NAVY TALKING POINTS OFFICE IF INFO DESERT STORM

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Subject = NAVY TALKING POINTS OFFICE IF INFO DESERT STORM

Folder Title = MAJ GALLOWAY S MATERIAL

Parent Organization = MARCENT

Unit = 1 MEF

Box ID = BX600094

File Cabinet = Week-51

File Room = dec96_classified

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I Feb (continuing) launch toward Israel was observed by 2 U.S. aircraft, and attacked
site, destroying launcher, 2 trailers and 7 support vehicles.
Iraqi troop and armor border movements are being observed, but not consid-
ered a "massive troop.buildup" or major offensive.
Iraqi tanks have fired on an observation post along the border. Five tanks
fled under fire from U.S. artillery.
U.S. Army unit engages in a short freight with an Iraqi unit, exchanging
small arms fire before disengaging contact. No injuries.
DOD reports over 500 enemy prisoners of war have been captured after the
siege at Ras al Kh4i.
Naval air strike operations resumed at the Uum Qasr Naval Base. At the
Min al Bakir oil terminal, an A-6 attacked a patrol boat, leaving it
burning. Helos picked up an additional 15 enemy prisoners of war
from the Cor al Amiya oil terminal who were apparently survivors
from Iraqi naval vessels engaged over the past 48 hours. Navy helos
involved in EPW operation reported no oil coming from or in vicinity
of oil terminal or Min al Bakir platform. Oil slick appears to be
broken up, 4 miles long and I mile wide.
SECNAV activates 504 additional Naval Reservists from 51 units.

2 Feb DOD announces 37,000 sorties have been flown (2,600 today), focused on
targeting Republic-an Guard positions, strategic targets and targets of
opportunity.
A USN A-6 with two crewmembers and a USAF A-10 with I crewman has
been shot down by anti-aircraft fire. The three crewmembers are
listed as missing.
2 Iraqi SCUD missiles are fired at Tel Aviv, Israel. One landed possibly in
Jordan, the other in an unpopulated area of the West Bank. No
injuries, damage nuintimal. One SCUD was intercepted over Riyadh,
Saudi Arabia by a U.S. Patriot missile. Falling debris injured 29
people.
U.S. planes attacked another SCUD missile site, destroying 3 vehicles.
DOD announces that one Marine has been killed and two wounded when
their convoy which was returning from an artillery operation was hit
by cluster bomb munitions apparently from 'friendly fire."
U.S. naval operations continue with an attack on the Al Kalia naval facility.
One Iraqi Exocet-capable patrol craft was directly hit with two laser
guided bombs, while a second aircraft launched a string of 12 500-
pound bombs across a second patrol boat which also went into a
building on the pier generating several secondary explosions. Helos
from the USS NICHOLAS engaged four Iraqi patrol boats near the
Myerdam Island, destroying one, damaging two. Also, A-6s scored a
direct hit with two laser-guided bombs on a patrol boat in the Kuwait
City harbor.
Senior commanders now conclude that with the destruction of all lraQi patrol
craft opable of delivering missiles, Iraqi naval forces are considered
to be combat ineffective,

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Subject = NAVY TALKING POINTS OFFICE IF INFO DESERT STORM
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Document Date =
Scan Date =
Queued for Declassification = 01-JAN-1980
Short Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Long Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Permanent Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Non-Health Related Document = 01-JAN-1980
Declassified = 24-MAR-1997