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DATE: FRIDAY, February 22, 1991                   TAG: 9102220264
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-4   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: WASHINGTON                                LENGTH: Short

CIA HAS LOWER ESTIMATE OF IRAQI ARMOR DAMAGE

The CIA estimates that 10 to 15 percent of Iraq's tanks and artillery in Kuwait have been destroyed by allied bombing, intelligence sources said Thursday, far below the Pentagon's 35 percent figure.

The discrepancy is the result of different tools and philosophies used in assessing the damage, said officials who describe the CIA figures as a "worst-case scenario."

U.S. officials in Saudi Arabia said Thursday that about 300,000 of Saddam Hussein's 540,000 troops in the Kuwaiti theater still appear to be in fighting form. - Associated Press

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