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Sat 11 Nov 2002'Like the good old days' as Kuwait gears upKUWAIT: The US military had been building up steadily in readiness for a possible war against Iraq. As Jack Fairweather reports from Kuwait City, the army now occupies about a quarter of the country"It's just like the good old days," said Adeeb, a taxi-driver who plies his trade between Kuwait city and the UN-controlled demilitarised zone which separates Kuwait from Iraq.