Word: doha
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...black night heat, brilliant tungsten lamps spotlighted ranks of Abrams tanks, Bradley Fighting Vehicles and Humvees lining the draw yard at Camp Doha, as the first of 3,500 jet-lagged soldiers from Texas slung their gear aboard and revved the engines for the long drive into the desert. They were on a "combat time line," moving straight into battle position as if Saddam Hussein's Republican Guard troops were really advancing. "We are here to send a signal, and that signal is 'We are ready,'" said Colonel Robert C. Pollard. With its buildup in Kuwait last week...
Despite the nighttime drama at Doha--part of the U.S. force additions that include 4,700 ground troops, eight Stealth bombers, 23 F-16 fighters in Bahrain, a Patriot antimissile battery and 23 combat ships--military tensions seemed to diminish by day. The troops are officially embarked on a training mission dubbed "Intrinsic Action 96-3," hardly the ringing title of a real assault. Saddam stuck to his word, temporarily, by not firing at planes patrolling the no-fly zones. He appeared to be removing his antiaircraft missiles and mobile launchers. The U.S. stepped back from its threat of "disproportionate...