PERSIAN GULF CRISIS SITUATION UPDATE 06 DEC 90

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1. PERSIAN GULF CRISIS

SITUATION UPDATE     

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1. PERSIAN GULF CRISIS     

SITUATION UPDATE     



     IRAQI GROUND

FORCES CONTINUED TO ARRIVE AND REPOSITION IN NORTHWEST KUWAIT.

ALSO, AN IRAQI ARMORED/INFANTRY UNIT HAS DEPARTED THE ZAKHU

AREA IN NORTHERN IRAQ.     

KUWAIT - GROUND ACTIVITY -

ELEMENTS OF A PROBABLE ARMOR BRIGADE HAVE ARRIVED IN NORTHWEST

KUWAIT SINCE     DECEMBER. ONE OF THE BRIGADE'S TANK BATTALIONS

WAS DEPLOYED NEAR 29-47N 047-09E, A SECOND WAS AT 29-47N

047-11E, AND THE THIRD WAS ON HEAVY-LIFT TRANSPORTERS (HLT)

NEAR 29-48N 047-14E. THE BRIGADE'S MECHANIZED INFANTRY 

BATTALION WAS ON HLT'S MOVING SOUTH NEAR 29-39N 047-12E. HLT'S

CARRYING MORE ARMORED VEHICLES WERE ARRIVING FROM THE SOUTH.

THIS BRIGADE DEPLOYMENT IS IN ADDITION TO THE ARMOR/MECHANIZED

INFANTRY BRIGADE THAT HAD BEEN DEPLOYED TO NORTHWEST KUWAIT

BETWEEN     NOVEMBER AND      DECEMBER.     

NEARBY, ELEMENTS OF A PROBABLE MECHANIZED INFANTRY BATTALION

HAD ALSO ARRIVED     THIRTY-FOUR LOADED HLT'S

WERE IN CONVOY AT 29-49N 047-15E; THREE OTHER LOADED HLT WERE 

APPROACHING FROM THE EAST. A COMBAT SERVICE SUPPORT UNIT (33

TRUCKS) WAS 2 KM NORTH OF THIS BATTALION.     

IN NORTHERN KUWAIT, TWO ARMOR/MECHANIZED INFANTRY BATTALIONS

DEPLOYED TO 29-51N 047-38E SINCE     NOVEMBER. IN ADDITION, ONE

MECHANIZED INFANTRY BATTALION DEPARTED A DEPLOYMENT AREA NEAR

30-03N 047-30E SINCE      DECEMBER.     

ADDITIONAL COMBAT SERVICE SUPPORT UNITS HAVE JOINED ELEMENTS OF

THE MECHANIZED INFANTRY BRIGADE DEPLOYED NEAR 29-52N 047-28E

SINCE     NOVEMBER. ALSO, A PROBABLE CHEMICAL DECONTAMINATION 

STATION APPEARED TO BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT THIS BIVOUAC.







IRAQ-SAUDI NEUTRAL ZONE - GROUND ACTIVITY - 

A NEW ARTILLERY BATTALION (18 PROBABLE 130-MM HOWITZERS) HAS

BEEN DEPLOYED NEAR 29-22N 045-49E SINCE     NOVEMBER. THIS MAY

INDICATE THAT ADDITIONAL INFANTRY UNITS WILL MOVE INTO THIS

AREA. ONE INFANTRY BRIGADE IS     DEPLOYED IN THIS AREA

NEAR 29-17N 045-43E.     

IRAQ - GROUND ACTIVITY -

     ACTIVITY NEAR ZAKHU IN 

NORTHERN IRAQ. ELEMENTS OF TWO MECHANIZED INFANTRY BATTALIONS

HAD DEPARTED 36-58N 042-43E SINCE     NOVEMBER. ELEMENTS OF A

PROBABLE ARMORED BATTALION REMAINED IN THE AREA, BUT WERE NO

LONGER ADMINISTRATIVELY PARKED. THE BATTALION HAD BEEN

DISPERSED INTO COMPANY-SIZED GROUPS. ALSO, ONE AR4MORED

BATTALION, ELEMENTS OF TWO INFANTRY BATTALIONS, AND AT LEAST

TWO BATTERIES OF D-30 122-MM HOWITZERS HAD DEPARTED FROM A

NEARBY BIVOUAC.     

PROBABLE RESERVIST TRAINING     AT A FACILITY NEAR

31-43N 047-13E, ABOUT 200 KM NORTH OF THE AL AMARAH AW

FACILITY. AT LEAST 300 TROOPS, IN 30 SMALL GROUPS.     

     ON THE PARADE FIELD.     







MERCHANT SHIPPING ACTIVITY - 

NO CHANGES IN THE DISPOSITION OF IRAQI MERCHANT SHIPS     







IRAQ -







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