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Date International U.S. PoliticaliDiplomatic Militar~~

Jan 26 Saudi officials ready barriers White House announces it is Five Scuns successfiilly
and dispersal chemicals to try sending a team of oil experts intercepted by Patriot
to contain oil slick flowing to Gulf to assist the Saudi missiles above Tel Aviv,
south from Kuwait. Slick is government in the clean up Haifa and Riyadh.
now 40 miles long, eight effort. Air Force F-IS's down three
miles wide. U.S. Embassy in Riyadh Iraqi M:iG-23's over Iraq.
Thousands of protesters begins voluntary evacuation A dozen Iraqi fighters, and a
converge on Bonn, Germany, of American citizens from dozen support aircraft, make
to show opposition to the Saudi Arabia. Diplomats and emergericy landings in Than..
war. Protesters emphasize Emba&sy officials rcceive It is uni~nown whether the
they are not holding the U.S. 25% pay premiums for aircraft strayed, defected, or
responsible for the war. dangerous duty. fled.
Demonstrators in Washington American intelligence
and on the West Coast stage officials conclude that air
the largest protests yet against power alone will not be able
the Persian Gulf war. Police to force Saddain Hussein's
report 75,000 protesters in troops c~ of Kuwait, and
Washington, thousands more that ground attacks by
in San Francisco. American and allied forces
will be needed. Air
campaign now shifting to

Saturday,................................................."battlefield preparati?.nffi
Jan 27 Since more than 39 White House Chief of Staff U.S. has bombed Iraqi-
Iraqi aircraft had flown to says the U.S. anticipates controlled oil installations
Iran. spending $40 to $50 billion to along the Kuwaiti coastline in
fight the Persian Gulf war hopes of stemmihg the oil
this year. Net cost to U.S. spill.
taxpayers for the five months Allied planes have now flown
before fighting started was $1 more that 23,000 sorties and
to $2 billion because foreign made at. least 28 air-t~~air
contributions absorbed the "kills". The latest
remainder of the $ 10 billion engagement took place today,
expense. when two U.S. F-IS's shot
down four Iraqi MiG-23's
southeast of Baghdad.

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