HUMINT UPDATE 6 FEB 91

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Subject: HUMINT UPDATE 6 FEB 91                                          

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                                  HUMINT UPDATE 06 FEB 91
           I.         PERTINENT INFORMATION FROM EPW REPORTS COVERING PERIOD
           051200C TO 081159C FEB 91.        THIS INFORMATION IS DERIVED FROM
           SOURCES OF UNDETERMINED RELIABILITY.
                1. SPECIAL WEAPONS,
                     A. CHEMICAL DEFENSE PREPAREDNESS AND POSSIBLE CHEMICAL
           WEAPON ISSUE IN 26TH ID AREA OF OPERATIONS. 27-28 JAN ISSUE OF
           CHEMICAL PROTECTIVE DEVICES        (MASKS, OVERBOOTS, GLOVES         AND
           ANTIDOTE)
                     B. ON 8 JAN 91 FIRST SIGHTING OF CHEMICAL RPG ROUND
                     C. EPW OBSERVED HIS DN RECEIVING 13 CASES OF RPO-7
           ROUNDS W/ SKULL AND CROSSBONES DESIGN ON OUTSIDE.           RDS ISSUED
           DOWN TO PLT LEVEL (INF).            c
           THROUGHOUT DIV
                     D. ONE SOURCE FROM 36TH   INF DIV HEARD OF THE PRESENCE OF
           MUSTARD (3AS IN THE THEATER OF      OPERATIONS (NFI).' SOURCE ALSO
           HEARD THAT THE IRAQI ARMY HAS GERM GAS LOCATED IN SECRET PLACES
           IN BAGHDAD
                     E. A U/I MISSILE UNIT       OF THE 31 DIV MIGHT POSSESS
           CHEMICAL WARHEADS FOR USE AGAINST    ATTACKING COALITION FORCES
                     F. U/I MISSILE UNIT BEHIND REPUBLICAN GUARD BDE LOCATED
           APPROX 100 KU TO THE REAR OF 31 INF DIV HAVE CHEMICAL WARHEADS TO
           BE LAUNCHED ON ATTACKING COALITION FORCES.           MISSILES MADE IN
           AUSTRIA
                2. 0 B DATA:
                     A. VIC 2 HR WALK SOUTH OF 2ND REGT/434 IMF BDR/28TH
           ID/7TH CORPS IS A    KANNED BUNKER TO BE USED FOR CONDUCT OF AN
           AMBUSH OF ADVANCING COALITION GROUND FORCES
                     B. U/I RG INF BDE ATTACHED TO SUPPORT REGULAR ARMY INP
           BY ATTACKING ADVANCING COALITION FORCES AND CONTROLLING THE AREA
                3. LIFESTYLE: NTR
                4. LOG/AMMO: NTH
S. DZCRPTION: NTH
                a.    OBSTACLES:    WHILE CROSSING THE BORDER, SOURCE FROM I
           PLT/2 CO/602 BDR/30 DIV SAW BARBED WIRE, MINES PETROLEUM VALVES
           FOR USE AS POSSIBLE BOMBS AND TNT. THE PETRO BOMBS AND TNT ARE
           DETONATED BY WIRE
                     B. A 400 METRR DEEP MINEFIELD COVERS THE DIV FRONT OF
           THE 31ST IMF DIV. MINEFIRLDS START APPROX 150M IN FRONT OF THE
           IRAQI POSITIONS.     BETWEEN EACH BDE/31 ID WAS AN APPROX 7M WIDE
           PASSAGE   WHICH WAS NOT MINED.       RACH PASSAGE IS GUARDED BY 4
           SOLDIERS  AND CONTAINED LIGHTTRAPS. MINES ARE SHALLOWLY BURIED
                7.   ADA/AAA/ARTY: NTH
                S.   AIR RAID SHELTERS: UTR
                0.   IODRALE/PSYOPS:
                     A. SOURCE FROM 3RD SQD/2ND PLT/I            CO/2 EN/27 INY
           SDE/REPUBLICAN GUARD QUOTED U/I EGYPTIAN IN BAGHDAD, AS SAYING
           THAT COALITION FORCES WOULD STRIKE WITH SUDKE BOMBS THAT WDULD
           PUT EVERYONE TO SLEEP SO THAT THE IRAQI ARMY COULD BE CAPTURED.
           SOURCE CLAIMS THAT IRAQI'S IN BAGHDAD WOULD WELCOME SUCH AN
            I ACK    B. SOLDIERS OF THE 3RD IMF REOT ARE LEAD TO BELIEVE THAT
           THRY ARE. -1@@,3 DAYS FROM. THE-SAUD.I.-- BORDER WHEN,, THEY ARE. ONLY ONE
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