IRAQ-KUWAIT BORDER DISPUTE

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SUBJECT: IRAQ-KUWAIT BORDER DISPUTE

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1. IRAQ-KUWAIT BORDER DISPUTE

PERSIAN GULF CRISIS UPDATE



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COMBINE: COMPLETE



1. IRAQ-KUWAIT BORDER DISPUTE



PERSIAN GULF CRISIS UPDATE



              NO

SIGNIFICANT WITHDRAWAL OF IRAQI FORCES FROM KUWAIT OR

              MILITARY ACTIVITY NEAR THE US EMBASSY IN KUWAIT

CITY.







IN IRAQ, PROBABLE CHEMICAL WEAPONS WAS         AT

UBAYDAH BEN AL JARRAH AIRFIELD.







            NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE WAS           IN EITHER OF 

THE TWO FROG BRIGADES DEPLOYED IN THE AL JAHRAH AREA

            A TANK BATTALION WAS NEWLY DEPLOYED JUST EAST OF THE

FROG EQUIPMENT APPROXIMATELY 5 KM NORTH/NORTHEAST OF AL JAHRAH.





 

AIR ACTIVITY IN IRAQ



AT UBAYDAH BIN AL JARRAH, IN CENTRAL IRAQ, POSSIBLE MUNITIONS

HANDLING MAY HAVE BEEN          AT ONE OF THE TWO CHEMICAL

MUNITIONS STORAGE BUNKERS         A FLATBED TRUCK WITH

POSSIBLE CANNISTERS ON BOARD WAS AT ONE OF THE ENTRANCES TO THE

BUNKER AND A SMALLER VEHICLE WAS AT THE OTHER ENTRANCE,

POSSIBLY PROVIDING SECURITY. NO ACTIVITY WAS         NEAR THE

OTHER CHEMICAL MUNITIONS BUNKER OR NEAR ANY OF THE AIRCRAFT ON







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