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The Pentagon is related to Kuwait because it served as the primary U.S. government body responsible for monitoring, estimating, and reporting on the size and movement of Iraqi military forces deployed within Kuwait during the 1990-1991 Gulf War crisis, as evidenced by [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], and [8].
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The Persian Gulf TV War by Douglas Kellner (http://www.gseis.ucla ... pages.gseis.ucla.edu 8 facts
measurementBy September 1990, the Pentagon claimed that 265,000 Iraqi troops and 2,200 tanks were deployed in Kuwait and posed a threat to Saudi Arabia.
measurementA Pentagon official estimated that the Iraqi military force in Kuwait was approaching 100,000 troops.
quotePeter Zimmerman, a former U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency official, stated regarding the Iraqi troop presence in Kuwait: 'The Pentagon kept saying the bad guys were there, but we don't see anything to indicate an Iraqi force in Kuwait of even 20 percent the size the administration claimed.'
quoteA Pentagon official stated: 'They have not brought a lot down to Kuwait for a large-scale drive into Saudi Arabia. A long-term drive would require more of a logistical tail -- more water, gas, fuel, ammunition, spare parts and all of that.'
claimAfter U.S. forces began deploying to Saudi Arabia, the Bush administration and Pentagon asserted that Iraqi forces in Kuwait had doubled in size.
accountPentagon officials stated after the Persian Gulf War that the Iraqi divisions positioned furthest south in Kuwait were not the elite Republican Guard forces, as the Republican Guard had been moved back to Iraq during the first week of the invasion.
accountThe New York Times reported on August 4, 1990, that Pentagon officials stated more than 60,000 Iraqi troops were massing in southern Kuwait, with some within five to ten miles of the Saudi frontier.
claimABC Pentagon correspondent Bob Zelnick reported that the Pentagon claimed Iraqi troop presence in Kuwait had doubled to over 200,000 soldiers.