IRAQ-KUWAIT BORDER DISPUTE

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SUBJECT: IRAQ-KUWAIT BORDER DISPUTE

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ITEM/005/IRAQ-KUWAIT BORDER DISPUTE/          CTY:IZ/Y

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RMK/PERSIAN GULF: SITUATION REPORT







          IRAQI GROUND FORCES HAVE PREPARED A CHEMICAL

DECONTAMINATION SITE AT RAS AL QULAYAH, APPROXIMATELY 35 KM NORTH

OF THE KUWAITI-SAUDI BORDER. THIS IS THE FIRST INDICATION THAT

IRAQ MAY HAVE DEPLOYED CHEMICAL WEAPONS TO KUWAIT. NO SIGNIFICANT

CHANGES         IN IRAQI SECURITY OPERATIONS NEAR THE US

EMBASSY IN KUWAIT CITY.          







KUWAIT--





AT LEAST SIX V-SHAPED DECONTAMINATION TRENCHES HAVE BEEN

CONSTRUCTED ABOUT 7 KM SOUTHWEST OF RAS AL QULAYAH. THIS SITE WAS

NOT PRESENT WHEN THIS AREA WAS          ON          SEPTEMBER. THE

TRENCHES           WITH THE DECONTAMINATION WASHDOWN

PROCESS. NO DECONTAMINATION VEHICLES          IN THE AREA.







           NO INCREASE IN SECURITY

AROUND THE US EMBASSY OR SURROUNDING AREA. AT LEAST SEVEN IRAQI

SECURITY CHECKPOINTS WERE IN PLACE ON MAIN STREETS RUNNING

THROUGHOUT THE CITY, AND LONG TRAFFIC LINES (INVOLVING AS MANY AS

          AT FIVE GAS STATIONS.







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