With a dozen raging oil fires as the backdrop, Kuwaiti and U.S. troops conducted their first joint military maneuvers since the Persian Gulf war.

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Tanks rumbled through the des-ert sand and fighter jets swooped over enemy forces Tuesday, but no live ammunition was used in the exercises in Umm al-Aysh, 20 miles south of the Iraqi border.The mock battle melded 300 to 400 Kuwaitis and 35 M-84 tanks and 200 U.S. troops with 14 M-1A1 tanks.

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