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Iraqi missile hit close to U.S. Marine camp KUWAIT (Reuters) - U.S. Marines said one of several Iraqi missiles fired at Kuwait on Thursday landed near their camp in the Gulf Arab state's northern desert. "An unidentified missile struck outside Camp Commando at approximately 10.28 (0728 GMT) this morning. Initial reports cited that soldiers from the U.K. and (U.S.) Marines sighted a gray missile land just outside the compound," said a statement by the U.S. Marine Corps First Marine Expeditionary Force. "An NBC (Nuclear, Biological and Chemical) team was dispatched and completed an emergency survey of the site at 10.40...

US Marines had a near miss when one of several Iraqi missiles fired at Kuwait landed near their camp in the Gulf Arab state's northern desert. "An unidentified missile struck outside Camp Commando at approximately 10.28 (0728 GMT) this morning," a statement by the US Marine Corps First Marine Expeditionary Force said."Initial reports cited that soldiers from the UK and (US) Marines sighted a grey missile land just outside the compound."Iraq retaliated after US missiles rained down on Baghdad - by firing four missiles on targets in Kuwait.Washington insisted the missiles were scuds but Baghdad insisted it did not...

<p>CAMP COMMANDO, Kuwait — A dozen men sitting on folding chairs watch in rapt silence as the PowerPoint slides flash against an ivory background. A middle-aged lawyer fires questions at them.</p> <p>If it wasn't for the guns and gas masks, this could be a typical middle-management seminar in Anywhere, USA.</p>