[van-discuss] your to late the invasion of I raqs already in progress,read below

[RD1064 at aol.com]

the navy has sent 3 shiploads secretly already to the mid-east and
we have a build up of forces already surrounding Iraq,none of this is out 
there,below is the proof,so why are debating when its already in motion,the 
only thing not known is the date........r.e.deininger        rd1064 at aol.com





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> US Navy Ships Heavy Armor to Gulf-Shipping Sources
> By Stefano Ambrogi 
> 
> LONDON (Reuters) - The U.S. Navy has booked a large ship to carry tanks and 
> heavy armor to the Gulf this month as the Pentagon presses home a case for 
> ousting Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, shipping sources said on Wednesday.
> 
> The U.S. Military Sealift Command chartered a U.S. flagged general cargo 
> ship to sail from the southeast U.S. coast to an unspecified Middle Eastern 
> port in the Gulf for discharge in late September, they said.
> 
> This is the third shipment of arms and military hardware in a month using 
> commercial shipping, which military analysts say shows the U.S. Navy has 
> probably exhausted the capacity of its own fleet and resorted to the open 
> market.
> 
> The formal tender document, seen by Reuters, shows the ship will carry 67 
> separate pieces of "track general cargo, containerized cargo and rolling 
> stock" measuring 56,000 square feet, slightly larger than a soccer pitch.
> 
> Military experts say the dimensions and weight of the pieces specified in 
> the document match almost exactly those of the standard U.S. Abrams battle 
> tank.
> 
> "This ship can easily carry tanks," said a shipping industry source 
> familiar with the U.S. military tendering process.
> 
> Military analysts say that the movement of heavy armor from the U.S. 
> southeast coast to the Gulf mirrors similar movements ahead of the 1991 
> Gulf War and is a key signal that the superpower is building up fire power 
> in the region ahead of a possible military strike.
> 
> In mid-August Reuters reported that the Navy booked a large ship to carry 
> helicopters, ammunition and assorted "rolling stock" to the Red Sea.
> 
> The story was initially denied by the U.S. Navy, but a Military Sealift 
> Command spokeswoman later retracted the denial when confronted with 
> documentary evidence.
> 
> The Pentagon has said the shipments of military hardware in August were to 
> support exercises in Jordan that have been planned for two years.
> 
> Shipping sources doubted it.
> 
> "Why jump into the commercial market in August when you knew the exercises 
> were planned -- it just doesn't make sense," one shipping source said.
> 
> President Bush was set to meet congressional leaders on Wednesday to 
> discuss the case for overthrowing Saddam.
> 
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