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







AIR ACTIVITY IN IRAQ AND KUWAIT



IRAQ CONTINUES TO MAINTAIN UNUSUAL DEPLOYMENTS OF ITS COMBAT

AIR UNIT IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF IRAQ. THE GENERAL COMBAT

READINESS REMAINS AT VERY HIGH LEVELS AND MAY INVOLVE CHEMICAL

WEAPONS HANDLING OPERATIONS.



 IRAQ-S INTENT TO POSSIBLY USE AIR-DELIVERED CHEMICAL WEAPONS

             AT TALLIL AIRFIELD, WHERE ABOUT 25 CANISTERS

WERE WITHIN THE FENCELINE OF THE SEPARATELY SECURED SUSPECT

CHEMICAL WEAPONS STORAGE BUNKER

               NO LOGISTICAL OPERATIONS OF A TYPE

THAT WOULD CONFIRM THAT CHEMICAL WEAPONS HAVE BEEN MOVED TO THE

FLIGHTLINE             AT THE SUSPECT CHEMICAL WEAPONS

STORAGE BUNKER OR ELSEWHERE AT THE AIRFIELD. MUNITIONS LOADING

NEAR SEVERAL FITTER FIGHTER-BOMBERS,

ALTHOUGH NOT CONFIRMED, SOME, OF THOSE LOADING OPERATIONS MAY 

HAVE INVOLVED CHEMICAL WEAPONS.







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