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Date International U.S. Political/Diplomatic Miii tary

Feb 21 Moscow announces Saddam Student groups on college Clashes along Saudi border
Hussein has given "positive" campuses hold with Iraq and Kuwait grow
response to the peace plan demonstrations, but fail to larger and more heated as
and agreed to withdraw from draw anticipated number of allied forces prepare for huge
Kuwait. The proposal protestors. The land assault.
contains the following Administration believes the An Army helicopter crashes
elements: war might cost $7? billion by while trying to land in bad
1. Iraq agrees to "flill and September 30. weather; seven are killed.
unconditional withdrawal;" Japan's unwillingnes to Coniander of a battalion of
2. Withdrawal begins on support the war, and failure helicopters is relieved after
second day after fighting to follow through on pledges he mistakenly fires into
stopped; of $9 billion to the war American armored vehicles
3. Withdrawal to be effort, creates ill will among killing two and wounding
completed in a fixed time. Congress and the public. six. Allies have not been able
Length of time not specified; CIA Director has been to locate Iraqi chemical units.
4. U.N. economic sanctions excluded from war councils DoD adds five countries to
against Iraq would lapse throughout the crisis and is list where the military is
when Iraq has withdrawn under attack as an ineffective eligible for imminent danger
two-thirds of forces; spymaster. SECDEF says pay: Israel, Jordan, Syria,
5. Other U.N. resolutions long term military presence in Egypt and Turkey.
agamst Iraq would lapse Persian Gulf will be larger Explosives totaling over 100
when all Iraq forces left than expected. million pounds have been
Kuwait; dropped on targets in Iraq
6. POWs to be released and Kuwait. Estimates of
immediately after cease-fire; bombing accuracy have been
7. U.N. Security Council to as high as 95% for guided
designate countries not munitions, less than 50 % for
involved in the conflict to unguided. munitions.
oversee withdrawal.

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