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File: 120596_aadav_01.txtFM 21AF MCGUIRE AFB NJ//CAT/lN// TO AIG 7110 RHIUFIA/MAC ALCC DEPLOYED//IN// BT OPER/DESERT SHIELD// MSGID/INTSUM/21AF-lNO/059-90/SEP// PERIOD/101000Z/TO:102200Z/ASOF:102200Z// GENTEX/OTHER ACTIVITY// AMPN/SUBJ: 21AF/CAT lNTELL1GENCE UPDATE 05) (U)// 1TEM 1: PERSIAN GULF: SITUAT10N UPDATE (U) NARR/1. IN KUWAIT, THE MILITARY STATUS REMAIN UNCHANGING OVER THE PAST 12 HOURS. THERE CONTlNUES TO BE REPORTS OF ATTACKS BY KUWAIT RESISTANCE FORCES ON IRAQI SOLDIERS. YESTERDAY , IT'S REPORTED THAT THE DISCOVERY OF THE BODIES OF FIVE IRAQI SOLDIE RS LED TO ATTACKS ON CIVILIANS BY IRAQI TROOPS OCCUPYING KUWAIT CITY. THERE ARE REPORTS OF LARGE EXPLOSIONS AT A CHEMICAL PRODUCTlON PLANT IN THE CITY CF AL OAIN, FIVE KILOMETERS FROM THE SYRIAN BORDER. ALTHOUGH THE IRAQI'S INSIST THAT THE PLANT PRODUCES ONLY FERTILIZER, [(b)(1)sec3.4(b)(1)] SUGGESTING THAT CHEMICALS FOR MILITARY USE MAY HAVE BEEN PRODUCED AT THE PLANT. SYRIANS IN BORDER VILLAGES NEAR THE PLANT REFORT HEARING UP TO 46 EXPLOSIONS; HOWEVER, THE EXTENT OF DAMAGE AT THE PLANT IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME. FINALLY, TWO U.S. NAVAL SHIPS WERE HARASSED BY AN IRANIAN SHIP WHILE CONDUCTING REPLENISHKENT OPERATIONS IN THE 6ULF OF OhAN 0N ~ SEP 1990. THE HARASSMEMT OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY 30 NAUTICAL MILES NORTHEAST OF OMAN WHEN THE IRANIAN SHIP, A "BANDAR ABBAS" CLASS REPLENISHMENT OILER, IDENTIFIED HERSELF AS AN ITALIAN VESSEL AND POSITIONED HERSELF 500 YARDS ABEAM OF THE U.S. VESSELS, THE IRANIAN SHIP THEN REQUESTED OPERATIONAL IMFORMATION FROM THE U.S. VESSELS. THE U.S. SHIPS VISUALLY IDENTIFIED THE OTHER SHIP AS IRANIAN AND DIRECTED IT TO OPEN DISTANCE. THE IRANIAN SHIP THEN COMPLIED WITH THE U.S. DIRECTIVE. ALTHOUGH THE HARASSMENT BY THE IRANIAN NAVAL PRIOR1TY
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