IRAQ-KUWAIT BORDER DISPUTE

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SUBJECT: 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







KUWAIT CITY







            TWO ARTILLERY BATTERIES

WERE DEPLOYED ALONG THE MAJOR EAST-WEST HIGHWAY IN THE WESTERN

AND CENTRAL AREAS OF KUWAIT CITY.



WEST OF KUWAIT CITY.







            A PROBABLE

SELF-PROPELLED ARTILLERY BATTERY, WERE MOVING ALONG THE HIGHWAY

TOWARD SAUDI ARABIA,







AIR ACTIVITY IN IRAQ--



          FROGFOOT        AT JALIBAH SOUTHEAST AIRFIELD

MAY HAVE BEEN PROVIDED CLOSE AIR SUPPORT TO GROUND FORCES AS THEY

MOVED ACROSS THE KUWAITI BORDER ONLY 75 KM SOUTH OF THE 

AIRFIELD. AT LEAST 12 FROGFOOT WERE IN FRONT OF HARDENED

AIRCRAFT BUNKERS







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