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 | | The lead ships in a US Navy Amphibious Ready Group are expected to arrive off the coast of Liberia by Saturday, but no decision has been made on whether to put any of the 2,300 Marines aboard on the ground in the West African country, US officials said on July 31,2003.The helicopter carrier USS Iwo Jima, and the USS Carter Hall were sailing in the eastern Atlantic and were expected to arrive by Saturday. The third ship in the group,the USS Nashville, was expected to arrive in the middle of next week.[Reuters] |
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