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Date: 31st January 1991
Service: CEEFAX
Region: N/A
Original Broadcast Channel: BBC1
Current Page: 131
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P131 CEEFAX 131 Thu 31 Jan 21:51/02 US CONFIRMS KHAFJI RECAPTURE 1/3 A US military official has confirmed Saudi news reports saying the town of Khafji has been recaptured from Iraq. Brigadier General Pat Stevens said Saudi troops, with US marine helicoptersupport, had cleared Khafji of Iraqis. Fighting was now continuing to the north of the town, eight miles inside Saudi Arabia, he said. A total of 160 Iraqi prisoners of war were taken in the fighting, which had not been a major invasion he said. The number of Iraqi soldiers killed would not be made public, he added. 101War headlines 130Gulf military Next News GulfIndex Headlines Newsreel
P131 CEEFAX 131 Thu 31 Jan 21:50/43 KHAFJI TAKEN BY SAUDI TROOPS 2/3 Khafji had been taken by Iraqi infantry backed by armoured vehicles early yesterday, US Brigadier General Pat Stevens said. Saudi soldiers had fought against the Iraqi army, with US air power which destroyed 22 Iraqi tanks, he said. No US ground troops had been involved in recapturing it, he explained. Eleven US marines were killed and two wounded in fighting on Wednesday, he said. Two US soldiers - one a woman - were missing, but had not been involvedin the fighting, added the Brigadier. 101War headlines 130Gulf military Next News GulfIndex Headlines Newsreel
P131 CEEFAX 131 Thu 31 Jan 21:09/02 IRAQI SUPPLIES UNDER ATTACK 3/3 Further Allied attacks have been made on military supplies inside Iraq, according to a US military spokesman. Brigadier General Pat Stevens said military convoys from Baghdad to Basra were being attacked, with "just too many burning vehicles to count". In the Persian Gulf itself Allied air and naval attacks had now sunk or damaged 60 Iraqi vessels, he said. Some 37 mines had also been destroyed in the waterway, said Brigadier GeneralStevens. 101War headlines 130Gulf military Next News GulfIndex Headlines Newsreel