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NA~ON TROOPS
United States 200,000
Saudi Arabia 55,000
Egypt 14,000
France 13,000
Gulf Coop. Council 10,000
Britain 9,500
Kuwait 7,000
Syria 4,000
Pakistan 4,000
Bangladesh 2,000
Morocco 1,700
Senegal 300
Canada 450
Czechoslovakia 200
TOTALS 321,350
(~os Angeles Times, October 22, p.7.)
October 23
Tuesday The Bush Administration says that it is considering expanding American
military forces in the Persian Gulf beyond the 240,000 troops and other personnel already
j stationed there or soon to arrive. (New York Times, October 24, p. Al.)
Some combat units of the Army National Guard are upset that they have not been
activated when the actiye units they train with were shipped to Saudi Arabia. Controversy
over failure to call-up reserve units is growing now that the Pentagon is preparing to
rotate fresh troops into Saudi Arabia. (AP, October 23.)
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