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Dec t7 Iraq's military continues to SECSTATh speaking to Senior military personnel
call-up reservists. All NATO says he fears an Iraqi officials say keeping a lorce
healthy men born in 1957 ploy such as a partial pullout of 400,000 deployed to the
were ordered to report. Most of Kuwait just before January Middle East could prevent
Iraqi men between 18 and 35 15 and urges his colleagues to the U.S. military from
have been mobilized to fill stand united against any such seting up a unit rotation
out the armed forces strength ploy. policy. Unit relief can be
estimated at 1.5 million. provided only through use of
Guard and reserve
coniponents as replacements
for active duty forces, or if
service members were
rotated individually rather
than as units.

Dec 18 SECSTATE says even if Fifteen retired Army
Iraqis pull out of Kuwait physician assistants were
partially before January 15, called-up last week.
U.S. will not shrink from Involuntary call-ups are
military measures to force needed because there are not
Iraq all the way out. enough volunteers.
Administration says it reached
an arrangement with the Gulf
allies to keep the alliance
together even if Iraq attacks
Israel.

Dec 19 French President says partial U.S. military officers say
withdrawal from Kuwait is U.S. wilinotbeready foran
unacceptable. attack against Iraq by
Turkey has asked NATO to January 15.
send a multinational force of The Army notified three
air units to bolster Turkish air National Guard and reserve
defenses by January 15. MASH units to mobilize and
Amnesty International reports deploy to the Persian Gulf.
Iraq has torted and killed
hundreds of people in
Kuwait.

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