US troops will be on hair-trigger alert when ultimatum comes

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http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/03/ ... index.html

That window between when Bush makes the speech in the oval office to announce the ultimatum and the start of the war is when the troops will be in hair-trigger alert in case saddams forces desesperates and attack the US troops before the ultimatum D-Day comes.