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...they had to be drawn mostly from bases in Europe. With the cold war dead, most U.S. forces have left Europe for home. In the aftermath of the Gulf War, however, much of their gear has been relocated to a ring of bases set up in the Persian Gulf. Its proximity to the front line--and the fact that technology has made the military more efficient--means that by mid-December the U.S. should be ready to start fighting Iraq again, Pentagon officials...
...Drift Toward War." The conclusions, too, were nearly uniform: If only there had been more time; if only the antagonists had understood one another better; if only the crisis had been nipped in the bud before it escalated. However historians eventually judge the rush of events in the Persian Gulf, few will fairly conclude that what occurred was a failure to communicate. For months, George Bush has agonized that Saddam Hussein has not got the message. Tariq Aziz buried that illusion last week in Geneva... If clarity has been assured, only tragedy remains. Both sides, it seems, are ready...
...found outside Kabul this month, is a chilling reminder of the range of targets al-Qaeda and its proxies like Jemaah Islamiah are preparing to attack. With each new arrest?last week Indonesian investigators nabbed Bali bomber Imam Samudra while the U.S. announced it had apprehended al-Qaeda's Persian Gulf chief Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri?authorities learn more about how to thwart global terrorism. TIME consulted intelligence officials and security experts for this survey of Islamic terrorist networks and the threat level in Asia's possible target countries...
...contrast, a war on Iraq, Lewis said, would cost far more. The Congressional Budget Office has estimated that sending troops and equipment to the Persian Gulf would cost $9-13 billion, followed by $6-9 billion per month...
Oelstrom, who served in Vietnam and the Persian Gulf among other posts, offered a number of his experiences in the military to illustrate his perspective...