IRAQ-KUWAIT BORDER DISPUTE

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SUBJECT: IRAQ-KUWAIT BORDER DISPUTE

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I. IRAQ-KUWAIT BORDER DISPUTE

   PERSIAN GULF CRISIS UPDATE





COMBINE: COMPLETE



I. IRAQ-KUWAIT BORDER DISPUTE

PERSIAN GULF CRISIS UPDATE





IRAQ CONTINUES TO DEPLOY ITS FORCES IN SOUTHERN KUWAIT,

NEAR THE SAUDI ARABIAN BORDER.







ALTHOUGH IRAQI UNITS ARE STILL NEAR THE SAUDI BORDER, A

SMALL NUMBER OF IRAQI UNITS MAY BE MOVING NORTH OF THE KUWAITI

BORDER AREA. NO WITHDRAWAL OF IRAQI FORCES FROM KUWAIT







KUWAIT





A MECHANIZED INFANTRY BATTALION, A TANK COMPANY, EIGHT TOWED

ARTILLERY PIECES AND AT LEAST 34 SUPPORT VEHICLES WERE IN

CONVOY ALONG A ROAD HEADED SOUTHWEST TOWARD AHMED AL JABER

AIR BASE.





IRAQI AIR FORCES



TWO PROBABLE IRAQI BO-105 LIGHT HELICOPTERS HAVE DEPARTED

FROM A PARKING LOT AT AL JABER AIR BASE SINCE        AUGUST.

NO OTHER FIXED- OR ROTARY-WING AIRCRAFT WERE           AT THIS

KUWAITI HARDENED AIRCRAFT SHELTER-EQUIPPED AIR BASE. ALSO,

THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF ATTEMPTS TO REPAIR MINOR RUNWAY

DAMAGE SUSTAINED IN PROBABLE CLUSTER-BOMB ATTACKS ON   AUGUST.





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