Where a government security detail previously stood guard with machine guns, cars were parked and reporters roamed the area scratching for details.

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MADRID, Spain (CNN) -- Spanish police vehicles topped with machine guns were standing guard outside the American, British and Israeli embassies in the Spanish capital as security was beefed up ahead of the likely war in Iraq, CNN observed Wednesday.

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President Clinton declared a national emergency to provide authority for Coast Guard cutters armed with mounted machine guns to defend the flotilla if necessary.

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The Coast Guard will patrol the river in boats with machine guns mounted on their bows.

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