He quoted prisoners of war as having said such units were attached to the elite Republican Guards and to Iraqi forces in southern Kuwait.

Broncos, flying both night and day missions, have directed Marine artillery fire against Iraqi positions in southern Kuwait in the past few days.

The map labels southern Kuwait a new, 19th province of Iraq.

They have stressed that American and allied forces will not concentrate on a frontal assault on Iraq's heavily fortified positions in southern Kuwait.

A water pipeline from southern Kuwait to Iraq is expected to open today.

There were also increasing reports of artillery bombardments against Iraqi positions and of forays into southern Kuwait by allied armoured units.

A. I was flying a mission in southern Kuwait and was shot down by a surface-to-air missile.

The first group is generally deployed in central and southern Kuwait and the adjoining parts of Iraq.

As a result, the Marines maneuvered through the Iraq defense of southern Kuwait and outflanked the Iraqi coastal defense forces.

An Iraqi infantry division ranges from 10,000 to 12,000 men; at the beginning of the war, Iraq had about 545,000 soldiers in Iraq and southern Kuwait.