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Source: http://portal.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/03/04/wirq04.xml
Thousands of Troops Already in Iraq
(Telegraph-UK) Several thousand allied special forces, including more than 300 British SAS personnel, are already operating inside Iraq. British defense sources say two SAS Sabre squadrons - about 240 men - plus more than 100 support troops are engaged in various parts of Iraq, part of joint special operations which include more than 4,000 American and Australian special forces, with headquarters in Qatar and bases in Jordan, Kuwait, and Turkey. Their insertion into Iraq coincides with intensified air attacks. In January it was reported that a team of 35 SAS men was operating in western Iraq as part of a 100-strong allied force looking for Scud missile launchers that could be used to attack Israel.