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commanders into believing that the main effort would come into Kuwait only
and that the supporting attacks would come through western Kuwait and from
an amphibious assault.
    In concert with General Schwarzkopf's plan, General Boomer's deception
objectives included causing the enemy to concentrate assets to prevent a breach
in the vicinity of the III/IV Corps boundary near the bend of the border at Al
Manaqish, convincing the enemy of I MEF's preoccupation with the defense of
Saudi oil fields and its own lines of communication, and finally, to simply
overload the enemy with excessive bogus and misleading inputs.     Based upon
Iraqi dispositions and conduct on G-Day and beyond, the deception program
appeared to be successful.  Specific measures included:

               * The formation of the deception task force,
               Troy, noted earlier.

               * An electronic ruse to perpetuate the radio
               emission signature of the I MEF command post
               after  it had displaced to the vicinity of Al
               Khanjar on 15 February.

               *    The   employment    of General Boomer's
               command vehicles with a two-star impostor at
               the border near Manaqish on January 16th.  In
               addition there were other operations nearby such
               as artillery raids, leaflet drops, berm cuts, and
               the like on a continuing basis to demonstrate
               intent to penetrate in that vicinity.

               * The use of mock artillery pieces and tanks
               west of Al Qaraah near a fake combat service
               support area beginning    17 January to mask
               ArCent and MarCent movements.

               * Special Operations Command reconnaissances
               and other actions along the coast of Kuwait to
               promote a belief that amphibious operations
               would be undertaken between Mina Saud and
               Ras Al Qulayah.

                           I MEF Moves Forward

    On 14-15 February, General Boomer relocated his command post about 180
kilometers west northwest over dusty roads from Safaniyah.       He originally
intended to  relocate near Kibrit, but after the adoption of the second breach,
the force's  senior communicator,   Colonel "Glenn" Hill, realized that Kibrit