ANTHOLOGY AND ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY                                         181

   We had taken mortar rounds on the first raid, but there was no evidence the
Iraqis could find us with anything other than forward observers in frontline
infantry units who could spot our muzzle flashes.    We trusted the EA~Bs to
handle the Iraqi ground surveillance and counterbattery radars, and they obvious-
ly did.  But why were the Iraqis so ineffective with the sound-ranging systems
that were supposed to be so good? We weren't sure, but our confidence was
growing. We decided to fight the urge to stay and shoot all night and continued
to I5~~~~ and scoot.' The real ground war was still days away, and we couldn't
afford to risk assets needed later.

                           Raid 4: Iraqi Batteries

   This one appeared to be the most effective-it was a true combined-arms
effort.  The targets were two Iraqi artillery batteries. Two M198 batteries (Q
and R) conducted the raid, again moving into position under an LAl screen.
The idea was to stay in position longer than on previous raids, fire more rounds
and see if we could draw some Iraqi counterfire for the F/A-18s to attack.  We
did no electronic jamming with the EA6Bs.        This time we wanted the Iraqi
ground surveillance and counterbattery radars to find us.
   It was a calculated risk, but we had analyzed the enemy artillery in the area
and were pretty sure he couldn't range us with his systems.     We were firing
rocket assisted projectiles (RAP),     giving us greater standoff distance and
reducing his chances of ranging us.
   The plan worked beautzfi~lly.     Shortly after our rounds impacted, we saw his
artillery lighting up in counterfire.  It appeared to be rockets, and we assumed
it to be Astros multiple rocket launchers (MRLs).    The airborne FAC spotted
the flashes immediately, and within seconds, the Iraqi racketeers were visited by
a pair of screaming F/A-18s delivering Rockeye. Because of the flat terrain, we
could see the Rockeye impacts from our battery positions. It was heartwarming,
especially knowing that the targets the Rockeyes were hitting had been trying to
put rockets on us.
   After 10 February, we stood down from the raid mission and rejoined the
rest of the 1st Division, moving into Al Qaraah and making final preparations
for the attack into Kuwait.     The raids had been very demanding on both
personnel and equipment, and we needed at least a short rest.

                             Results of the Raids

   The goals of the raids were to deceive the enemy as to the location of the
coming attack and destroy the morale of the Iraqi forces in the defensive belts
along the border.  In the context of the very successful attack into Kuwait, the
raids accomplished their goals.      Although the raids were a small part of the
overall deception plan, they can't be gauged by the amount of damage they
inflicted on the enemy.  The raid force appeared in the middle of the night and
fired from positions the enemy had every right to believe were unoccupied.
This had to shake his confidence in his intelligence capabilities.