Last Wednesday, an American soldier fired a single bullet at a car in northern Kuwait, apparently sensing a threat as troops traveled on a highway.

With a range of about 25 miles, the howitzers could reach the American and British forces moving into northern Kuwait and threaten them as they advanced north.

Iraq's eight Republican Guard divisions were reported to be in their usual dug-in positions in northern Kuwait and southern Iraq.

Eight British commandos died with four Americans when an American helicopter crashed Thursday night in northern Kuwait.

These troops are near Basra or in northern Kuwait.

Two crew members of an AH-64 Apache helicopter were injured when the craft crash landed in northern Kuwait.

Though some Iraqi artillery shells landed in northern Kuwait and damaged buildings, there were no reports of injuries.

Those and other helicopters have been reassembled and flown to northern Kuwait.

His tank platoon was still proceeding as scheduled, due to head toward positions in northern Kuwait.

The border dispute was never settled, and twice, in 1967 and again in 1973, Iraq occupied small areas of northern Kuwait.