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~tho1ogy... (LAughter) ,.~ttcr rcft!Tcd to by tbc ti()OpL as ~S. I don~t kl)()w w1~o i1~a~ r,uy's
tOLfltt i~, ttrt he oughL to ~~I a n~w sourcc, b~cause I~~s sourct is a liar.

     Q: Oc~tT&1t 1 just wan~d to s~ if 1 got this right I get the in)prtsSIOfl tI~at th~ Iraqi troops
havc ae!~ Khaf'ji. It's a little border town thcrc, I ~now. ~Vc'vc flu becn up L1~trc. And not
Amw~' :roop~ pcr ~. but ~tl~i NALiDflal ~~~d troops. whicb I `Ion't ~mcrnbcr if they I;A~~ that
much annor, are flying to retake that ci(y. is ti~at accurate?
     Schwarzkopf: i'd rather Icave a quesdon like tha~ to tILc Saudi's ~au~ t)~ey can give yo~ a
lot inort 4ICtaUS oo thaL We ~cirk 4C~ closely `ogethu. ~hc Sa~dis h&ve ztp~it6 IL) ine that
ttey'm mountinS ~n ~~t)Dn ~ ~o back intO ~bafji. I wou0dn't willy say the Iraqis have £ci~c&I
KIia~i. Wbcn you walk into WI ~niflhabitcd place it's i~aUy not rnuch of a scizure.

      ~~: ~~y~OC~%~~~Kh~?
      Schwarzk*pf: Tl~ last I heard. th~rt Wtt 5tfl'nC ~erc. But again. I hnv~ no confirmed
        ahaj        :ti)I ~~. J£i's iL7L~t ~J)d nt WbvL1 brppcns vr let the S~dis brt'ef~&i on ihat1
because they can givt you ~ner inforrnn~ion.

     Q: W~thout itvtaiingany military ~ecre1L, can youitll ~e ~bsi ~~l be the f~~rs or i)'e
critefla for ~ou to~ccitle af' 10 begic the ground ~ttack, an(I when to begin a ground attack?
     &hwarzkopt: Pirst of all, 1 do not make that decis)on. The Ftesi~cnt of tbt United States.
in consultation with the Secretary of Defense and tl)C Chairin~n of ~he Joiflt Chl~fs of Staff will
ma~ t1)at ~c£ision The sceond answer is. n').

            Q: ~fl~at i~ your ,nctlon to tbe tt,tnmuni~u~ t)ul ot Washington the other day, with `l"l~st~~w
      and Wash)ngton ~n£ about ~ possibility of a cease fire if Iraq shows any jn'iicati*n whM~oevtr of
      ~u1Itn'g oc: of Kuwait? Do you think it's feasible from your pcrsptctivc 10..

)     no inten&tiobnWw&TZk~tOoePfver t~ht~fl~jC~atiO1TtCng~j£sfl~SWj~~j~ry~~f~~~~~~p~Pjbflg~~ would he
      Ibat were pnnounced at the t'uts~t. I'd ~fcr any other cornrfltflt to the White Hou't. oii that.

       Q: You lalked about ~ie Kuwaiti thea~cr or operations. If you ~o into Kuwait1 cxpe0 tl~
Iraqis, arc you SoIng to stop aL the bordcr, or are you ~oing to pursue t~ern into Iraq?
       Schwarikopf: ~t's wait end see. This canip~ign has many different phases to it. ~ere Mt
ccruin dcJcrm~tions n)A1 ~nppcn ~n cach ~. I'1n ~ot going so ~)tgraph any of our pun~hts. tut 1
will Tepeat once again what the President of tl~e~United States has said all along   oUr argwnent is not
*wtib ~tic1mqi ~1e. Out tflttntw'!' iz    to tonqutr Iraq' in any way. or rt(iuee Iraq to R
                    ~ teen.

      Q: "`be UX resolution says to expel Iraq from Kuwait. You'it just leaving the option open
that you `nay pursue them into `1aq. is that correct?
      Schwarzkopf: 1'm not leaving any option open, I'm not leaving any option closed. I'ni sayi~~g
ibat we have a military campaign that we're going to execute, and I'fl) not going to go into any of
the planninS options beyond that.

      Q: Sir, you spoke or interdictin~ tl~e main supply routes. Is it possible that tI~c et~my coLild
shift to secondary supply routes effectively -- pickup trucks, jeeps, mule trains' etc.?
      Schwaukopf: There's always that pos~ibility, but that's pretty rough to do. T1)ey have a
very lirniteti road net, and of course, with the Ti~ris and tl)C Euphrates being wl~~re it is, you've got

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