoln
> and USS Enterprise. B52s, B1s and B2s will aid in uncovering previously
> hidden assets in underground storage areas. 
> The President stated: "With these additional inspectors and assets, the
> inspections should be completed in a few weeks."
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