ATMOSPHERICS IN KUWAIT

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Subject: ATMOSPHERICS IN KUWAIT

Not Finally Evaluated Intelligence







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MAR 91







MAR 91







SUBJECT:          ATMOSPHERICS IN KUWAIT







7. 01 MARCH WAS A PLEASANT DAY IN KUWAIT CITY. THE RAIN AND

WINDS SCRUBBED A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF THE SMOKE FROM THE AIR

DIRECTLY OVER THE CITY. THE SUN WAS BRIGHT AND CLEAR. THIS OF

COURSE BROUGHT OUT THE FLIES. HOWEVER, BY EARLY EVENING, THE WINDS

HAD SHIFTED FROM A SOUTH EASTERLY DIRECTION TO A NORTH EASTERLY

DIRECTION AND BROUGHT THE CLOUDS OF SMOKE OVERHEAD ONCE AGAIN. THIS

IS THE FIRST TIME THAT ONE NOTICED THE FEELING OF SMOKE BEING DRAWN

INTO THE LUNGS. A PERSON WITH ASTHMA WOULD HAVE DIFFICULTY IN AND

AROUND THIS CITY. CLARITY OF THE AIR IS DEPENDENT UPON THE WIND. WE

DID NOTE THAT AFTER THE RAINS PASSED AND OUR UNIFORMS DRIED, THEY WERE

SPOTTED WITH BLACK SOOT. WHEN WIPING YOUR SKIN, YOUR HANDKERCHIEF

OR CLOTH WILL BE BLACK WITH SOOT.

8. DURING ONE FORAY INTO A COMPOUND WHICH CONTAINS A JAIL HOUSE,

NOTED TWO TRUCKS ABANDONED AND LOADED WITH RUBBER BOOTS

AND GLOVES. THE BACK OF THE TRUCKS ALSO CONTAINED BOXES WITH

BAGHDAD, IRAQ MARKED ON THE SIDE AND THE WORD CHEMICK. SINCE A

PRIMARY FEAR IN THIS CONFLICT WAS THE POSSIBLE USE OF CHEMICALS,

CAUTION PREVAILED







A THIRD TRUCK WAS DISCOVERED

IN THE SAME COMPOUND WHICH APPEARED TO BE USED TO TEST FOR CHEMICAL

PRESENCE WITH A PORTABLE CHEM LAB AND INCUBATOR. THE TRUCK CONTAINED

DRILLS AND WRENCHES WHICH MIGHT BE USED TO LOAD CHEMICAL ORDNANCE.

INTERESTINGLY, IT ALSO CONTAINED THE LATEST STATE-OF-THE-ART U.S.

MILITARY AUTOMATIC CHEMICAL AGENT DETECTOR (ABCA-M42). THE LOT AND

SERIAL NUMBER WERE NOT STAMPED INTO THE DATA TAG. IT APPEARS THE

TRUCK WITH THE CHEMICAL BOXES IN THE BACK MAY HAVE ONLY CONTAINED

CS GAS. HOWEVER, THE WHOLE TRUCK HAS NOT BEEN EXPLORED AND IT IS

UNUSUAL THAT THE RUBBER PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT WOULD BE STORED WITH

CS GAS.







12. IN CLOSING, WE NOTE THAT THE AIR THIS DAY IS ONCE AGAIN QUITE

CLEAR OVER MUCH OF THE CITY AS THE WINDS ARE BLOWING IN AN EASTERLY

DIRECTION. WE STILL SEE THE AL-MAQWA OIILFIELD BURNING. THE NEARES

OILWELL BURNING IS APPROXIMATELY 7 KILOMETERS AWAY. OUR LAST COUNT

WAS SEVEN OILWELL HEADS BURNING BRIGHTLY THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT AND DAY.







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