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Date International U.S. PoliticaliDiplomatic Military

Jan 22 sOviet President calls for Iraqi Scud missile evades two
increased international efforts American Patriot missiles
to prevent the Gulf war from and slams into a Tel Aviv
widening, reiterates support suburb leaving three people
for the U.S.- led attempt to dead and 70 wounded.
liberate Kuwait. Iraqi TV Allied air war intensifies as
shows two more men it the skies clear. Over 10,000
identifies as downed sorties have been flown.
American fliers. American forces attacked and
apparently sank two Iraqi
ships, ~ least one of which
was a mine-laying vessel.
Military planners believe that
Husseui's strategy is to pro-
long the war as long as pos-
sible.

Jan 23 Iraq halts distribution of President says the war against Overall effort to srnash Iraqi
gasoline in order to marshal Iraq is on schedule and that communications and air
supplies. there would be no pause in defenses has been largely
the air campaign. He successfiil. Allies have
cautions the nation to expect destroyed 41 Iraqi arrcraft
setbacks and sacrifices, but while losing only 16.
that we will not stop until we U.S. and Iraqi troops
have achieved our goals. skirmish, two U.S.
service:cnen are wounded and
six Iraqi prisoners are taken.

Jan 24 Iraq closes border with White House says it prefers The number of sorties has
Jordan, blocking major to think about the duration of reached 15,000.
escape route for hundreds of the war in terms of months A Saudi F-iS pilot shoots
thousands of refligees from rather than days or weeks. down two Iraqi Mirages.
Iraq. Two Iraq ships sunk, one by
U.S. planes, another by a
mine. U.S. Navy rescues 22
survivors from the two ships,
takes them prisoner and
another 29 are taken from a
small island off the
Kuwaiti/Saudi Arabian coast.

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