OPERATION DESERET STORM UPDATE JAN 91

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Subject: OPERATION DESERET STORM UPDATE   JAN 91                         

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Folder Title: BRIEFING SLIDES-C169                                                                            

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          (Ut TURNING TO TERRORISM, THE THREAT TO US INTERESTS WORLDWIDE

            REMAINS HIGH. NO INCIDENTS OF TERRORISM AGAINST US OR COALITION


            TARGETS HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN THE LAST 24 HOURS. COALITION AIR
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            STRIKES WHICH DAMAGED IRAQIACOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES PROBABLY

            HAVE DEGRADED IRAQFS CAPABILITY TO CO,   ICATE WITH THEIR

            OPERATIVES AND SUPPORTERS WORLDWIDE. THIS DISRUPTION OF


            COMMUNICATIONS MAY PARTIALLY EXPLAIN THE LIMITED NUMBER OF IRAQI

            DIRECTED TERRORIST ATTACKSI HOWEVER, ALTERNATE FORMS OF

            COMMUNICATION EXIST AND SOME TERRORIST ATTACKS HAVE ALREADY


            OCCURRED.


                             CONTINUE WITH AN UPDATE OF POLITICAL EVENTS. IN


                             KEY ARAB MEMBERS OF THE COALITION HAVE ASSURED


            THAT THEY WOULD CONTINUE THEIR SUPPORT EVEN IF ISRAEL RETALIATES

            AGAINST IRAQ. THE GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLF-D PRESS IN SYRIA CRITICIZED

            THE SCUD ATTACKS ON ISRAEL AS A TRANSPARENT ATT @ T BY IRAQ TO

            DRAG DAMASCUS INTO THE CONFLICT.

            EXPRESSED CONCERN THAT THE DEPLOYMENT OF PATRIOT MISSILES TO


            ISRAEL NOT BE PERMANENT, BUT ALSO PRIVATELY ACKNOWLEDGED THE

            RIG,"IT '@'F   NITION TO SELF-DEFENSE AND WOULD NOT OBJECT TO


            ISRAELI STRIKES AGAINST IRAQ USING JORDANIAN AIRSPACE. IN THE

            AFTERMATH OF SCUD ATTACKS AGAINST RIYADH, SAUDI LEADERS ALSO HAVE

            PRIVATELY BUT FORCEFULLY REITERATED THAT ISRAEL HAS A RIGHT TO


            SELF-DEFENSE AGAINST MISSILE ATTACKS. EGYPT RAS GIVEN SIMILAR


                 C AND PRIVATE ASSURANCES ON THIS ISSUE.


                 ER REGIONAL REACTION REMAINS         SUBD





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Subject = OPERATION DESERET STORM UPDATE JAN 91
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