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US troops in Gulf placed on high alert amid terrorism threat
The Pentagon raised the threat condition to Charlie at most bases in the region after warnings of a strong possibility of imminent terrorist actions in the Middle East. US forces in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and surrounding areas number about 24,000, with further deployments aboard Persian Gulf ships. The briefing cited credible intelligence linking bin Laden’s network to embassy bombings in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam and past attacks on American forces in Saudi Arabia.
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