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'a; .4 Reds 1, Dodgers 0 3 anchor stores at Forest Fair troubled BusinessE-6 Ballet plans benefit with Hines TempoD-i Teen held in cabby death MetroE-l Breech stays calm as he nears points record Morgan flies suit against Los Angeles NFL won't reinstate Tom Browning and Randy Myers combined on the shutout and the Reds' lone run scored on a wild pitch. SportsB-1 fl NL West: Reds lead Giants by 6 games, Dodgers by 9. Astros 4, Giants 0. Up next: Dodgers (Valenzuela 8-9) at Reds (Scudder 3-4), 7:35 p.m. ex-Eagle Allen Section Bengal kicker Jim Breech TIE CINCINNATI ENQUIRER FINAU350 Musk sennets forces to Saudi Arabia to dieter moment threat9 by Iraq President Bush ordered Sea, air weaponry has punch Other nations to join Forces from NATO countries, the Soviet Union and Egypt are gathering in the Persian Gulf region to protect oil-rich Saudi Arabia from an Iraqi invasion.

It marks the first time the Saudis have allowed foreign troops in their nation. and most of its seven escort ships are moving from the eastern Mediterranean Sea through the Suez Canal into the Red Sea. The carrier Independence and six escort ships are in the northern Arabian Sea. thousands of troops and hundreds of warplanes to Saudi Arabia. The aircraft carrier Saratoga and nine escort ships are expected to reach the Mediterranean Sea in 10 days.

Already in the region: The carrier Eisenhower TURKEY Adana rir A British ZfitZ cruiser, the KKja York, is already Sfaii- in the Persian Gulf. SOVIET UNION A French naval destroyer is moving en route to the gulf by way of the Red Sea. Two French frigates are in the gulf. A Soviet guided-missile destroyer is In Mediterrane Pipelines Suez Canal Jf 'RAN AFGHANISTAN A KUWAIT mmhKi fAKISTAN Strait of Hormuz EGYPT 1 VYanbu fi QATAR Arabian Sea UNITED ARAB 3 Red EMIRATES 17 SAUDI ARABIA I Areaenlaroed the Strait of Hormuz leading into the gulf. Naval analysts said a blockade could be established in waters around three ports that ship Iraqi or Kuwaiti oil: Kuwait; Yanbu, Saudi Arabia, a Red Sea port; and Yumurtalik, near Ceyhan, Turkey.

Shipping companies would be cleared through checkpoints at the Strait of Hormuz at the mouth of the Persian Gulf, in the Red Sea and at the Suez Canal, and outside Turkish waters. Oil tankers bound for Iraqi pipelines would be turned away. ENQUIRER NEWS SERVICES WASHINGTON President Bush ordered thousands of U.S. troops and hundreds of warplanes to Saudi Arabia Tuesday to help repel a potential attack on the oil-rich nation by Iraqi invasion forces poised across the border in Kuwait. The mass U.S.

military movement occurred as the White House declared that Saudi Arabia was under "imminent threat" from the tens of thousands of Iraqi forces. The White House began notifying congressional leaders late Tuesday that U.S. troops and aircraft were being sent. The White House plans to announce the deployment formally this morning, administration officials said. The president planned to address the nation by television at 9 a.m.

today. The unprecedented deployment of troops was described by Pentagon officials as a defensive measure not as a prelude to an attack on Iraqi forces. The first troops began leaving Fort Bragg, N.C., in C-141 transport planes bound for undisclosed airfields in Saudi Arabia, Pentagon sources said. Support troops and other forces including light tanks and armored fighting vehicles were expected to leave overnight. The U.S.

troops reportedly will be deployed in conjunction with a force made up of Saudis, Egyptians and perhaps soldiers from other Arab states opposed to Iraq. It was not clear Tuesday night exactly how many American troops were moving to Saudi Arabia or whether this would be just the initial deployment of a larger force. The contingent, thought to be between 6,000 and 15,000, was assembled after King Fahd of Saudi Arabia gave his final permission to President Bush, officials said. The deployment came as U.S. intelligence officials expressed concern over signs that the Iraqis were loading chemical bombs on aircraft and ground vehicles that (Please see TROOPS, Page A-4) Hussein defiant, Page A-4.

Historic cooperation, Page A-4. Senate investigates gas increases, Page E-6. Deployment may cause financial optimism, Page E-6. BY DOUGLAS JEHL and MELISSA HEALY Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON President Bush's plan for blocking an Iraqi invasion of Saudi Arabia combines a massive deployment of U.S. ground troops with sophisticated air and naval weaponry designed to shatter advancing columns.

Even if they were unable to match an Iraqi invasion force tank-for-tank and man-for-man, U.S. military forces would seek to dominate the battle from the skies, raining down Maverick missiles and explosive mines on Iraqi tanks and infantry. As sketched by U.S. military planners, a modern-day desert war would see sophisticated fighters capitalizing on air superiority while naval guns bombarded a strategic coastal road and paratroopers dug in at crucial choke-points to erect anti-tank defenses. Such a battle would be costly to both sides.

Although it would be unlikely to send Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and his forces fleeing, it probably would stop any Hussein advance, a senior military official said. The specter of such a conflict involving some of the most elite troops and warplanes that the United States can muster provides at last what American officials say is a credible deterrent that makes it clear that any Iraqi land-grab would be met with significant force. But with Iraq's million-man army still dominating the region, there is still a lot of uncertainty about Hussein's intentions. While the increased air power might protect Saudi Arabian soil, experts said that it offered no hope of forcing the enemy to roll back from Kuwait. "This is an important step, but it doesn't get Kuwait back," Michael Dunn, a Washington-based military consultant, said.

Indeed, military planners said Tuesday that the single most important facet of the U.S. intervention may be the actual presence of Americans on the ground an unmistakabletrip-wire that virtually guarantees that any new Iraqi foray would bring the United States to war. They noted that with Tuesday's troop deployments, America's once-vague threat of retribution had now been rendered immediate and vivid. Hussein's options limited Experts say he might be forced into military action .1 cal pan-Arabists to overthrow traditional family rulers in the region and join Hussein's cause. If Hussein backs down or is defeated, he probably cannot long retain his grip on power, the experts say.

Government officials said any military action by Iraqi forces is likely to occur relatively soon, before U.S. aircraft and troop deployments and naval forces of several nations move within easy striking range. A speedy march into Saudi Arabia would give Hussein's forces a chance to reach Saudi (Please see HUSSEIN, Page A-4) BY MICHAEL WINES The New York Times WASHINGTON Iraqi President Saddam Hussein increasingly is being backed into a corner from which his most likely options are to surrender or to lash out militarily, private and government experts on the Middle East said Tuesday. Those experts said that in the next several days, he might well decide whether to choose war, striking at Saudi Arabia in an attempt to capture or destroy oil fields on which the Western economies rely, or withdraw his forces into Iraq, perhaps through a face-saving negotiated agreement. Hussein also could choose to remain entrenched in Kuwait and hope that an international ban on trade with Iraq, imposed Monday by the United Nations, will crumble.

But Saudi Arabia's decision Tuesday to increase oil production, offsetting some of the shortage of 4 million barrels a day created by the U.N. embargo, makes that option increasingly unattractive. Still left to Hussein are the threats of the desperate: hostage-taking, poison gas attacks, a quick and unsustainable invasion or the occupation of some Saudi oil facilities. Also possible is a direct attack on the Saudi royal family followed by a call to other radi The Associated Press Chris 0 Meara A sailor spends time with his daughter Tuesday in Mayport, before heading to the Persian Gulf aboard the Saratoga. Poorest school districts to challenge financing Five sections 150th year.

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