The electrified fence marking the DMZ between Kuwait and Iraq has been prepared for invasion by cutting gaping holes. US Marines IN CIVILIAN CLOTHES identified within the DMZ.
This news blurb was either on ABC or NBC (Peter Jennings or Tom Brokaw). The story is that huge sections of the electrified fence marking the Kuwait-Iraq border have been removed to allow the passage of large vehicles. Prior to the discovery, fifteen men wearing civilian clothes but later (somehow) identified as US Marines were observed within the off-limits area marked by the now-breached fences.
That's it. Not much on detail, but HOW were the men identified as US Marines, and why the hell were they dressed in civilian clothes? Under the rules of war and the Geneva Convention, these guys were subject to be shot on sight. Looks like they're just preparing the entry points for the start of a ground assault, but what self-respecting military commander would endanger his men by ordering them to shed their uniforms and thereby strip them of their Geneva rights and impose on them the status of spys or illegal combatants?
