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...Saudi Arabia, to reach. But they can be, and have been, bombed from Turkish bases that the Ankara government, after some hesitation and at considerable internal political cost, has agreed to let the U.S. use for offensive purposes. In a curious twist, two dozen Iraqi fighters and transport planes landed at airfields in Iran last week. The pilots may have defected or been seeking safe refuge from allied planes; it is also possible that Iraq has struck a secret deal with Iran to keep the planes there until the war is over...
Logistics. U.S. logistical superiority could quickly become a decisive factor. To assure adequate stocks of food, water, fuel and ammunition, the U.S. has mounted the biggest military resupply effort in history. Some 100 transport ships are sailing toward Saudi Arabia. More than 2,500 trucks will deliver * weapons and ammunition to the front...
...there was nothing predictable about the arrival two days later of several Soviet-built Libyan transport planes at N'Djamena's military airport. The planes had come to pick up about 400 Libyan prisoners released by Deby, some of whom had been jailed since 1982, and to unload "humanitarian supplies," including a Renault luxury sedan, apparently a gift to Deby from Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. Deby defended freeing the Libyans as a move to help maintain good relations with Chad's northern neighbor. However, the prisoner release, along with reports that Libya provided at least 40% of the equipment...
...simpler production. The Pacific Northwest Ballet in Seattle will feature Maurice Sendak's charming sets, and the Houston Ballet will move the family into a turn-of-the-century farmhouse and scale down their bourgeois comforts (presents will be homey food). Sleighs, as usual, will be the favorite transport, but a new conveyance is gaining favor: the Atlanta and Boston ballets and the Joffrey, in Iowa City and Los Angeles, are pumping up hot-air balloons for this year's fantasy trips through space...
Meanwhile, a committee of officials from the departments of State, Treasury and Defense, as well as the Agency for International Development, is identifying the neediest areas and the available resources of food and transport. The plan, whose details are still secret, is to send supplies directly to the areas thought to be the hardest hit, including cities in Siberia and the Urals, as well as Moscow and Leningrad...