
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: TUESDAY, February 5, 1991                   TAG: 9102050250
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A8   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: EASTERN SAUDI ARABIA                                LENGTH: Short

TRUCKS' DISAPPEARANCE EXPLAINED

The disappearance of at least 50 U.S. military vehicles from a forward Army facility has mystified commanders for weeks and raised fears they had been stolen by terrorists planning attacks on American bases.

Maj. Gen. Robert Johnston, briefing reporters in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, said Monday that there had been a breakthrough in the investigation: Ten of the vehicles assigned to an Army reserve unit had been located and most of the others apparently had been "borrowed" by the Marines.

- Los Angeles Times

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