IRAQ-KUWAIT BORDER DISPUTE

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SUBJECT: IRAQ-KUWAIT BORDER DISPUTE

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SUBJ:  AUG   90







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1. IRAQ-KUWAIT BORDER DISPUTE

PERSIAN GULF CRISIS UPDATE







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COMBINE: COMPLETE



1. IRAQ-KUWAIT BORDER DISPUTE







KUWAIT



          ARTILLERY

ASSETS FROM AL WAFRAH BAD REDEPLOYED ALONG TWO ROADS ABOUT 8 KM

TO THE EAST, AND 10 KM NORTH OF THE SAUDI ARABIAN BORDER

          THREE TOWED ARTILLERY BATTALIONS,

          THAT WERE DEPLOYED NORTH OF

AL WAFRAN IN  AUGUST HAD DEPARTED.         TWO          BATTALIONS

HAVE PROBABLY DEPLOYED TO THE EAST AND NORTHEAST.







IN SOUTHERN KUWAIT, AN ARTILLERY BATTALION HAD NEWLY DEPLOYED

ALONG THE COASTAL HIGHWAY 10 KM NORTH OF THE SAUDI BORDER







 IRAQ



AT LEAST TWO 122MM D-30 BATTALIONS HAD DEPARTED

            DEPLOYMENT AREAS NORTH OF AZ ZUBAYR SINCE         AUGUST.

            MOST OF

THE ARTILLERY ASSETS HAD LEFT BETWEEN       AUGUST. ONLY

TENTS       TRUCKS REMAINED AT EACH BIVOUAC SITE.

            AT THE

            DEPLOYMENT AREA EAST OF AL MUFRASH, ONE

130MM M-46 FIELD GUN BATTALION WAS ATTACHED TO PRIME MOVERS







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