American battleships stationed off the Kuwaiti coast used the information to hit targets more precisely.

War in the Gulf 4-9 An enormous oil slick has spread from an oil terminal on the Kuwaiti coast.

Five Iraqis were killed, three wounded and 23 taken prisoner in the three-hour raid about 55 miles off the southern Kuwaiti coast.

"We wouldn't go straight at anything," he said, saying a large number of Iraqi units have been shifted to defend the Kuwaiti coast.

The Second Marine Division, attacking from the east along the Kuwaiti coast, met only sporadic resistance at first.

Troop-laden American amphibious assault vessels massed off the Kuwaiti coast.

Each night, in moonlight dimmed by the haze of burning oil wells, the boats glide silently off the Kuwaiti coast.

The allies say 29 more Iraqis were taken prisoner on the island of Qura off the Kuwaiti coast.

There were also strikes along the Kuwaiti coast and near Basra, an important link in the Iraqis' supply chain.

The objective was to fix the six Iraqi divisions deployed along the Kuwaiti coast.