ADDITIONAL IRAQI UNITS DEPLOY

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SUBJECT: ADDITIONAL IRAQI UNITS DEPLOY

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SUBJ:         JUL 90







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1. IRAQ-KUWAIT BORDER DISPUTE

IRAQ-KUWAIT: ADDITIONAL IRAQI UNITS DEPLOY

           TOWARDS KUWAIT







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1. IRAQ-KUWAIT BORDER DISPUTE



IRAQ-KUWAIT: ADDITIONAL IRAQI UNITS DEPLOY







TOWARDS KUWAIT



IRAQ CONTINUES TO DEPLOY MILITARY FORCES, INCLUDING ARMOR AND

ARTILLERY ASSETS AND A SECOND SA-2 SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILE

BATTALION NORTH OF THE KUWAIT BORDER. INCREASED LOGISTIC

SUPPORT, INCLUDING THE DELIVERY OF FROG-7 AIRFRAMES TO DEPLOYED

UNITS        HEAVY-LIFT TRANSPORTS, SOME LOADED WITH

ARMORED VEHICLES, WERE        THROUGHOUT THE AREA AND IRAQI UNITS

HAVE BEGUN TO DISPERSE AMMUNITION, SUPPLIES, AND VEHICLES INTO

REVETMENTS.







DEPLOYMENTS WEST OF AZ ZUBAYR --



THE FROG-7 UNIT DEPLOYED 40 KM WEST OF AZ ZUBAYR HAS RECEIVED

A SHIPMENT OF FROG-7 AIRFAMES. EIGHTEEN TRACTOR-TRAILERS,



          LOADED WITH AT LEAST 32 MISSILE AIRFRAMES HAVE

ARRIVED AT THE FROG-7 DEPLOYMENT AREA          A TRAIN

LOADED WITH LOGISTIC SUPPORT VEHICLES WAS ON THE RAIL LINE

LOCATED 60 KM WEST-NORTHWEST OF AZ ZUBAYR. THE STATUS OF OTHER

UNITS DEPLOYED IN THE AREA REMAINED UNCHANGED











           A LARGE CHEMICAL DEFENSE UNIT WAS







IN A BERMED AREA SOUTH OF THE HEADQUARTERS AND CONTAINED AT

LEAST 50 CHEMICAL DEFENSE VEHICLES, INCLUDING BRDM-2 RKH,

ARS-14, AND ASSOCIATED DECONTAMINATION TRAILERS.



AIRFIELDS --



FLIGHT ACTIVITY WAS   AT          TALLIL AIRFIELD 165 Km

NORTHWEST OF THE KUWAIT BORDER. ONE SU-25 FROGFOOT GROUND

ATTACK AIRCRAFT WAS ON THE RUNWAY AND A SECOND FROGFOOT WAS

ON THE TAXIWAY; A TOTAL OF EIGHT FROGFOOT WERE PRESENT. OTHER

ACTIVITY AT THE AIRFIELD WAS NORMAL. NO SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITY

WAS           AT AL TAJI, QAYYARAH WEST, SHAIBAH, AL TAQADDUN, AND

SADDAM AIRFIELDS.







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