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 (RILP4I)



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COMBINE: COMPLETE



1. IRAO-KUWAIT BORDER DISPUTE



IRAQ-KUWAIT: SITUATION UPDATE





AIR ACTIVITY IN KUWAIT



EVIDENCE OF STRAFING/CLUSTER BOMBING        ON AND NEAR

THE RUNWAYS AND TAXIWAYS AT ALI AL SALEM AIRBASE. DAMAGE

ONLY SUPERFICIAL WITH NO BUILDINGS OR VEHICLES

DAMAGED. NO FIXED WING AIRCRAFT            ONE LIGHT

HELICOPTER, PROBABLY A PUMA, WAS IN THE OPEN AND APPEARED

UNDAMAGED.



AT KUWAIT INTERNATIONAL AIRFIELD, LIGHT DAMAGE TO THE RUNWAYS

AND TAXIWAYS HAD BEEN CAUSED BY STRAFING OR CLUSTER BOMBING.

TWO TANKS WERE POSITIONED ON THE END OF A RUNWAY;

NO VEHICLES

DAMAGED.



AIR ACTIVITY IN IRAQ

AT UBAYDAH BIN AL JARRAH IN IRAQ, FLIGHT ACTIVITY AND ORDNANCE

HANDLING MAY BE IN PROGRESS. SEVERAL FIGHTER AND GROUND ATTACK



AIRCRAFT AROUND THE AIRFIELD HAD BEEN POSITIONED OUTSIDE OF

THEIR RESPECTIVE HARDENED AIRCRAFT BUNKERS (HAB) SINCE      JULY.

AT LEAST 10 PROBABLE F.1 WERE ADJACENT TO HABS, AND SEVERAL

GROUND ATTACK AIRCRAFT (FLOGGER/FROGFOOT) MAY HAVE BEEN

INVOLVED IN PRE/POST FLIGHT OPERATIONS; AT LEAST ONE OF THE

AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN UPLOADED WITH ORDNANCE. APPROXIMATELY 12

CRATES HAVE BEEN UPLOADED FROM A MULTI-AXLE TRAILER WITH PRIME

MOVER CONNECTED ON AN APRON ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE AIRFIELD.

(97'LPTL)



AT AL TAQADDUM IN IRAQ, FUEL TRUCKS AND SUPPORT VEHICLES WERE

POSITIONED NEAR 10 OF 14 FOXBAT INDICATING PREPARATIONS FOR

FLIGHT ACTIVITY OR DEPLOYMENT.



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