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in Lhis ~~a. tbc AAA f~fln~ from tIia( aita. T1,t fli~~L )~ nc- c)cart tu~ n~~bcr swo :nari in !o
an ~£a~ai wwuuun w ~c ca~ of ~ :~LMIJ~r of ihe four vel)LciCs thaL wcrc on Lhis sic~c
of tbc road.
Gencral Schwarikopf: ~banks1 10uster.
A Unk bit or Ar~~~flt £oing on in the c~¶0fliuflity aL to 1)0W ThI3~ da~naSe £~id in ?10iS
flim. `Ibe minirnurn darn~c wc di~ on Lhe ii vc)u'clcs bas been conrinnc& We have knocke~ out at
)~~ Lhr~ mobift ~tor ~gnch~rs~ fottr SCUD missiles on SCUD ae~tn1 v~lrs~ ftfl(S tIu~ in~rt
SCUD wvi~ing ~hicies. The oLhcr posslI>Wty Is t1L~ we ~nockcc1 OLJt as many at5 ~Cfl mobile
ueciQri£JA~c~~s injust ibat one strik'c.
I wo~d also like to itport to yuu t))al Us1.))g sirnilar tactics last niSht in western Iraq. w: a1~.o
itiacked nbc! ~~noy~J Lhr~ SClJD TELs (~an~portcrcrector~nchcrs) wI:b ~2~~s1 and I f~l we
*~- a last ai£i~t.
I sestainly can't Say ihcie will be no niort SCUD jauziches. You can never say that. ~ut I l~ave
a ~b ~grtc of card~~sce Ihat we're ~cuin£ ~ter antS belier at our ability to find fl~in, and I
shink ihis tape ~ for itself1 in OLIr ab'~ty w fii'~~ and Ocstroy them. ana I JtsSUJt you flint we're
~Oin£ 10 cOSLtiflUe 10 ~~nue th~ launcbers.
last &nnoUnccintnL Today, wc went over SOO,OOO troops in the thcatcr.
just finish flp by ~vin~ you a vtry brit'~ closing aS~s%nmenL `Ly cv~y IJ)c*sL&T~, our
is' ~~tzweh cn'~b~~u)c. ~btr~'sno way tI'~ I'm ~L~~t~~~ ~ ~qiAnny is close
) *b~ut~I~~tU£Ij~itOflanco(Lr)wdJ(~e8eOfl~tt.ah£tOt `jig i~~~ irU Pee tI~ Iwflke ,ireh~~ a~d in OgT\n5 exactly thWe PoJultOcfom~£e~
ThL ~p1c1e£ the formal bri~f~£. ~a! Glosson and I now would tt very hippy to
tnawer any sltiestl.ons you mlgbt have.
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