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Title:Iraq: Fighting Breaks Out As Saudi Troops Join Us Forces In Distributing Food To StarVIng Refugees
Date:23rd March 1991
Summary:Fighting broke out on March 23 in the Iraqi village of Safwan as United States and Saudi troops began distributing food. Safwan, situated in the Iraq border area occupied by the US troops, has become home to thousands of desperate and starving war refugees. Among them are Iraqis who fled the war, migrant Egyptian workers and stateless Kuwaiti residents.
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Location:IRAQ SAFWAN
Reuters ID:LDL0011T2ACMR
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