Counterattack on Khafji*
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Date: February 1, 1991*                     
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Battle Location:  Western outskirts of Khafji, Saudi Arabia*
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Battle Type:  Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and USMC advance versus Iraq delay*
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Design by:  The Camo Workshop*
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Scenario description: On January 29, 1991, almost a month before Coalition forces would commence the ground campaign in the Gulf War, Saddam Hussein inexplicably launched a three-prong attack against the Saudi coastal town of Khafji, just south of the border with Kuwait.  The town of 25,000 had been evacuated weeks earlier and only a few Saudi border guards and USMC artillery observers were there when the Iraqi 5th Mechanized Infantry Division crossed the border and captured the town.  The Marine observers remained in Khafji undetected and quickly set to work assigning coordinates for USMC artillery and air strikes against the occupying Iraqi forces*
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On February 1, armored units of Saudi Arabia and Qatar, supported by U.S. Marine artillery, Harrier jets, and Cobra helicopter gunships, launched an attack to eject the Iraqi invaders.*
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Note: If played against the AI, the human player should be the Saudi, Qatar, USMC side.*
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Source:  "Khafji:  29 January - 1 February", www.rantburg.com/gw1/khafji.htm 
 








