INTERNAL SITUATION IN KUWAIT

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SUBJECT:  INTERNAL SITUATION IN KUWAIT

NOT FINALLY EVALUATED INTELLIGENCE







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COUNTRY:  KUWAIT/IRAQ



SUBJ: INTERNAL SITUATION IN KUWAIT        JANUARY 1991

DOI:        JANUARY 1991







        OIL WELLS  AND  DISTRIBUTION  CBNTERS  IN  KUWAIT

WERE BEING MINED        JANUARY 1991.  KUWAITIS WERE BEING PREVENTED

FROM TRAVELLING TO OIL FIELDS.







        INSIDE KUWAIT,        IRAQI AIRFIELDS HAD BEEN DESTROYED BY

ALLIED BOMBING.         IRAQI AIRCRAFT HAD BEENN SHOT DOWN.  REPUBLICAN

GUARD BRIGADES IN NORTH EAST KUWAIT HAD COME UNDER HEAVY ATTACK AND

HAD SUFFERED HEAVY LOSSES.

        IRAQI FORCES WERE ONLY USING AIR

DEFENSES, AND IRAQI AIRCRAFT WERE BEING KEPT ON THE GROUND AND IN

PROTECTED SITES. SOME SCUD MISSILES WERE SEEN IN RAWDATAIN, BUT

THESE HAVE NOW BEEN MOVED TO AN UNKNOWN LOCATION







        THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF DESERTIONS OF IRAQI TROOPS,

AND STEALING OF VEHICLES AT CHECKPOINTS CONTINUES. THE MOOD OF IRAQI

SOLDIERS IS HYSTERICAL AND NERVOUS. ONE KUWAITI WAS SHOT DEAD FOR

REFUSING TO GIVE UP HIS CAR. A NUMBER OF IRAQI SOLDIERS IN HOSPITALS

HAVE BEEN TREATED FOR GUNSHOT WOUNDS. KUWAITIS ARE BEING TOLD TO

REMAIN INDOORS TO KEEP OUT OF THE WAY OF IRAQIS. THE CONDITION OF

IRAQI TROOPS WAS BAD AND THEY WERE SHORT OF FOOD. THE LOGISTICS

SUPPLY HAD BEEN  CUT OFF. MORALE OF KUWAITI RESIDENTS IS HIGH.







        GROUPS OF IRAQIS IN CIVILIAN CLOTHES HAVE BEEN APPROACHING

KUWAITIS SAYING THAT THEY WERE AUTHORIZED TO GIVE INOCULATIONS

AGAINST CHEMICAL AGENTS. THIS HAS LED TO TWO KNOWN CASES OF

POISONING, AND KUWAITIS ARE BEING WARNED OF THE THREAT.







        THE TWO OIL PRODUCTION CENTERS AT BURQAN ARE STILL

PRODUCING ABOUT 100,000 BARRELS PER DAY (BPD). REFINING IS

CONTINUING, AND THE IRAQIS ARE INSISTING ON PRODUCTION OF 160,000

BPD. MOST IRAQI OFFICIALS HAVE LEFT THEIR POSITIONS IN KUWAITI OIL

INSTALLATIONS. THE MORALE OF SOLDIERS IN THE OIL INSTALLATIONS IS

LOW. THE FIRE IN GAS LINE EIGHT HAS BEEN BROUGHT UNDER CONTROL BY

KUWAITI TECHNICIANS. A SUBSTITUTE LINE HAD BEEN PROVIDED GAS TO

HOSPITALS AND BAKERIES.







        THE IRAQIS HAVE BEEN MOVING CHEMICAL MATERIALS FROM THEIR

STORAGE AREA, BUT THERE IS NO INFORMATION ON WHERE THEY HAVE BEEN

TAKEN. ON THE THIRD, FOURTH, AND FIFTH RING ROADS, THERE HAS BEEN A

REDUCTION IN THE AMOUNT OF MILITARY TRAFFIC.







        THE WARA AREA IS UNDER STRONG GUARD.







        IRAQI TELEVISION IS USING KUWAITI MOBILE TV VEHICLES AND

BROADCASTING        IN FAILAKA, MITLA, AND SULAIBIYA.

        IRAQI RADIO IS BROADCASTING FROM

SULAIBIYA INTO IRAQ.



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