And in the hours before the United States ' heavy armored units crossed from Kuwait into Iraq to topple Saddam Hussein , members of the Navy Seals quietly secured oil platforms in the northern Persian Gulf to prevent their sabotage , and Army Special Forces teams knocked out Iraqi forward military positions all along the country 's border .
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