Word: deployment
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...those who are obsessed with the steep price we would pay for liberating Kuwait ignore the real objectives that properly and necessarily justify American intervention: protecting the world's oil supply; preventing Iraqi hegemony over the Middle East; and eliminating Saddam Hussein's ability to produce and deploy biological, chemical and nuclear weapons...
...council vote theoretically indicates the readiness of other major powers such as the Soviet Union and the United Kingdom to join in a military action against Iraq. But it is is generally understood as expressing the willingness of these powers to allow the United States to deploy its sizeable Mideast force directly against Iraqi positions...
...what, exactly, has the U.S. committed itself in Saudi Arabia? In an Aug. 9 letter informing Congress of his decision to deploy troops in Saudi Arabia, President Bush referred to "requests" from King Fahd and Kuwait; some three months later, the Administration is still not telling anyone, including the Senate or the House, the nature of the U.S. response. This refusal risks violating the Case-Zablocki Act of 1972, which requires the Secretary of State to submit to Congress within 60 days the substance of all international accords, written or oral. A year ago, failure to do so would have...
They could not have done it without the Israeli police. Despite warnings by the Shin Bet, the nation's domestic security service, and the unusual presence of thousands of Palestinians on the Temple Mount on a Jewish holiday, the police inexplicably failed to deploy adequate reinforcements. (Police Minister Ronni Milo lamely explained that his forces mistakenly believed the riot would start at 3 a.m. that morning.) Said Yossi Sarid, a left-wing Knesset member: "There is no doubt that had the police prepared for this, this riot would have been prevented...
...Crimson would deploy a 3-5-2 look instead of the present 3-4-3. The move is designed to take advantage of Amen's skill at holding the ball and to create a more offensively oriented squad...