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0 eSeattU WASHINGTON ' S LARGEST NEWSPAPER ■ uOPYRIGHT© 1991, SEAT Bush ' s critical dc President faces tough choices on land war Chicago Tribune and Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON - Buffeted on all sides by mounting politiccd pressures and stung by new criti- cism from Moscow, President Bush now faces a critical decision that likely will decide how many Americans die in the Gulf conflict. The decision: when and how to launch a ground war to retake Kuwait. Bush, who was to tackle the question today during a meeting with his principal advisers on the Gulf crisis, must weigh an array of political considerations as well as military calculations. Even the tempestuous climate of the Gulf region has conspired to complicate his choices. New signs of unease in Moscow and increasing rage in parts of the Muslim and Arab world over the allied aerial bombing campaign are fueling international calls for a cease-fire, exerting pressure on Bush to authorize an early ground offensive and wrap up the conflict «o as soon as possible. 1st Armored Division vehicles move across the Saudi desert in a full battle exercise last w(

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GULF NEWS SATURDAY FEBRUARY 16, 1991 British Royal Air Force soldiers scrambling for cover as a Scud alert wails at their base in Saudi Arabia. Four Saudis were slightly wounded by the debris from two Iraqi Scuds, which exploded in mid-air and rained fragments on the border citv of Hafr Al Batin. The United Kingdom 5 No let-up in operations against Iraq RIYADH (Reuter) - British bombers pressed on with their pounding of Ira- qi forces yesterday and a spokesman said Iraq ' s conditional offer to with- draw from Kuwait had resulted in no let-up in operations. Group Captain Niall Irving told a news briefing in Riyadh: There was zero reaction to the Iraqi offer so far as operations were concerned. The aim is to liberate Kuwait. He added: We are simply continu- ing the campaign to reduce Saddam Hussein ' s military might. About one- third of his fighting weaponry has gone but he is still extremely danger- ous. Irving said British Tornado bomb- ers had scored direct hits on 19 hard- ened aircraft shelters in Iraq over the past 24 hours. Tornados and Jaguar fighter-bombers had also pounded Iraqi artillery emplacements in Ku- wait.