IRAQ-KUWAIT BORDER DISPUTE

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1. IRAQ-KUWAIT BORDER DISPUTE

IRAQ-KUWAIT: SITUATION UPDATE



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1. IRAQ-KUWAIT BORDER DISPUTE



IRAQ-KUWAIT: SITUATION UPDATE ii3)'iRi)



IRAQI FORCES IN SOUTHERN KUWAIT BE STAGING FOR

ADDITIONAL OFFENSIVE OPERATIONS.                 ADDITIONAL

ARMOR, ARTILLERY, AIR DEFENSE, AND AT LEAST 300 CARGO/FUEL

TRUCKS HAVE DISPERSED AROUND AL WAFRAH. ADDITIONAL DEPLOYMENTS

WERE            ALONG THE EASTERN COASTAL HIGHWAY SOUTH OF MINA

SAUD, WHERE AN IRAQI TANK BATTALION WAS MOVING SOUTH, AND OVER

54 ARTILLERY PIECES PLUS POSSIBLE MULTIPLE ROCKET LAUNCHERS

WERE DEPLOYED FACING SOUTH. 



INCREASED AIR ACTIVITY WAS                  AT TWO IRAQI AIRBASES. AT

TALLIL, 15 FITTER WERE UPLOADED WITH FUEL AND MUNITIONS,

INCLUDING POSSIBLE CHEMICAL MUNITIONS. AT THE CHEMICAL WEAPONS

(CW) STORAGE BUNKER, ABOUT 25 PROBABLE CW MUNITIONS CANISTERS

HAVE BEEN PULLED OUT OF THE BUNKER SINCE       JULY. AT JALIBAH

AIRFIELD, EIGHT FROGFOOT, FIVE FOXBAT, AND SEVEN FULCRUM WERE

                  UPLOADED WITH FUEL

AND AMMUNITION.





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