Following a three - hour - long artillery barrage and several nighttime aviation strikes the coalition forces came in contact with the iraqi troops near karabela and attempted to move around the iraqi defenses from the east 在用大炮轰击三个小时和好几次夜间空袭后,联军与卡巴拉附近的伊军有了接触,联军并试图从东面饶过伊拉克的防线。