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- IRAQIS DEVELOP `1WORK AROUNDS" (LIKE PONTOON, RAMPS).  WE CONTINUE

  TO STRIKE THESE AS WELL.
  -- THEY USE EARTHEN BY-PASSES AND PONTOON BRIDGES -- LESSER
     CAPABILITY

  NOTE:   THESE NUXBERS ARE ESTIMATES


- DESERT STORM CASUALTIES

  -- AS RESULT OF OUR AIR AND GROUND COMBAT OPERATIONS, U.S. FORCES

     HAVE LOST A TOTAL OF 23 SERVICEMEN KIA, 32 WIA AND 39 NIA (AS
     OF 0001,  21 FEB 91)


  -- TOTAL COALITION CASUALTIES:   49 KIA; 111 WIA; 62 MIA


CIVILIAN STATUS IN OCCUPIED AREA

- KUWAITI CIVILIANS, UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW, ARE ENTITLED TO

  PROTECTED STATUS BY THE OCCUPYING FORCE.


- IRAQ' S MILITARY FORCES, WEAPONS, AND EQUIPXENT REMAIN LAWFUL

  XILITARY TARGETS, DESPITE THEIR EMPLACEMENT IN POPULATED AREAS

  -- IRAQ'S DISREGARD FOR THIS BASIC HUMANITARIAN PRINCIPLE
     INTENTIONALLY EXPOSES INNOCENT CIVILIANS TO SERIOUS INJURY OR
     DEATH


AIR CAMPAIGN SUPPORT

- IT IS IXPORTANT TO REM~XBER THAT AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF SUPPORT

  IS REQUIRED TO SUPPORT THIS 24 HOUR AIR CAMPAIGN - THE FIGHTER-

  BOMBER ASPECT RECEIVES THE VAST MAJORITY OF PUBLICITY.    HOWEVER,
  THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE BEHIND THE SCENES WHO MAKE THESE SUCCESSES
  POSSIBLE.
  -- I'VE TOLD YOU ABOUT THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL BEFORE, BUT IN
     ADDITION TO THIS EFFORT, OUR
  -- GROUND CREWS WORK AROUND THE CLOCK TO SERVICE AND LOAD THE

     AIRPLANES, AND


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