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On Gulf front lines nights are busy
NORTHERN SAUDI ARABIA Feb 18 : The Gulf war flares up at night By day it's quiet on the desert front lines, reports Reuter .
Nights are busy. Air combat goes on in a cloak of darkness, suddenly pierced by lights to guide the bombers;
At 3 A.M. the Saudi sky sparkles with illumination rounds dropped by Allied aircraft to expose Iraqi targets.
Soldiers confronting Iraq's occupation forces in Kuwait watch from foxholes or bunkers, tense for signs that ensuring artillery fire Is Incoming or outgoing.
Days are quiet Troops relax. pending a signal for a ground offensive.
Soldiers at the front play the world-game Scrabble, write letters and read between their duties.
At one forward unit soldiers lay football with a package of army chicken stew.
A brigade commander scratches his head over a crossword puzzle.
During the day. I's an effort to remind yourself it's a war. said specialist George Jackson 23. ‘of Dallas a gunner on a tank killing TWO missile, he adds :T can't let my guard down or I could get a buddy killed".
Wave after wave of Allied aircraft can be heard roaring north nightly. The distant . thunder of artlltety guns also wakes soldiers when ground patrols encounter Iraqi reconnaissance teams seeking to learn about the strength of Allied forces along the border.
It’s sort of like being in a field training exercise during the day's said Private Patrick West 22. of Bloomington, Illinois who arrived in Saudi Arabia only two weeks ago. "It's kind of a relief to know that there's not that much to worry about in the day".
It doesn't even seem like there's a war here, said specialist Brian Hopkings, 20. of Indiana Polis, a member of another team.
History indicates that the , best time to strike a foe is just after dusk or Just before dawn and many soldiers here assume full fighting positions at these times entering their foxholes.
It is apparently more an exercise tn discipline than to, meet a real threat of an Iraqi assault
Soldiers know the big fireworks come at night. They are awake wondering if the ground war they have trained from these past six months has begun.
I wonder if this Is It. said Sergeant Raymond Decpulo. 28. a maintenance technician from Guam, I wonder if we're moving or it they’re launching their assets.
We're still alert in the day but the sense of anxiety is not as high”.
I don't feel I’m in danger here, said Sergeant Anibal Gomez 36. a brigade communications chief from Aguas Buenss. Puerto Rico.
We don't have to feel too excited until we see the enemy coming.