INTSUM SFOB50 110 91

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Subject: INTSUM SFOB50 110 91                                            

Unit: USASOC      

Parent Organization: SOCCENT     

Box  ID: BX004010

Folder Title: DESERT SHIELD AND DESERT STORM INTSUMS-SFOB 50-103-91 21 FEB-4 MAR 91                           

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           POTENTIAL HEALTH THREAT TO COALITION FORCES. THE GREATEST DANGER IS


           FROM DISASSOCIATED HYDROGEN SULFIDE GAS RELEASED FROM UNIGNITED


           WELLHEAD BLOWOUTS. THIS GAS CAN BE LETHAL AND READILY IGNITED. HIGH


           CONCENTRATIONS OF THIS GAS COULD BE FOUND IN LOW LYING AREAS, SUCH

           AS TRENCHES AND FOXHOLES, 1000 METERS DOWNWIND AND 100 METERS UPWIND

           OF THE BLOWOUT. NO PERSONNEL OR VEHICLES SHOULD EVER APPROACH SUCH A


           NON-BURNING BLOWOUT. THE BURNING OIL WELLS COULD ALSO BE A HAZARD

           DUE TO EXTREME HEAT, LACK OF OXYGEN, AND TOXIC SMOKE.
           ,@),  LESSONS LEARNED FROM ENGAGING IZ FORCES IN KUWAIT: IZ ARTY
           FIRES ARE PERSISTENT BUT INACCURATE. THE PATTERN OF FIRING SUGGESTS

           THAT THEY TGT AN AREA THEN DELIVER FIRES THERE. ONLY SP ARTY WAS


           OBSERVED. IZ TANKS WERE HIDDEN IN DIFILADE POSITIONS AND BACKED OUT


           OF THESE POSITIONS TO FIRE. SMALL ARMS AMMO WAS FOUND STORED IN


           TRENCHLINES, WITH IZ INFANTRY. 300 RPGS WERE FOUND IN ONE TRENCH

           ALONE. THE IZ INFANTRY INITIALLY STOOD ITS GROUND, BUT APPEARED TO

           SURRENDER SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH THE APPEARANCE OF COALITION CLOSE AIR


           SUPPORT.
           4. (14 AIR ACTIVITY: THE IRAQIS REPORTEDLY HAVE PREPARED PLANS TO
           (U)
           DECEIVE COALITION FORCES THAT A REBELLION HAS BROKENI OUT WITHIN THE

           IRAQI AIR FORCE. THE IRAQIS WANT TO CONVINCE THE COALITION THAT A














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File Room = sep96_declassified
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Box ID = BX004010
Unit = USASOC
Parent Organization = SOCCENT
Folder Title = DESERT SHIELD AND DESERT STORM INTSUMS-SFOB 50-103-91 21 FEB-4 MAR 91
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Subject = INTSUM SFOB50 110 91
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Queued for Declassification = 01-JAN-1980
Short Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Long Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Permanent Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Non-Health Related Document = 01-JAN-1980
Declassified = 02-JAN-1997