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west coast equipment that will be prepositioned at sea. The 157 are volunteers from
various units across the country. (Navy Times, October 29, p. 16.)

October 11
Thursday --- Two of the most potent armored units in the U.S. Army (the Third
Armored Cavalry Regiment and the First Cavalry Division) have begun rolling ashore
in Saudi Arabia in what American officials say is the last major step in preparing for
batde with Iraq. (New York Times, October 12, p. A13.)

Only four embassies (U.S., French, British, and Indonesian) remain open as food
dwindles in Kuwait City. (New York Times, October 12, p. A13.)

Thirty-two service members have died in Operation Desert Shield so far, exceeding
the twenty-three service deaths during the 1989 invasion of Panama. Most deaths have
come in aircraft accidents. The Air Force held a one-day safety standdown in order to
try to stem the rising tide of accidents. (New York Times, October 12, p. A13.)

Protestant and Roman Catholic leaders are begiming to raise moral questions about
American policy in the Persian Gulf, edging away from the general support they voiced
two months ago and opening up a gap with their Jewish counterparts. (New York Times,
October 12, p. Al.)

Diarrhea is the most common health problem plaguing service members deployed in
Saudi Arabia, military disease experts say. (Navy Times, October 29, p. 8.)

The price of crude oil tops $40 a barrel. (New York Times, October 12, p. D6)

October 12
Friday --- The speaker of the Egyptian parliament is assassinated in Cairo. Suspicion
falls on either Muslim fundamentalists or Palestinians armed and inspired by Iraqi agents.
Egypt has led Arab condemnation of Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. (New York Times,
October 13, p. 1.)

---Iraq warns USSR that it could delay the departure of some 5,000 Soviet citizens still
in Iraq. (New York Times, October 13, p. 4.)

U.N. Security Council unanimously approves a resolution that expresses alarm at the
violence in Jerusalem on October 8. (New York Times, October 14, p. 10.)

October 13
Saturday --- In a speech before 1,0(X) prominent Kuwaitis in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia,

the crown prince of Kuwait suggests that Kuwait's defunct parliament will be revived and

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