CENTAF DESERT STORM INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY 91-057 AS OF 132200Z

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SUBJ: CENTAF DESERT STORM INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY 91-057 AS OF 132200Z
FEB 91 (U)
MSGID/INTSUM//

PORTIONS FROM PAGE 2-5 WITHHELD.  NOT HEALTH RELATED.

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			THESE EPW DEBRIEFINGS ADD TO EXISTING EVIDENCE THAT
SADDAM HAS ALREADY DISPERSED A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF IRAQ'S CBW
INVENTORY TO HIS ARMED FORCES IN THE FIELD, PROBABLY DUE TO SEVERAL
FACTORS FIRST, MCF AIRSTRIKES ON IRAQ'S CBW STORAGE AND PRODUCTION
FACILITIES COMPELLED SADDAM TO DISPERSE EXISTING CBW STOCKS LEST THEY
BE ELIMINATED. SECOND, WITH DEGRADATION OF IRAQI LOGISTICS
CAPABILITY, HE PROBABLY CHOSE TO MOVE CBW ASSETS BEFORE THEY COULD BE
INTERDICTED. THIRD, WITH THE ATTRITION OF IRAQI FORCES IN THE KTO,
THE ENEMY IS IN NEED OF FORCE-MULTIPLIERS TO COMPENSATE FOR LOSSES.
LASTLY, SADDAM LIKELY HAS BEEN ANTICIPATING A MAJOR MCF GROUND -
OFFENSIVE AND WANTS TO BE PREPARED WITH ALL MEANS AVAILABLE TO
INFLICT MAXIMUM DAMAGE AND CASUALTIES AGAINST THE COALITION, AS WELL
AS GAIN THE POTENTIAL PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS THAT CBW WARFARE COULD
IMPOSE.