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Among the killed are several women. (New York Times, February 27, p. Al 8.)

Senators from both parties complain that U.S. allies are slow to help pay for the Gulf war and warn
high-ranking Administration officials that if combat ends in the next few days, they might be even more
reluctant. (New York Times, February 27, p. A23.)

A U.S. military official says that Iraqi commanders were authorized to use chemical weapons in the
Persian Gulf war but never got the chance because of the allies "lightning onslaught" and the weat]~er.
(Comtex Wire News, February 27)

The first female soldiers killed in Operation Desert Storm include 2 Pennsylvania reservists who left
for the gulf 8 days earlier. (USA Today, February 28, p. 1.)

The Army punishes 31 Louisiana National Guard soldiers who went AWOL earlier this month to
protest their-leave beihg cut and what they called poor treatment during training at Fort Hood, Texas.
Penalties ranges from forfeiture of half pay for two months to reduction in rank. (Atlanta Constitution,
February 27, p. 7.)

February 27
---Wednesday---President Bush, declaring that "Kuwait is liberated" and "Iraq's Army is defeated,"
orders the suspension of offensive military operations against President Saddam Hussein's battered
army. The suspension begins at midnight eastern time, and will continue as long as Iraq does not attack
allied forces or launch missile attacks on any other country. Iraq must honor all 12 U.N. resolution
on Kuwait, free all prisoners of war and detained Kuwaiti citizens, and give the allies the location of
all land and sea mines that Iraq had laid in the region. (New York Times, February 28, p. Al.)

---In the largest tank battle since World War II, 800 American tanks and armored vehicles are reported
to be successfully fighting 250 to 300 tanks of two Republican Guard divisions 50 miles west of Basra.
(New York Times, February 28, p. A6.)

General H. Norman Schwarzkopf says that Iraq has been stripped of the offensive weapons that made
its armies one of the most fearsome in the Middle East. (New York Times, February 28, p. Al.)

President Bush is sending Secretary of State Baker to the Middle East to deal with the task of
securihg peace in that region. (N~~ork Times, February 28, p. Al.)

The Kuwaiti leadership issues a decree from Saudi Arabia, the seat of their government in exile,
formally declaring three months of martial law. (New York Times, February 28, p. All.)

Efforts to rebuild Kuwait are likely to take at least three years and cost up to $ 100 billion. The U. S.
Army Corps of Engineers has a $45 million, 90 day contract to survey damage and assign work to
private companies. (lAToday, February 28, p. 2A.)

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