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Iraq Launches Attack Against KuwaitKUWAIT (AP) - Kuwaiti officials said Thursday that Iraqi troops crossed the border into Kuwait before sunrise and seized scattered regions in the northeastern sector of the small, oil-rich country.Kuwaits engaged the Iraqi invaders with heavy artillery and were trying to repulse them, government officials contacted by telephone from Bahrain said.The royal guard of the Palace of the Emir, Jaber al-Ahmed al-Sabah, said an unidentified ship tried to get close to the Royal Palace and the Royal Guard opened fire on it, according to witnesses. It was unclear what happened to the vessel.Kuwaiti residents said the sounds of heavy artillery boomed at the Kuwait border with Iraq and busloads of troops were sightedrushing north shortly before dawn Thursday.In Washington, the Kuwait embassy confirmed late Wednesday that Iraqi and Kuwait troops clashed at the border.Diplomatic sources say about 190,000 Iraqi troops had been massed Wednesday at the border amid a territorial dispute — Iraq has never accepted the demarcation line of its 200-mile shared southern border with Kuwait — and claims Kuwait has stolen oil from its border field.The rattle of automatic guns sounded and explosions in rapid succession shook local residents from their sleep, and the Kuwaiti Cabinet quickly assembled amid rumors the Iraqis were either shelling the border regions or crossing into Kuwaiti territory.Residents in downtown Kuwait reported formations of French-made Mirage jet fighters of the Kuwaiti air force taking to the skies in the direction of the border region.The streets were empty and people climbed onto rooftops of their houses to watch the skies; some reported hearing gun blasts growing in intensity and speed. Moments later army tanks and armored personnel carriers were moving in the direction of the Royal Palace, apparently to reinforce the guards.Kuwait is a former British colony that gained independence in 1961. Its 1.9 million residents are among the wealthiest in the world because of the country’s vast oil reserves.
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Harrisonburg, Virginia, US
Thu, Aug 02, 1990
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