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File: 072496_jun96_decls13_0005.txt
Subject: NEWSLETTER AUG 90 WINNING IN THE DESERT
Unit: VII CORPS
Parent Organization: ARCENT
Box ID: BX000213
Folder Seq #: 23
Document Number: 3
WINNING IN T[iE DESERT
SAUDI ARABIA NO. an the @ Osteas of Nald w4
as we# as in the @ @ f@
GEOGFLAP14Y ANO CLIMATE kre can reach as high as 130 dewees F. The
beat gakm Intel may Barely after @ Ord
AraWa b a Lvge R me du"tes of sunset proa" f@ cool
of the Arabian Pe@. an area aboL4 @ *0 rivs The al@ @oM of ft
d the Unded States east of the WrAtssoM @. cemral plateaus vft
ft exact Sim is W"rtain @ mww of 45 retatn* I" temper"". can make m" on
bouridarws are not firmly derno. It Is @ @ Arabiw Penosula seem tw"
Z217.949 square krrl The @ me" of Ks
ft"rt(xy is desert. For @l of the @. rawal is Aft W4
orfaft A r@s arrive @al @fam "
Arabia has @ (treat @. VW NaW W" in OM torrent& @. ror to
reason. nV3t of the comtry's @ water
w4 Iraq. The Ad WMa runs ft" northern suppty @ from @ and artesian weft VI
@t Arabia a" the Saut:fi-lt;O zone the cemiral porion of @ Ar@ NaM oW ft
South @ the Center of the ttveg des"' natural wels and @ We f"
ttord and targw @ Is the RL6 AJ wW smtlered. Water @t be @ or
Flub Al Khafi is over a h;iff reason s(luare km in 10 the @ace and " quality may be poor. In
area @ is @IL-d along It* @s $man Eastern Arabia. and In the "90m @
border with Yemen and Oman. wens wO s@ we mWtNelY @ @Oll @L
Western Saudi Ara@ a" the Fled Sea. Is L@ge nurnbers of these wells W4 so Vs in
@e up of two mountain tanes. the @az In @ areas @e wfwt ft water Is
*,a north. and the Asw in the sWh. A)l@ used for k7lP@ and
both r@ we low. the HiaLt r@ @
ZODO @ 6.ODD feet and the Asir. up to 9.000
§W. Uoth a,& rocky and steep. e$@ an the
mvem S@. On the eastern Sides. both @
gradualy @ to an axis t@ PtMeau
coped the Natd. The Najd @ east to the
center of the Arabian perfttaol where It -wets
" @. Ad Dahna.
East of the Ad Datww Is @ rock PIMeau.
ft @n Pfactou. Law in e@t*n VW ft
Najd. the Sunwm Plateau grodu@ droos In
V"ation lo the flat coastal plasr* *M
Pefwan Gulf.
@ @a has a desert c&mte chared@ed
by ewiren*ty bo temperatures dumv ft day
@ sharp @ in lemperattxes at @ The
remove @ ft coastal r@ @ @
@ Sea wA the Persian Gu" ts @aled by
Ow presence of these bodies of water. In @
areas. the temperature seldom f@ abo" iOD
degron P. biA the ielatim humidity is @uavy
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Document 31 f:/Week-24/BX000213/PICTURES AND SLIDES/newsletter aug 90 winning in the desert:07199610183016
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File Room = jun96_declassified
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Box ID = BX000213
Unit = VII CORPS
Parent Organization = ARCENT
Folder Title = PICTURES AND SLIDES
Folder Seq # = 23
Subject = NEWSLETTER AUG 90 WINNING IN THE DESERT
Document Seq # = 16
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Long Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
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Non-Health Related Document = 01-JAN-1980
Declassified = 19-JUL-1996