CENTAF-REAR DISUM 144

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MINIMIZE CONSIDERED.

SUBJ:  CENTAF-REAR DISUM 144 (U)
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(U)  PLEASE DO NOT CALL THE TAC/IN (CENTAF REAR/IN) OFFICES CONCERNING
BLUE OR ALLIED FORCE INFORMATION.  IF ESSENTIAL, CONTACT  [(b)(2)]

PORTIONS FROM PAGE 3-4 WITHELD.  NOT HEALTH RELATED.

	REPORTS OF POSSIBLE SUICIDE SQUADRONS CONTINUE.  [(b)(1) sec 3.4(b)(1)]
                                                             AS OF JAN 91 THE IRAQIS HAVE OVER 100
PILOTS IN"SUICIDE SQUADRONS" USING MOSTLY FISHBED OR EARLY MODEL JET
AIRCRAFT.  THESE SQUADRONS MAY RESORT TO EITHER CONVENTIONAL OR
CHEMICAL ATTACKS AGAINST NAVAL FORCES OR BASES IN SAUDI ARABIA OR
ISRAEL.  [(b)(1) sec 3.4 (b)(1)]

PORTIONS FROM PAGE 5-22 WITHELD.  NOT HEALTH RELATED.
                                                                                                                     [(b)(1)sec 3.4(b)(1)]
                          OIL SLICK:  [(b)(1)sec 3.4(b)(1)]                     OIL SLICK                  FROM
THE MINA AL AHMADI SINGLE POINT MOORING BUOY NEAR THE SEA ISLAND
TERMINAL,  [(b)(1)sec3.4 (b)(1)]

                                                                              IT IS POSSIBLE THE MORE
THAN 3 MILLION BARRELS THESE TANKERS HELD HAS BEEN PUMPED TO SHORE


FACILITIES AND IS, OR WILL BE, PART OF THE SLICK.

	SADDAM HUSSEIN MAY BE CARRYING OUT HIS THREAT TO DUMP HUGE
AMOUNTS OF OIL/OIL PRODUCTS INTO THE ARABIAN GULFAS PART OF HIS
ATTEMPTED DEFENSE OF THE KUWAITI COAST.  A 24 JANUARY IRANIAN
TELEVISION REORTS QUOTES OFFICIAL IRAQI SOURCES AS STAING THE
MULTINATIONAL FORCES LAUNCHED FIVE AIR ATTACKS ON SEVERAL IRAQI OIL
TANKERS AND TWO LARGE TANKERS WERE DESTROYED, SPILLING OIL INTO
THE GULF.  U.S. SOURCES INDICATE ONLY ONE TANKER, AMURIYAH, HAD
BEEN ATTACKED AT MINA AL BAKR, IRAQ   [(b)(1) sec 3.4 (b)(1)]
                                                                                    THE IRANIAN REPORT
MAY BE THE FIRST INDICATION IRQ WILL TRY TO BLAME THE
MULTINATIONAL FORCE FOR THE OIL SPILL AND ITS ECOLOGICAL