在美国对伊拉克的战争打响前的战事准备中,在科威特几乎每天都能看到美军的车队从南向北匆匆驶往距离北部伊科边境60 km左右的美军基地或其他地方。这些车队有的是来自科威特惟一的散货港——舒韦赫(注:科威特有很多海港,但其他都是油港),有的是来自东北部的美军基地。在空旷的 Almost daily in Kuwait, during preparations for the war on Iraq, the U.S. convoy rushed toward the U.S. bases about 60 km from the northern Iraqi border or elsewhere from afar to the north. Some of these convoys are from Kuwait’s only bulk port - Schweitheuh (Note: There are many seaports in Kuwait, but the others are oil ports), some from the U.S. bases in the northeast. In the open