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PRESIDENT BUSH AGREES TO MORE INSPECTORS IN IRAQ

(From my E-mail)

PRESIDENT BUSH AGREES TO MORE INSPECTORS IN IRAQ

(AP) Washington DC Wednesday, March 19, 2003 3:45 PM

President George Bush has announced that the US will not attack Iraq. The President announced that he is agreeing to deploying additional inspectors throughout Iraq.

The US will send 250,000 additional inspectors:

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 US Army personnel, as needed for inspections

A variety of US Air Force personnel for aerial recon missions and other "surveillance" activities

A significant number of United States Marines to aid with inspections

United States Coast Guard personnel to inspect coastlines

An undisclosed number of Rangers, Green Berets, Navy SEALs, Recon Marines, Delta Force, and other Special Operations personnel to inspect Iraqi "hideaways"

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.

The President said: "With these additional inspectors, the inspections should be completed in a few weeks."

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