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(From Agence France Presse)
A US Army infantry division of up to 17,000 troops has been given orders for deployment to the Gulf region, the largest such deployment since the Gulf War 11 years ago, an Army spokesman said.
"The Third Infantry Division received notification for deployment on Monday night," Captain James Brownlee, information officer for the Third Infantry Division at Fort Stewart, Georgia, told AFP late Tuesday.
"No timeline or designation has been determined. The region of deployment is Southwest Asia," which includes the Gulf, he said.
The Third Division consists of three mechanized brigades and one aviation brigade.
The Second Brigade, several thousand troops based in Fort Stewart, is already in Kuwait, said Brownlee.
The First Brigade, also based in Fort Stewart, the Third Brigade, based in Fort Benning, ...