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must leave Kuwait. No negotiations will be held. (New York Times, January 5, p. 4.)

Department of Defense releases twenty-first list of U.S. Naval Reserve Selected Reserve units
ordered to active duty involving approximately 438 Naval Reservists. (CHINFO 042347Z JAN 91)

January S~~~~~~~y~~ President Bush says military action against Iraq will not necessarily begin on January

15. He warns Saddam Hussein that time is running out and he also warns the American people that each
additional day the U.S. waits before beginning military action could mean more casualties. (New York
Times January 6, p. 1.) .1

A senior Iraqi official says that despite "negative statements" from the Bush Administration, the Iraqi
leadership says that a meeting between Secretary of State Baker and Saddam Hussein should not be
excluded. (New York Times, January 6, p. 4.) [

France is taking the lead in promoting a European formula for an end to the Persian Gulf crisis. By
showing that it does not automatically follow the U.S. lead, France appears to be trying to reestablish
its credibility with Iraq. (New York Times, January 6, p. 4.)

Kurds routinely and easily smuggle food into Iraq from Iran despite Iran's contention that it is
complying with U.N. sanctions. fran's 730 mile border with Iraq is closed to Westerners, so verification
of Iran's compliance with the sanctions is virtually impossible. Western analysts contend that while food
is most likely being smuggled into Iraq, military equipment probably is not. (New York Times, January
6, p. 5.)

January 6
Sunday ---In a speech commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Lraqi Army, Saddam Hussein tells
his forces they are prepared to go to war to keep Kuwait as a part of Iraq. (New York Times, January
7, p. Al.)

Eighteen German Alpha jet ground attack planes leave Germany for an air base~ in Turkey. (Ne~
York Times, January 7, p. Al 1.)

-- Cypriot flag freighter hits a mine near the Straits of Hormuz and is slowly sinking. Lloyd's Shipping
Intelligence reports that it has received an unconfirmed report that another mine recendy caused
extensive damage to an unmanned oil rig just south of Kuwait. It is not clear who laid the mines or
when they were laid. (New York Times, January 7, p. AlO.)

Saudi Arabian King Fahd, in a rare public appearance, reviews international troops at a base not far
from the Kuwaiti border and says he shares President Bush's impression that Iraq will withdraw from
Kuwait by January 15. (New York Times, January 7, p. AlO.)

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