Iraq claims to have halted enemy advance
Iraq claimed tonight it repulsed “enemy” advance on area bordering Jordan and acknowledged firing missiles on Kuwait.
The armed forces command, in a statement read on state television, put the Iraqi armed forces’ casualties at four dead and five wounded.
It said the “enemy” tried to cross Iraq’s border at Al-Anbar province on the border with Jordan, but was repulsed.
It added that Iraqi missiles hit enemy concentrations in Kuwait on three locations, but did not say how many were fired.
