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5 U.S.C. 552 (b)(6)
engineer indicated that the water table was too high to allow
berms to be scooped out of the earth. The QASAS representative
said that storage on the com ound r uired ermission fron the
theater commander. Neither or told the
~epresentatives that a wr tten request for waiver was
necessary-for storing ammunition on the compound since quantity
-distance criteria could not be met.
(3) on 7 June, d
Deputy Commanding General, Operat a a
conversation about ammunition storage at Doha. They each cane
awa with a different interpretation of the discussion.
recalled that cknowledged the hostile environm t
n Uwait an acce t up oa ing of the ammunition. He
interpret!d remarks as permission.to proceed as
P14infed, in essence t e necessary theater waiver.
understood the guidelines to be: upload the ammunition, comtorm
as c4o~ely as possible to peacetime standards, and ask QASAS
he command was not doing anything dumb. said"
sw6mccepted "wartime" criteria, meaning peacetime uantity-
distance (Q-D) standards did not have to be followed ,
did not raise this issue up his chain of command to e nsure t e
need for a written waiver by the theater commander was clearly
understood.
(4) As of 9 June the regiment intended to place bhe
ammunitinn in an npen space near the southwest corner of the
north compound, but the British, stationed in a headquarters
Based on their
building nearby, complained of its proximity.
i complaint-i and concern over terrorists being able to throw an
e%plosive devico-- over the perimeter wall, the Regiment tasked the
2d Squadron to develop a plan for ammunition storage in the track
parks.
(5) Beginning about 11 June, ammunition began arriving
at Doha. The 2d squadron had the munitions downloaded under
shelters on the north compound to protect them from the sun and
to shield their soldiers, who were still not acclimatized to the
desert heat, as they were loading and unloading the munitions.
(6) The 2d squadron devised the plan outlined in
paragraph 1 above and began implementing it. They were uploading
Stine ar-inunition, dispersing some, and protecting it from the
P? 1,Lnne n t s . In particular,' they implemented provisions of MCCOM
TM 9-InOn-P.9-1 regarding MILVAN tarping. (See Annex R, Exhibit R-
.I.. )
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(7) On 24 June, senior
QASAS in theat-tr, visited Doha to assess the ammunition storage
?c I t : 1 .4 !- - .; .
s3ld that the ittor-rie plAn violated
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5 U.S.C. 552 (b)(6)
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