SPD INTSUM 15 JAN 91

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Subject = SPD INTSUM 15 JAN 91                                            

Parent Organization = ARCENT      

Unit = VII CORPS   

Folder Title = SPO INTSUMS JAN 91                                                                              

Document Number =          1

Box ID = BX000294


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                                                                5 USC 552 (b)(1)

               FORCES. IN ADDITION. IT IS POSSIBLE THAI THE SA-14 WAS 1:1 THE
               IRAQI INVENTORY F'-@.-IOR l@O THE 1.',IVASION. THE NUMBER OS SA--14
               LAUNCHERS/MISS:1-1-.@3 IS ZJNI.NOWN.
                    (1) (U)                       TWC
               WERE DISPLAYED Pr 1!11@ Ai-@R 81? L4AGHDAI) ARMS            SULi(iESFING
               THIS SAM IS TNi TIIL !RAO! :NVENTORY. 17 IS NOT KI'40WN HOW MANY SA-
               16S THE FRACI@@ r(-)Y @@-'OSSES@.
                    (@-)( 11     IFR-            FEW DETAILS ARE AVA   I LA@9L.E
               CONCERNING IRAQI Al.( L)L-.rE.1\1(@F FORCES (IADF) @RA!r\!It@6 AND
               PROFICIENCY.    T@IOUGH MOST FORMAL SANI 7FA-,'NING FOR TFIE IADF @S
               CONDUCTED IN-f,:(JUNTRY AT THE Al,rl, DEFENSE INSTITUTE AT TAJI.  SO'IE
               PF-RSONINEL. WERE SENT l'o 1-HE SOVIET UNION FOR HAND.L@-ON-TRAININ@3 FOR
               THE SA-8. SA-17 AND POSSIBLY T@-,E' SA-14 SYSTEMS.    IRAQI SAM
               OI@ERATORS MAY RECEIVE ANNUAL LIVE-Fil@--- TRAINING BUT LITTLJI TF3
               KNOWN ABOUT THE LEVEL OF OPERATOR F-,ROFiCIENCY. 01'ERAfORS COULD
               LEARN TO OPERATE THE SA-14 AND SA-16, BOTH RELATIVELY SIMPLE
               SYSTEMS. IN A SHORT PERIOD OF !IME. PERIPHERAL SF@ILLS, SUCH AS
               AIRCRAFT RECOGNITION AND ACCLJRATELY COMPUTING fARGE'7 LEAD
               ANGELES. MAY IAKE LCNGER TO i4COUIRE.


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               9.(U)e)   VIT CORPS LINITS HAVE REPORTED -,6 li\ICIDE;\:-S Of F-'OSSIBL@-
               IRAQI HUMINT CfJL.L.F:.rIION IN I'l-iE CORPS AOR SINCE 2,-. L)F-C. i4
               UNDUE. INTEREST. '-'I WERE SURVEILL(\.I\ICE- AND ONE WoS ESPIOI\:AGE.




               D.,(Yr    INITIAL REPORIS FROM IAD INDICATE          I-) -.it,At3S: A@,IFL;L:
               3    I'@C3 AND ONE EIGHTS DIAMETER. FT
                                                    @LLED WITH A 1-@'fDUII) Su@-,Sfoqc
               WAS DISCOVERED IN THEIR 4TH SDE AO. A WHITE TOYOTA PICK-LJP
               TRUCK,                                   WAS SEEN I:\[ THE AREA
               EARLIER. 7HE AMPULE WAS FOUND AT 'THE ENTRANCE TO THE 4TH -r4DE
               TOC. A FOREIGN MATERIAL INTEL BN TEAM WAS DIS,.,P'-CHED TO TA@,E
               CUSTODY AND PERF@'ORM. FIELD EXPLCI-'A"ION AND ARR(.@'JF@' A'\IALYSIS OF
               THE VIAL. (STIU;- NO UPDATE AS OF 1647. 15 JAN)


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