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Only a few hours before he took the job, Iraqi Scud missiles had struck the cities of Tel Aviv and Haifa, inflicting only limited damage, but striking renewed fear into the hearts of many Israelis...
...forces are incapable of dealing a devastating blow to Israel. Israeli fighter pilots should be able to shoot down most, if not all, incoming Iraqi jets before they reach the country's borders. Jerusalem calculates, however, that Baghdad would be able to fire 10 to 20 of its modified Scud B missiles before Israeli or U.S. warplanes destroyed the launching bases in western Iraq. And Israeli defense planners consider Iraq's Sukhoi-24 long-range bombers an even greater threat than the Scud B missiles, which are notoriously inaccurate. Iraq is believed to have 25 of the advanced Soviet-made...
...raid sirens were sounding in Riyadh, as allied forces prepared for an Iraqi strike against Saudi Arabia's capital city. American journalists in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, were told to take shelter at about 7:20 p.m. EST in preparation for an attack by Iraqi Scud missiles...
There is no doubt that Iraq possesses missiles capable of delivering warheads, nuclear or otherwise. Customized Scud-B surface-to-surface missiles were fired during the Iran-Iraq war, among them 190 Al-Husayn missiles, with a range of 400 miles. Last December, Iraq test-fired two surface-to-surface missiles with a range of 1,240 miles. That same month, Iraq announced it had launched a 48-ton rocket capable of carrying satellites into space. If true, that means that Iraq is capable of putting ballistic missiles into space...
...downtown Kabul last week, a unit of Soviet and Afghan troops paraded through the streets towing a fresh supply of SS-1 Scud missiles. Elsewhere in Afghanistan the Soviets also deployed 30 MiG-27 attack aircraft and began striking at mujahedin fighters with Backfire bombers. Why the sudden buildup? In Moscow First Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Bessmertnykh announced that the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan "is being suspended" because of new attacks by mujahedin rebels. Blaming the U.S. and Pakistan for continuing to give arms to the guerrillas, he hinted that the original pullout deadline...