21.   The troops, backed by tanks and field artillery, on Wednesday launched war games in the Kuwaiti desert near Iraq.

22.   US President Bill Clinton vowed here Friday before cheering troops in the Kuwaiti desert that Iraq would never again be allowed to threaten its neighbours.

23.   US Army Secretary Togo West visited American troops training in the Kuwaiti desert on Wednesday to deliver Thanksgiving holiday messages, the US military said.

24.   US President Bill Clinton vowed Friday before cheering troops in the Kuwaiti desert that Iraq would never again be allowed to threaten its neighbours.

25.   The commander-in-chief of the American armed forces also jested about a sighting of Elvis Presley in the sand storms which are a common phenomenon in the Kuwaiti desert.

26.   The forces deployed their equipment in the Kuwaiti desert two weeks ahead of the exercises, including equipment pre-positioned by Washington in the emirate.

27.   The marines will train in the Kuwaiti desert until mid-January, and after they leave US ground troops are expected to be deployed again in this Gulf state.