REAR AREA THREAT SUMMARY

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Subject: REAR AREA THREAT SUMMARY                                        

Unit: ARCENT      

Parent Organization: CENTCOM     

Box  ID: BX000413

Folder Title: DAILY JOURNAL - ARCENT  4-8 FEB 91                                                              

Document Number:        230

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    SUBJ/REAR AREA THREAT SUMMARY/Ol/ARCENT/06090OZ FEB 91/
                      ***** SECTION 01 *****
    PERIOD/05090OZ TO 06090OZ/AS OF 06060OZ.
    (U)/I'HIS IS THE REAR AREA THREAT SUMMARY PRODUCED BY ARCENR. THIS
    MESSAGE WILL BE DISSEMINATED DAILY AT 090OZ AND WILL SUMMARIZE 'I'HE
    ACTIVITY WHICH MAY POSE A THREAT TO THE FRIENDLY OPERATIONS IN THE
    ARCENT REAR AREA.


    1. (U) INTELLIGENCE: NSTR


    2. (U) LONG-RANGE AVIATION: NSTR.

    34U)                  SURFACE-TO-SURFACE MISSILE: ON 2 FEB 91, THE
    CLZ@NTAF NBC OFFICE REPORTED THAT FOLLOWING A STRIKE AT
    290055NO474846E, THE PILOT REPORTED A CLOUD ESCAPING FROM THE SITE
    WHICH WAS ORANGE IN COLOR AND HAD RISEN -To 6,000 FEET. A CALL TO
    THE DlA SCUD TEAM INDICATED THAT IT COULD BE SCUD OXIDIZER, AS THE
    STRIKE LOCATION WAS NEAR ONE OF THE POSSIBLE SCUD HIDING
    LOCATIONS. DIA'S ASSESSMENT OF THE CLOUD WAS THAT THE SCUD
    OXIDIZER INHIBITED FUMING RED NITRIC ACID (IFRNA) COULD HAVE
    PRODUCP-'D-IP,E ORANGE CLOUD SEEN BY THE PILOT ON 2 FEB. IFRNA COULD
    RELEASE A CLOUD OF MIXED OXIDES OF NITROGEN. THE OXIDE N203 IS
   -REDDISH-BROWN, WHICH ACCOUNTS FOR THE COLOR. DIA'S RESPONSE WAS
  WOORDINATED WITH D'r-2. (DIA/ITF RESPONSE TO RII-2009, 050015Z FEB
    91)
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    4(U)           TERRORISM:

    A.












    B.          ODCSINT REPORTS THAT THERE WERE TWO OTHER MINOR
    INCIDENFS INVOLVING CONTRACT BUSES ON THE SAME DAY AS THE ABOVE
    INCIDENT. ACCORDING TO CONTRACT BUS DRIVERS INTERVIEWED AFTER THE
    'HLIO'L INf3                                                     TRYING
             IN JIDDA, THESE TWO OTHER INCIDENTS INVOLVED A CAR
    TO FORCFZ A BUS OFF THE ROAD AND ANOTHER BEING DOUSED WITH KEROSENE
    IN AN ATTEMPT TO SET IT ON FIRE. THERE HAS BEEN NO CONFIRMATION
SE TWO ALLEGED INCIDENTS ACTUALLY OCCURRED.
   OIMEDIA-FE                             ci ro                        5USC552(b)(1)


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Subject = REAR AREA THREAT SUMMARY
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