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President Bush states Refugees fleeing Iraq and Chairman of the Federal
Washington will take the lead Kuwait reach Jordan describing Reserve Board says the nation
in efforts to bring peace to the deprivation, fright and despair could face a long and deep
Middle East. More than 80 gripping the people of Kuwait recession if the war with Iraq
Iraqi planes, at least 60 of and Iraq. In State of the Union lasts past the middle of April.
which are fighters and address, President Bush Three Iraqi tank battalions
bombers, are now in Iran. explains status and goals of the attack allied positions in Saudi
*~ehran gives assurances that war. The United States and Arabia near Kuwaiti border.
the planes will be detained and Soviet Union say a cease-fire is Iraqis occupy abandoned port
the pilots interned for the possible, on the ccrndition that town of Kha~i before being
duration of the war. Iraq take "concrete steps to driven back by United States
withdraw from Kuwait. It is Marines and Arab infantry.
the first United States offer of
a cease-fire.

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France allows American B-52's CENTCOM announces allies 300,000 demonstrate in
to enter its airspace for raids have put Iraqi Navy out of Morocco, showing support for
against Iraq. President Bush action. Iraq. Iraq renews threats that
tours military bases in the it will carry out terrorist
South, and thanks American attacks against the United
troops and their families for States. Journalists express
"doing the hard work of dissatisfaction with inforrnation
freedom. on war. SECDEF says war
will end once Kuwait is
liberated, but economic
sanctions against Iraq would
continue.

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Iran offers to serve as mediator President Bush says he is Iraq announces it is severing
between United States and Iraq sending SECDEF and relations with United States,
in effort to end war. Chairraan JCS to Saudi Arabia Britain, France, Italy, Egypt
CENTCOM says the will of to assess the need for a ground and Saudi Arabia. Jordan King
Iraqi soldiers can be broken. offensive. Saying he is Hussein lashes out at "savage
USS MISSOURI fires on Iraqi skeptical that air power alone and large scale war" being
positions in Kuwait for first would drive Iraq from Kuwait, conducted against "brotherly
time in war. the President is careful to say Iraq." France confirrns their
he has made no final decision troops will join in ground war.
about ground war. SECDEF and Chajinnan JCS
Amphibious assault force brief Congress on war, report
moves up Persian Gulf as allied the air campaign is going well
air shifts focus to front-line and ground offensive not
Iraqi units along Kuwait-Saudi innainent.
border.

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