HUMINT UPDATE 25 FEB 91

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Subject: HUMINT UPDATE  25 FEB 91                                        

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Folder Title: COMMAND REPORTS LNO TEAMS DELTA AND FOUR  24 FEBRUARY-2 MARCH 1991                              

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                                 UNCLASSIFIED                       5 U.S.C. 552 (b)(7)(D)
        5.      DECEPTION:    rR

        6.      OBSTACLES/MINES: NSTR

        7.      ADA/AAA/ARTY:
                A. THE REPUBLICAN GUARDS IN KUWAIT RAVE SA-6 MISSILES.
   SOME OF THESE MISSILES HAVE BEEN MODIFIED TO A GROUND TO GROUND
   ROLE. THEY ARE CALLED "KASER" AND ARE LOCATED AT 3345N/04532E
            B. SOURCE                                           STATED
   THAT THEY HAD 6X82MM MORTARS kND 6X66MM MORTARS WITH 3 CHEMICAL
   ROUNDS EACH. THE ROUNDS CONTAINED CHOKING AGENTS AND WERE KEPT
   IN DIFFERENT IOOCATIONS.
            C. SOURCE STATES THAT THE MORTAR BATTERY/110 BDE
   CONSISTED OF 18xl3OMM TYPE 59 HOWITZERS (CHINESE MANUFACTURE).
   THE AA BTRY HAD 9xS-60/ZU-23 57MM AA GUNS.(5000-50604)

        S. (S4 AIR RAID SHELTERS: NSTR


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            9. (IR) MORALE/PSYOPS: NSTR

            10. (VQ EQUIPMENT: NSTR

            11.     TRAINING: NSTR
                                                                   5 U.S.C. 552 (b)(7)(D)
            12.     RECON: NSTR

            13.     AIRCRAFT/AIRFIELDS:
                 A. THE GROUND ROAD FROM HAFIR AL BATIN      AL QAYSUMAH -
   THE COAST WILL BE THE HELICOPTER TARGET IN ORDER TO INTERDICT THE
   ENEMY MOVEMENTS ALONG IT. THIS ORDER WAS ISSUED BY THE IZ CHIEF
   OF STAFF TO THE
              B. IRAQI AIRCRAFT WERE FLOWN TO IRAN TO PRESERVE THEM
   FOR FUTURE USE IN THE EVENT OF A COALITION GROUND ATTACK.
   INEXPERIENCED PILOTS FLEW THESE PIANES SO THAT IN THE EVENT OF AN
   AIRCRAFT GETTING SHOT DOWN, AN EXPERIENCED PILOT WOULD NOT BE
   LOST. EXPERIENCED PILOTS TRAVEL VIA LAND TO IRAN AND ENSURE THAT
   THE AIRCRAFT REMAIN OPERATIONAL. SHOULD COALITION FORCES CONDUCT
   A STRONG ATTACK, IRAQ INTENDS TO FLY THE FIGHTER AIRCRAFT IN IRAN
   BACK TO IRAQ TO PROVIDE CLOSE AIR SUPPORT TO IZ GROUND FORCES.
WAS WOUNDED
   WHEN A GUARD SHOWED HIM A BOMBLET THAT CAME FROM MISSILES
   LAUNCHED BY US PLANES. BOMBLET EXPLODED. IRAQIS CALL THE BOMBLETS
   "MINES" AND ARE INSTRUCTED NOT TO TOUCH THEM.(5000-RO181)


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