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50 goaesoss :be1iSris and ~he E~phra~es. i would c~p~t tc) ICC pOIlLOOn brid~cs b~in~ put ~
ponloon bnd£cs are ~retty easy to flnd1 and Ll)Cy~~C cvcn casiet to Lakc uut.

        In the ind~China war tbc enen~ c1~d do exactly that1 a~ul thcir supplics contin~ed to r~ll
south. Ornnttd. theit's no triple canopy fortst and ~T havc b~u~r aigbt 51£litiI0£ cnpa~Uity. tiut do
y~ antidpatc ibe po£~ibility of an ~ten~c~ supply ctfort down w Lhc n~tx~ ~j'tniU'vc level?
     Schw~opf: 1 would iniagine that th~y will try, and ~ can assuz: you that we w;1l also
contLn'~C to do what we'vc been doing. Therc's a big ~~r:nce between iicit an~ Vjet't~u as f~ as
air opuations and ti'e abil£'ty w ~di'ci ~pp1y JA~~

     Q; You mentioncd the M~rine casualties of 12 `lead and 2 wuuiid~. It your CS U 1fl~t)Ofl, is
ib~ sousually high for an ~n~tinttrof t)iat sirc?
     Sehwankopf: No, particularly1 when you consider the numlier ~r tLnks thai ~cre l~~c1~~a,
`he ntrinber of tanks that welt knocked out, and that ~ort of thing   twclvt is not uii~sually high.
        ss'~~o~~b~ ~. as   as J `in ~o*a:rv~4~ b~I sinfcqtgnatcly, ~liat `~

4 Js iliere any news on theArab forces ltatiot)ed in Kiia~ji as well, what casualiics )hey".e

Schwaszkopf: Th~~: ~ ~o Arab f~s tn ~afji.

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      Q: !3ui there is a forward headquarte~ u!~it for the Kuwaitis in Lilat region.
      Sehwan~opL' Not in al Kharji. There was nobody in al Khaf)i --I won't say there was
siobody there~ b~t ihe~ was no Arab unit ~it tbat j kitow of. A~ih~~ ask Lbc S£udi~ and Arabs
~a~ I ~ink "Ity tan ~ba~y ~~ yoL' a tn~eh tttter ariswt~ %han I can.

     Q: Oivtn yatir destTuction ot stipp~y soules ~o ~uw1'it, anO tbeit nIt about I 00,000
~uwiItis still in Kuwait, and several hundred thousand I~alestinjans a:~ otl~cr nations, what ~dv~ce
~ould you ~ivt to th~ii' now? What should they do?
     Schwankopf: To give to the Falestinian nationals who are 6 Kuwait?

      S~: All the ;~~le cttt'rernly tn Kuwait City, all the civiliaii population of Kuwait t'ty.
      Schwarikopf: 1 hope they art continuing to resist in every way tliey possibly can. 1 would
hope ihat their spirits arc soinewhat uplifted like this. 1 hope they would continue to protect
                           I don't want them to do anything ftiolisl~ that mi~h1 get thein hurt.

        W~~~W' y~Li ~U tlie'in' to tvac'iate?   ___
                 It don't think ~~~re~~ any iw~'1 for ttat at the pit.tnt time. *~li~vt n~e. if there
is a need for that, we'U probably let them know ahead of tiine.

      Q: You bave mentioned that you have dcstroycd all tl)e baqi nuclear n~actOr facilities. Do
you havc Infonnation aboul the contamination?
      Schwar~opf: Every target that we have attacked -- he it nuclear, chemical, or biological - we
have very carefuiiy selected the des~ction means after a lot of advice from a lot of very, very
prominent Scientists. We've selected the destruction means in such a way that we absolutely, almost
to a 99£9 percent assurance, have no contamination. I found one thing -- none or the scientists WL'll
ever give you 100 percent assun~nce of anytl'in~,, but tliey w~ll tell you tl~at tl~e~ are eertain ways
that you can limit that contamination. and every one of those targets that we've attacked, `ye w~Ie

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