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6. All POWs would be released immediately after the cease-fire;

7. The U.N. Security Council would designate countries not involved in the conflict to oversee the
Iraqi withdrawal.

} (New York Times, February 22, p. Al.)

-- Artillery and ground clashes along the Saudi border with Iraq and Iraqi-occupied Kuwait grow larger
and more heated as allied forces brace today for what Defense Secretary Cheney terms "one of the
largest land assaults of modern times." (New York Times, February 22, p. Al.)

* -- An Army UH-6O Blackhawk medical evacuation helicopter crashes in northern Saudi Arabia while
trying to land in bad weather. All seven aboard are killed. (New York Times, February 22, p. Al.)

Lieutenant Colonel Ralph Heyles is relieved as commander of a battalion of Apache helicopters after
he mistakenly Fires into two American armored vehicles while piloting one of the choppers. Two
soldiers were kilIed and six wounded in the incident. (New York Times, February 22, p. Al.)

--Military officials say they have not been able to locate key Iraqi chemical weapons units on the
battlefield and therefore are preparing for heavy casualties if Iraq uses chemical artillery shells and short
range missiles. (New York Times, February 22 p. Al0.)
)
U.S. troops in the Persian Gulf theater now exceed 530,000. Seventy-one Scuds have been launched
to date. Allied air sorties exceed 88,000. Of allied pledges to the war effort, over $12.1 billion in cash
has actually been received and more than $2.7 billion of payment-in-kind contributions provided. (DOD
News Briefing, 221608 FEB 91)

} --- Student groups on college campuses around the country hold antiwar demonstrations, but fall short
of the coordinated effort they had hoped to achieve. In some places, only a handful of students attend.
j (New York Times, February 22, p. AlO.)

The Defense Department adds five countries to the list of places where service members are eligible
j for imminent danger pay: Israel, Jordan, Syria, Egypt and Turkey. (Navy Times, February 25, p. 19.)

The Bush Administration now believes the Persian Gulf war might cost as much as $77 billion by
J September 30. (Philadelphia Inquirer, February 22, p. 1.)

A total of 110 million to 120 million pounds of explosives have been dropped on targets in Iraq and
Kuwait during the past five weeks, according to a senior Pentagon official. Estimates of bombing
accuracy rates in the war have been as high as 95% for U.S. guided munitions but less than 50% for
unguided munitions. (Washington Post, February 22, p. A25.)

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