IRAQ-KUWAIT BORDER DISPUTE

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SUBJECT: IRAQ-KUWAIT BORDER DISPUTE

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ITEM/008/IRAQ-KUWAIT BORDER DISPUTE     CTY:IZ/Y

LOC/GEO:300500N0474730E







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RMK/PERSIAN GULF: SITUATION UPDATE     







     TWO NEW ARTILLERY BATTALIONS HAVE DEPLOYED

IN KUWAIT, ONE NEAR KUWAIT INTERNATIONAL AIRFIELD AND THE OTHER

NEAR AHMED AL JABER AIRFIELD. IN ADDITION FOUR NEW DECONTAMINATION

SITES WERE     IN THE UMM QASR AREA OF IRAQ. NO OTHER

SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN THE DISPOSITION OF IRAQI GROUND FORCES     







IN KUWAIT - 



A SELF-PROPELLED ARTILLERY BATTALION HAS DEPLOYED FIVE KM

NORTHEAST OF KUWAIT INTERNATIONAL AIRFIELD AT 29-16-00N 047-54-00E

SINCE     OCTOBER.     



A TOWED ARTILLERY BATTALION HAS DEPLOYED THREE KM NORTH OF AHMED

AL JABER AIRFIELD AT 28-59-00N 047-48-00E SINCE     SEPTEMBER.







IN IRAQ - 



A NEW, FOUR-STATION, CHEMICAL DECONTAMINATION SITE HAS BEEN

ESTABLISHED IN THE UMM QASR AREA IN THE VICINITY OF 30-02-56N

047-43-37E SINCE      SEPTEMBER. THREE ADDITIONAL SINGLE-STATION

DECONTAMINATION SITES      OCTOBER. ALL OTHER UNIT DISPOSITIONS

IN THE AREA     ESSENTIALLY UNCHANGED.     







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