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Article: Franks shifts missile vessels to war positions in Red Sea.(NATION)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- March 14, 2003
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Byline: Rowan Scarborough, The Washington Times
The U.S. military is moving a dozen or more missile-firing ships from the Mediterranean into the Red Sea, bordering Saudi Arabia, as Army Gen. Tommy Franks puts the final pieces in place for a war with Iraq.
As the ships were preparing to move as early as last night, the Air Force announced it had deployed an unspecified number of B-2 stealth bombers from Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., to bases closer to Iraq.
The bat-wing bombers, making their first deployment outside the United States, would play a key role in the opening hours of war by knocking out important military targets in Baghdad. The Air ...