Word: counterattack
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...city was on the verge of being taken by allied forces. "So far we're delighted with the progress of the campaign," declared General Norman Schwarzkopf, the allied commander. Schwarzkopf said resistance had been light, with the exception of one Marine unit that ran into and repulsed an Iraqi counterattack. During the first 12 hours of the campaign, Schwarzkopf said, more than 5,500 Iraqi prisoners had been captured. But according to Kuwaiti sources, the actual number of Iraqis surrendering was at least 10 times greater than that...
...Corps will attack the Iraqi town of Najaf, a transportation hub halfway between Baghdad and the Saudi border that could act as an allied supply-and-staging post. Speed is critical to concentrate forces for an attack and then disperse before the enemy can pull itself together for a counterattack...
Taxes. The G.O.P. wants a cut in capital-gains taxes but won't fight very hard for it. Democrats aim to counterattack by proposing a cut in Social Security payroll taxes for the middle class. Passage is probable, with some Republican support...
...good at such fighting, and, more important, they would be doing it without vital air cover. Frontal attacks, where they occurred, would be preceded by heavy aerial bombardment and would be aimed at piercing holes in the lines, which the Iraqis would have to try to seal off by counterattack. That would require them to come out into the open and expose themselves to pitiless bombing and strafing...
Allied engineers will then begin cutting roads through the minefields. At that point, the Republican Guards will have to concentrate their dispersed, dug-in forces and counterattack. The day and night bombardment by B-52s and missile attacks from planes and helicopters will continue. The international forces will quickly be free to roll across Kuwait. "The Iraqis have never faced major maneuver operations," says Cordesman...