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>PRESIDENT BUSH AGREES TO MORE INSPECTORS IN IRAQ
>(AP) Washington DC Wednesday, March 19, 2003 07:10AM
>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.
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>The US will send 250,000 additional inspectors:
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>24,000 members of the 1st Infantry Division
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>15,000 members of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault)
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>15,000 members of the 82d Airborne Division
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>More than 5,000 members of the 4th armored division with their "M1-A1
all-terrain vehicles"
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>Additional US Army personnel, as needed for inspections
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>A variety of US Air Force personnel for aerial recon missions and other
"surveillance" activities
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>A significant number of United States Marines to aid with inspections
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>United States Coast Guard personnel to inspect coastlines
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>An undisclosed number of Rangers, Green Berets, Navy SEALs, Recon
Marines, Delta Force, and other Special Operations personnel to inspect
Iraqi "hideaways"
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>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.
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>The President said: "With these additional inspectors, the inspections
should be completed in a few weeks."
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