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EC2000 Battle for the Gulf of Oman
It is late 2002, and the prospect of war in the Persian Gulf is once again considered very likely. The US has already deployed large forces to the theater in preparation for what looks to be an inevitable conflict with Iraq, and the buildup continues. The political landscape, however, is very different from what it was in 1991. Both Saudi Arabia and Turkey, key Coalition partners in Operation Desert Storm, have this time refused to permit American forces to deploy troops at their installations or launch offensive operations from their soil. A handful of Gulf nations, and a naval force centred around the ageing carrier USS Constellation, are presently the only platforms from which US and British forces may engage the enemy. If Saddam decides to act first, will it be enough ? (Released March 2003).