The army’s Home Front Command told Israelis on Wednesday to make sure their gas masks fit and to carry them at all times. Political sources said the order was influenced by the approaching expiration of President Bush’s ultimatum to Saddam Hussein, not by any new intelligence information, Israel’s Channel One television reported.
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