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Feb 27 The Kuwaiti leadership issues President Bush, declaring American tanks and armored
a decree declaring three "Kuwait is liberated" and vehicles are reported to be
months of martial law. "Iraq's Army is defeated," successfully fighting tanks of
Efforts to rebuild Kuwait to orders suspension of offensive two Republican Guard
take 3 + years and cost $100 operations. Suspension divisions west of Basra.
billion. begins midnight Eastern time, CENTCOM says Iraqi Army
and will continue as long as has been stripped of
Iraq does not attack allies or offensive weapons.
launch missile attacks on any Iraqi dead and wounded
other country. To achieve number 90,000 to 100,000,
formal cease-fire Iraq must m~~jority killed in bombing
honor all U.N. resolutions, campaign. U.S. casualties:
free all POW's and detained 79 killed, 213 wounded and
Kuwaiti citizens, and give 44 missing.
allies the locations of all Iraqi
land and sea mines.
President Bush sending
SECSTATE to Middle East to
deal with the task of securing
peace.

Feb 28 Iraq orders its forces to stop Administration says it will U.S. military states that Iraqi
) fighting and declares the war keep U.S. forces in Iraq until expeditionary force, which
a great Iraqi victory. satisfied that Iraq has once numbered more than
complied with all American 600,000, is of no military
terms for permanent cease- threat to the region, and that
fire. Administration moves 4,000 of Baghdad's 4,200
to get U.N. Security Council tanks have been destroyed.
to endorse a resolution
embodying demands of U.S.
and allies.

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