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abnui, all th~ iniJl~ry raids have t~een about the same tinit. This inay havt bccn a pr~mp:ive ~t?Ack
to try and 8Ct after those f~s that have been attacking tI~n~ t1)rCC nights bc~o~l~and.

     Q: 1 seem to re'i~etnb~ra week, or possibly two weeks ago, ther: being rcports saying that
these troops clown there were virtually left without any soft skin vehicies to Lake them back, in fact,
h~ vin~iy ao tncans 0£ UaflSpOrUi(ion whatsocver.
     Schw~kopf: Ii w~n'~t tb~se folks ~ight bert, it was these folks up bert thai came down, ~e

ihink-

      Q: Sir, you spo~t cfthetxpIosi~n that was a I2on a scale of one to ten. Cai~you g~ve us
any idea what ~ype of matuiel that rniSht have been? To pu~ it In layrnan's language, what sort of
tqnIp:neni fm bow~inany soldiers ov:r wbat p~rio~ cf tijne~ What sori of ammunition?
      Schwarzkopf: I LVjsh I could. lt'£ a huge ammunidon dump, all of them in revettments. It's a
~aI1dup. When they first sts-tcd buildinS up In the theater, this was an area thai they first started
~ 1-CrbuUttupftn. aLfl(1 :bctt ibey ~flttgtifpmtnt `Iowa to other units1 ainmunialon clown to
ciher ~nits from ~hat inajor supply depot. So all 1 ten say is it was the tnajor a?nrDu~tion dc~t that
stipplied all the foroes In Kuwait, and with that level of damage done to It, coupled ~ith the fact tb~t
most oft?tbnd£cs arc out 1)0w, arid coupled with the fact :hat wt~rt a:~ckin~ the convoys tliat
tome dow~, that ~eat's aflat what ~hcy'~ so: is ~)0at they'vc £ot. If (Jiey usc that ~p, they':t ~Oi!)g
!D be burtinS.

      Q: If you'~ w'~Uin£ to discuss Isaqi casualties amonsst the Republican Ouard, cOt)ld you
~crhaps£lvc wan csw~tc of ahc'Ic~ w ~liic1j you~wci~~~uccd she cf(ccuvcncss of Lhe fi~huns

 *         *$cbwatacopf: ~, kca~sc all it would be is a Tough estinsate, ttrnl I ~n~~ like sleaiinS in rou£ti
  )  ts:Irnates when you start talbn£ about ~netny casualties. I told you1 1'rn anti.body coufl~ fl~y
     count incauss nothing, absolutely tiotiting. All it is is a wild guess Lii at tends to mislead people as to
     ~at's g~tng ~, *Jbat1i not the way w: do business, a Ia guessing, so I persoiially don't iLke ilit idea
     ~iastrtnS body counts on a compUative basis. I think it puts undue pressure on co;nmanders lo
     co'mc alp wiih numbers tl'at art onrt~.

     Q:  There are reports in tlie oil Industry that ,~O to 90 percent of all of lraq's refined
petroleum ac~accnt toitefineries and to power plants has becii destroyed -- tl)c storage facilities,
                lilt mtlu of rna~nitude to deny itie logim'c...
     Schwarzkopf; I told you, we went after militarily ~~~~~r~0n~ tai~cts. We didi~'t want to
fltItroy~flw~oLi 1fltlu$tryq but wc ctrt£i~ily wanted Co' make sure they %Iidh `C ~vC 4 ~~`~f ~asolIiie (or

`heir m~ ve~Ie£.

      Q; .`liere arc an awful lot of reporters in Saudi Arabia, particularly in the I)bahran region..
      Schwarzkopf: You've got a~out two battalions' worth. I'm~oin~ to keep that in mind If we
ever need youl (IAug~ter)

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     Q: The inajolity aI~ being barted by tl)C nillitary ftoin access to covering the wu. fnic
ostensible r~ason is mainly a lack of equipment, such as rucksacks and sleeping bags. Even if II)iS is
true, there's a large 5C~n)C1)t of non-pool reporters who are interested in covering things like
aviation1 supply1 logistics, inaintenance, things that would not require us to use this equipment, d~
not require us to go out and live with the ground troops. My question is, when will the inililary

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