IRAQ-KUWAIT BORDER DISPUTE

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1.IRAQ-KUWAIT BORDER DISPUTE

PERSIAN GULF CRISIS UPDATE







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1.IRAQ-KUWAIT BORDER DISPUTE



PERSIAN GULF CRISIS UPDATE





MAJOR ELEMENTS OF A SECOND IRAQI FROG-7

ABOUT 6 KM NORTHWEST OF AL JAHRAH.







SCUD MISSILE ACTIVITY,

POSSIBLY IN PREPARATION FOR DEPLOYMENT TO KUWAIT

AT AN SSM FACILITY NEAR BAGHDAD.







KUWAIT



AL JARHAH-KUWAIT CITY AREA



MAJOR ELEMENTS

OF A SECOND IRAQI FROG-7 BRIGADE HAVE ARRIVED IN THE AL JARHAH

AREA. THIS BRIGADE IS MOST LIKELY THE SECOND OF THE TWO IRAQI

FROG-7 BRIGADES THAT DEPARTED THE AL MUFRASH AREA OF lRAQ

THE SECOND BRIGADE IS 6 KM NORTHWEST OF AL JAHRAH AND 5

KM NORTHEAST OF THE FIRST BRIGADE



ONLY SEVEN WERE SEEN IN THE DEPLOYMENT AREA. FIVE STAKEBED

TRUCKS (ONE WITH POSSIBLE ROCKETS) AND AT LEAST 15 OTHER

SUPPORT VEHICLES WERE NEARBY.







AIR ACTIVITY IN SOUTHEASTERN IRAQ



IRAQI COMBAT AIR FORCES IN THE SOUTHEASTERN PART OF THE COUNTRY

REMAINED AT A HIGH STATE OF READINESS, AND SEVERAL FIGHTER

UNITS REMAINED FORWARD DEPLOYED TO THE AREA.



EIGHT FLOGGER INTERCEPTORS REMAINED DEPLOYED TO SHAIBAH

AIRFIELD, WHERE AS MANY AS 10  RECENTLY.

SEVEN OF THE FLOGGER   HAD WINGS SWEPT

FORWARD WITH AUXILIARY FUEL TANKS MOUNTED.









AT JALIBAH SOUTHEAST



FIVE FOXBOAT AND SEVEN FULCRUM

MULTIROLE FIGHTERS WERE PRESENT. ALL AIRCRAFT

REMAINED UPLOADED WITH AAM OR OTHER EXTERNAL STORES.



FIVE FLOGGER  REMAINED DEPLOYED TO

UBAYDAH BIN AL JARRAH AIRFIELD. THE FLOGGER HAD WINGS SWEPT

FORWARD AND AUXILIARY FUEL TANKS MOUNTED.





AT LEAST TWO

POSSIBLE F.1 PRESENT



NO ACTIVITY WAS AT THE SUSPECT CHEMICAL

WEAPONS STORAGE BUNKERS.



THREE FLOGGER, AND 14 FITTER WERE PRESENT, AS

WELL AS 16 FISHBED FIGHTERS. MANY AIRCRAFT REMAINED UPLOADED

WITH EXTERNAL STORES.

NO NEW ACTIVITY WAS

AT THE SUSPECT CHEMICAL WEAPONS STORAGE BUNKER SINCE

BAGHDAD AREA



ACTIVITY INVOLVING AT LEAST ONE SCUD TRANSPORTER WITH A MISSILE

ON IT,







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