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- ENEMY AIR

  -- WITHIN LAST 24 HOURS, AT LEAST 10 IRAQI AIRCRAFT FLEW TO IRAN

     (EST.  4 - 6 FIGHTERS)

  -- NUMBER OF AIRCRAFT TO IRAN:   110 -


GROUND PORCES

- VERY QUIET, HOWEVER, BORDER ACTIVITY CONTINUES

  -- LAST NIGHT THERE WERE IRAQI PROBES AND PATROLLING ACTIVITY:

     SMALL ARMS AND ARTILLERY FIRE EXCHANGED ACROSS THE BORDER

          NO CASUALTIES TO U.S.

     -- - IRAQI PATROLS AND PROBES CAN BE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AS

          THEY ATTEMPT TO GATHER INTEL


- (041700) U.S. ARMY COBRA HELICOPTER ATTACKED IRAQI LIGHT ARMORED

  VEHICLE ALONG SAUDI-IRAQI BORDER

  -- VEHICLE DESTROYED WITH 1 TOW II MISSILE

          FROM 3,200 METERS


EPW'a

- OVER 800 TO DATE

  -- U.S.:   41

  -- TRANSFERRED TO SAUDIS 156

  -- HAVE RECEIVED INITIAL REPORT FROM THE SAUDIS THAT 25 IRAQIS

     TURNED THEMSELVES OVER TO SAUDI FORCES TODAY ALONG THE

     NORTHERN BORDER OF SAUDI ARABIA


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