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activities in the gulf. (New York Times, February 3, p. 17.)

theIsraelirnP~ntatiOinteettiain5 despite Scud attacks. A sucbcetatitial endorses
reasoning of lettihg the U.S. and Britain continue to take out fixed and mobile Iraqi launchers, and not
upset delicate coalition balance and risk converting Gulf war into an extension of the Arab-Israeli

conflict. (Jerusalem Post, February 2, p. 1.)
February 3
Sunday Major General Robert Johnston, Chief of Staff of U.S. Central Command, reports 7 of
11 Marines who died in battle for Khafji were killed after an American Maverick missile struck their
armored vehicle. (New York Times, February 4, p. Al.)

--- U.S. Central Command reports that, with at least 99 Iraqi aircraft destroyed in attacks on hardened
bunkers and- another 89 taldng refuge in Iran, one-third of Iraq's air force may have been eliminated.
(New York Times, February 4, p. Al.)

Major General Wffliam Pagonis, deputy commander for logistics in the Gulf, reports the size of the
logistics force at 40,000, with about 60% from the Reserve or National Guard. They wear 92 different
unit shoulder patches. (New York Times, February 4, p. A8.)

Many of the more than 500 journalists assigned to cover the war express intense dissatisfaction with
the quality of information furnished to them by the U.S. command and even on their movements. (New
York Times, February 4, p. A9.)

Defense Department officials insist there is ample active and reserve manpower to see the war in
the Persian Gulf to its conclusion. Experts on Capital Hill insist that no one in Washington is

considering reinstatement of the draft. (New York Times, February 4, p. AlO.)
At least 300,000 people demonstrate in the capital city of Rabat, Morocco, in an orderly show of
support for Iraq in the Persian Gulf war. (New York Times, February 4, p. AlO.)

Secretary of Defense Richard Cheney says that, though the war would end once Kuwait is liberated,
economic sanctions against Iraq would probably continue. (Washington Times, February 4, p. 1.)

U.S. intelligence sources report Soviet advisers in Iraq are providing Saddam Hussein's military with
information about the times U.S. spy satellites pass overhead. This information is helping Iraq to hide
the more than 100 mobile Scud missile launchers that have evaded U.S. and allied air strikes.
(Washington Times, February 4, p. 8.)

---Iraq's official radio renews earlier threats that Iraq will carry out terrorist attacks against the U.S.
(Washington Times, February 4, p. 8.)

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