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Saddam might also have had in mind setting the oil ablaze to thwart an amphibious Marine landing on the Kuwaiti coast. Because most crude oil burns poorly, that prospect left allied military planners unfazed -- even as they kept a wary eye on a fire that was spotted on the slick during the weekend...
...compounded by a flood of oil from a major refinery, either as the result of a U.S. attack or a decision by Iraq to open the faucets. A single refinery tank can hold millions of gallons -- enough to smear large stretches of the sebkha, the flat coastal terrain where Kuwaiti refineries are located...
...send forth a vast cloud of dense black smoke that would foul the air and darken skies as far east as Afghanistan and northern India. After 30 days, smoke could cover an area half the size of the U.S. But because oil gushes naturally to the surface in most Kuwaiti wells, with no need of pumping, it will go on feeding a blaze until someone puts it out -- months or years later, depending on how long the war lasts...
...troops and tanks dug in deeply in Kuwait. So far there have been only minor skirmishes on the surface, though one on Saturday yielded the first known prisoners of the war. A dozen Iraqis were captured when the frigate U.S.S. Nicholas and some helicopters joined to assault and "neutralize" Kuwaiti drilling platforms in the Persian Gulf that the Iraqis had converted into antiaircraft positions. There were also some exchanges of fire between Iraqis and U.S. Marines across the Kuwaiti-Saudi border and some casualties, but no sizable battles...
...Iraqis have dug in all along the Kuwaiti-Saudi border, constructing trenches and other fortifications, two miles wide in spots, with gaps between designed to lure attackers into channels where they can be subjected to withering cross fire. Some of the trenches can be filled with water; oil can be poured on top of the water and set ablaze. Behind the trenches are mobile reserves and other units, including both tanks and artillery, that can be moved up quickly to fill breaches in the line or counterattack against a breakthrough...