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  -- OVER 1,300 SORTIES AGAINST HIS LOC'S

  -- BRIDGES ARE VERY TOUGH TARGETS TO HIT, BUT OUR PRECISION

     GUIDED MUNITIONS HAVE SHOWN TREMENDOUS SUCCESS

  -- 70 BRIDGES HAVE BEEN ATTACKED

         OVER 66% OF THE BRIDGES STRUCK ARE NON-OPERATIONAL

  -- THROUGH-PUT CAPACITY HAS BEEN REDUCED BY AT LEAST 70%

  -- BACKED UP CONVOYS AT DESTROYED BRIDGES PROVIDE TARGET RICH

     OPPORTUNITIES

  -- HE CONSTRUCTED PONTOON BRIDGES AND DIRT CAUSEWAYS TO REROUTE

     TRAFFIC AND KEEP SUPPLIES FLOWING.

         WE RETURNED TO STRIKE THESE RECONSTITUTED BRIDGES

  -- NOW WE HAVE SEALED OFF THE KTO TO ESCAPING IRAQIS AND SUPPLIES

  -- EPW'S CLAIM THEY WERE GIVEN 5 SPOONFULS OF RICE A DAY -- NOT

     ENOUGH.

  -- EPW'S REPORT SADDAM'S KILLER SQUADS DISCOURAGING DESERTION

  -- EPW'S CLAIM MEDICAL CARE AND SUPPLIES ON BATTLEFIELD SO LOW

     THAT SERIOUSLY WOUNDED IRAQI SOLDIERS ARE SIMPLY SHOT.

  -- EPW'S CLAIM THEY ARE BURYING THEIR DEAD IN MASS GRAVES VICE

     RETURNING THE DEAD TO THEIR FAMILIES LIKE THEY DID DURING THE

     IRAN/IRAQ WAR.


NBC


            TOTAL NBC RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
            AND PRODUCTION FACILITIES TARGETED      34

            NBC TARGETS ATTACKED                    34

                        NUC              4

                        BlO             11

                        CHEM            19

                  TOTAL SORTIES FLOWN         850

         NOTE:  TOTALS DO NOT INCLUDE CW/BW STORAGE AREAS


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(INFORMATION CLYRRENT AS OF 27 FEB 1991)

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