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Updated: 11:34 p.m. EDT (0334 GMT) May 21, 2003

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Humvee-mounted anti-aircraft missiles like these have been deployed in Washington, D.C.

Intelligence points to Gulf area attack

The Pentagon has raised the "air defense posture" around Washington, D.C., but U.S. officials say the latest intelligence points more toward an attack in the Persian Gulf region than the United States.

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