MIDDLE EAST BRIEF

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Subject: MIDDLE EAST BRIEF

Not Finally Evaluated Intelligence







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SUBJECT:  MIDDLE EAST BRIEF          FEBRUARY 1991.







MORE SCUDS LAUNCHED

SINCE THE LARGE-SCALE COALITION GROUND ASSAULT STARTED. IRAQ







HAS FIRED AT LEAST THREE MODIFIED SCUDS TOWARD SAUDI ARABIA, ALL OF

WHICH WERE INTERCEPTED BY PATRIOTS. THE, FIRST WAS LAUNCHED TOWARD

RIYADH FROM THE VICINITY OF SAFWAN.







A SECOND SCUD WAS LAUNCHED FROM AN AREA

SOUTHEAST OF BAGHDAD ABOUT EIGHT HOURS LATER. APPARENTLY TOWARD KING

KHALID MILITARY CITY. THE THIRD WAS FIRED TOWARD RIYADH NINE HOURS

AFTER THAT FROM SOUTH OF AL BASRAN. ACCORDING TO PRESS REPORTS. THE

DEBRIS FROM THE LATTER TWO LAUNCHES FELL HARMLESSLY IN THE DESERT.







HUNDREDS OF FIRES IN KUWAITI OILFIELDS







BURNING OIL WELLS, IN KUWAIT'S OILFIELDS.

MOST ARE IN THE GREATERT AL BURQAN OILFIELD. OTHER OIL FACILITIES.

SUCH AS GATHERING CENTERS AND PIPELINES. ALSO ARE ON FIRE. THICK

SMOKE COVERS MUCH OF EASTERN KUWAIT.







IRAQI SABOTAGE, NOT COALITION

BOMBiNG. IS THE CAUSE OF THE FIRES







COMMENT:  THE IRAQIS APPEAR TO HAVE IGNITED AT LEAST HALF THE

OILWELLS IN KUWAIT. MANY MORE MAY BE DAMAGED.

EXTINGUISHING FIRES WILL TAKE FROM A WEEK TO MORE THAN A MONTH







DAMAGE TO TUWAITHA NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTER



SEVERAL MORE KEY

BUILDINGS HAD BEEN DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.







THE PRESENCE OF          VEHICLES IN THE COMPLEX PROBABLY

INDICATES THAT ANY RADIATION CONTAMINATION IS LIMITED.







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