MIDDLE EAST BRIEF

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Subject: MIDDLE EAST BRIEF

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SUBJECT: MIDDLE EAST AREA BRIEF         SEPTEMBER

1990.

CONTENTS

1 IRAQ-KUWAIT:  SITUATION REPORT







BAGHDAD PREPARES FOR CHEMICAL WARFARE

IRAQ CONTINUES TO PREPARE ITS FORCES FOR BOTH OFFENSIVE AND

DEFENSIVE CHEMICAL OPERATIONS, IRAQI FORCES IN KUWAIT AND SOUTHEAST

IRAQ HAVE         CHEMICAL DECONTAMINATION SITES







REFUGEES CONTINUE TO REPORT THAT IRAQ HAS DEPLOYED CW TO

THE KUWAITI THEATER

COMMENT: BAGHDAD APPARENTLY HAS PREPARED CONTINENCY PLANS TO

EMPLOY CW IF COMBAT BREAKS OUT. THE IRAQIS PROBABLY WOULD USE SUCH

WEAPONS IF THEIR FORCES IN IRAQ OR KUWAIT WERE BEING PUSHED BACK BY

AN ALLIED OFFENSIVE. THEY ALSO WOULD BE HIGHLY LIKELY TO CALCULATE

THAT AN IRAQI OFFENSIVE INTO SAUDI ARABIA WOULD SUCCEED ONLY IF

SUPPORTED BY CHEMICAL ATTACKS. ONCE THE IRAQIS USED CW, THEY

PROBABLY WOULD BE WILLING TO DRAW FROM THEIR ENTIRE CHEMICAL

ARSENAL, INCLUDING MISSILES WITH CHEMICAL WARHEADS







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