IRAQI MILITARY DEVELOPMENTS

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SUBJECT:  IRAQI MILITARY DEVELOPMENTS







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FEB 91 CIA 532380

CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

WARNING: INFORMATION REPORT, NOT FINALLY EVALUATED INTELLIGENCE.







COUNTRY: IRAQ/KUWAIT

SUBJ: IRAQI MILITARY DEVELOPMENTS







ON    FEBRUARY 1991, SIX MEMBERS OF A TEAM OF IRAQI SPECIALIST

SOLDIERS AND TECHNICIANS FROM THE SO-CALLED "CHEMICAL SQUAD" WORKING

ON A POSSIBLE FROG MISSILE FITTED WITH A CHEMICAL WARHEAD WERE KILLED

WHEN THE MISSILE BLEW UP ACCIDENTALLY. THE MISSILE WAS BEING WORKED

ON AT A CHEMICAL/BIOLOGICAL WARFARE CENTER SET UP IN THE SULAIBYA

DISTRICT.



3.   JANUARY, THE COMMANDER OF IRAQI GROUND FORCES,

LIEUTENTANT GENERAL ABDUL RAHMAN ((ABBAS)), WAS EXECUTED BY HIS STAFF

COLONEL, A BA'ATH PARTY LOYALIST FROM TAKRIT, FOR REFUSING TO OBEY

ORDERS RECEIVED FROM BAGHDAD.



4.     FEBRUARY, VERY STRONG EXPLOSIONS ACCOMPANIED BY LARGE

AMOUNTS OF SMOKE AND FIRE TOOK PLACE IN THE SHUWAIKH PORT AREA.



5.    FEBRUARY, STRONG

EXPLOSIONS WERE HEARD FROM THE AREA OF THE OIL FACILITIES WEST OF

AHMADI, SOUTH OF KUWAIT CITY.



6. THERE WAS AN UNUSUALLY LARGE AMOUNT OF MILITARY VEHICLE

MOVEMENT IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS OF KUWAIT CITY IN THE 48 HOURS

PRECEEDING MIDNIGHT   







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