MAC INTGEL SITREP 138-90

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SUBJECT:  MAC INTGEL SITREP 138-90



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SUBJ:  IRAQ/KUWAIT/SAUDI ARABIA:  SITREP 138-90 (U)

PORTIONS FROM PAGE 1 WITHELD. NOT HEALTH RELATED.

	ACCORDING TO SYRIAN PRESS, SYRIAN CITIZENS LIVING NEAR
THE IRAQI BORDER HEARD A SERIES OF EXPLOSIONS COMING FROM THE IRAQI 
TOWN OF AL-AQ'IM.  THE SYRIA PRESS INDICATED AL-QA'IM IS THE SITE OF
A MAJOR CHEMICAL PLANT.  IN FACT, AL-QA'IM IS THE SITE OF A FERTILIZER
PLANT WHICH HAS A URANIUM-EXTRACTION PLANT ASSOCIATED WITH IT.  IT
IS ALSO A PROBABLE HOLDING PLACE FOR APPROXIMATELY 37 AMERICAN
HOSTAGES.  IT IS NOT KNOWN IF THE EXPLOSIONS OCCURED AT ONE OF THE
PLANTS LOCATED IN THE AREA, OR IF THE EXPLOSIONS OCCURED IN THE TOWN



IT SELF.  IN EITHER CASE, THE EXPLOSIONS WERE LIKELY ACCIDENTIAL RATHER
THAN THE WORK OF SABOTHURS OR A THIRD COUNTRY ATTACK.

PORTIONS FROM PAGE 2 WITHELD.  NOT HEALTH RELATED.