WAR ON IRAK

Gaurdian: Iraq targets coalition troops

The Iraqis struck back today in response to overnight bombing raids by coalition forces, firing Scud and other, smaller missiles at the border area with northern Kuwait where US and British troops are massed, US and Kuwaiti officials said.
British and American troops in the region scrambled into gas masks and protective suits as warning sirens sounded and soldiers shouted "gas, gas, gas". Warning sirens sounded in the capital, Kuwait City, but no missiles hit the city.

Reuters reported that coalition troops appeared to have begun an artillery barrage from their location on the Iraq/Kuwait border into Iraq at about 2.45pm (1145 GMT).