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File: 970613_DSA267_91d_txt_0001.txt(b.2.) SERIAL: DSA 267-91 /*********** THIS IS A COMBINED MESSAGE ************/ SUBECT: IRAQ-KUWAIT: SITUATION UPDATE. (U) DOI: 22 MAR 91 (b.2.) (b.1. sec. 1.5.c.) 18. IN ADDITION TO THE PROBLEM OF THE FIRES AT THE OIL WELLS, THERE IS A GREAT DEAL OF UNBURNED OIL THAT IS SPREADING ACROSS THE OILFIELDS. IN THE AL MAQWA OIL FIELD AREA, WEST OF ASH SHUAYBAH, A REPORTED 70,000 BARRELS OF UNBURNED OIL HAVE BEEN COLLECTING DAILY AND NOW FORM A LARGE OIL LAKE. BERMS THAT HAD KEPT THE OIL FROM SPREADING ARE NOW BROKEN, AND CRUDE OIL IS SOME FOUR FEET DEEP OVER THE MAIN ROAD. (b.2.)?
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