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PATHFINDER RECORD NUMBER: 36434 
GENDATE:         950623 
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ENVELOPE OTTMZYUW YEKSHA 3422 0631407-MORN--YEKDQX. 
ZNY MMORN 
ZKZK 00 ZZL XAO ZNS ZSL DE 
HEADER O [b.1. sec. 1.5.(c) MAR 91 ZZZ8 ZYH 
FM CNO 
 
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SECTION 01 
 
 
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BODY SUBJ: CNO INTELLIGENCE NOTES FOR [b.1. sec. 1.5.(c)]   MAR 91 (U) 
(U) SECTION I: MIDDLE EAST/PERSIAN GULF EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 
A. [  (b)  (1)  sec 1.5 (c)   ] 
  
(U) MINE ACTIVITY: 
   IRAQI MILITARY COMMANDERS SUPPLIED COALITION 
COUNTERPARTS WITH THE LOCATIONS OF NAVAL MINEFIELDS IN THE 
NORTHERN PERSIAN GULF. OVER 1,000 NAVAL MINES, INCLUDING 
BOTTOM AND MOORED MINES WERE LAID IN SEVERAL "BOX " AND 
"SINGLE-LINE" PATTERNS EXTENDING IN A NORTHERLY ARC FROM THE 
KUWAITI/SAUDI BORDER TO AN AREA NORTHEAST OF FAYLAKA 
ISLAND. ALL BUT ONE OF THE MINE BOXES CONTAINED BOTH BOTTOM 
MINES AND MOORED MINES. TWO OF THE DISCLOSED MINE BOXES, 
(BOXES FOUR AND FIVE) COINCIDED WITH PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED 
MINE THREAT AREAS. NO INFORMATION WAS AVAILABLE ON DRIFTING 
MINES. 
 
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(U) CEASE FIRE: 
   IRAQ ACCEDED TO COALITION TERMS DURING MILITARY TO 
MILITARY CEASE FIRE TALKS HELD AT SAFWAN AIRFIELD IN SOUTHERN 
IRAQ YESTERDAY. SENIOR IRAQI MILITARY REPRESENTATIVES 
INCLUDED THE DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF OF THE MINISTRY OF DEFENSE 
AND THE COMMANDER OF THE IRAQI III CORPS. 
   A CEASE FIRE VIOLATION OCCURED SATURDAY MORNING. 
WHILE ATTEMPTING TO WITHDRAW FROM THE AREA WEST-NORTHWEST 
OF BASRAH, A LARGE IRAQI COLUMN APPARENTLY MADE A WRONG 
TURN AND ENCOUNTERED ELEMENTS OF THE USA 24TH MECHANIZED 
DIVISION. THE IRAQI FORCE REPORTEDLY OPENED FIRE AGAINST THE 
COALITION FORCES AFTER REFUSING TO SURRENDER, AND WERE 
SUBSEQUENTLY OVERRUN. CENTCOM REPORTS IRAQI LOSSES FROM THE 
ENGAGEMENT INCLUDE 81 TANKS (MOSTLY T-72'S), 105 APC'S, FIVE 
ARTILLERY PIECES, AND ELEVEN FROG TRANSPORTERS. THREE 
THOUSAND IRAQI SOLDIERS, INCLUDING AN ARMORED BRIGADE 
COMMANDER WERE REPORTEDLY TAKEN AS EPWS. 
(U) CW ACTIVITY: 
    CENTCOM HAS REPORTED CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION AT A 
LOCATION FORMERLY OCCUPIED BY AN ARTILLERY UNIT OF THE RFGC 
TAWAKALNA DIVISION. AN AMERICAN SERVICEMAN WAS REPORTEDLY 
 
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CONTAMINATED AFTER DROPPING A GRENADE INTO A BUNKER. HE 
SUBSEQUENTLY REPORTED PRICKLING OF THE SKIN AND IS BEING 
MEDEVAC-ED FOR OBSERVATION AND TREATMENT. SPECTROMETER 
ANALYSIS OF THE CONTAMINATED AREA REVEALED A POSSIBLE 
COMBINATION OF BLISTER AND CHOKING AGENTS. 
                [b.1. sec. 1.5.(c)] 
THE SAMARRA CHEMICAL WEAPONS [b.1. sec. 1.5.(c)] 
        FACILITY LAST THURSDAY. 
BUNKER     [b.1. sec. 1.5. (c)]                          IS 
BELIEVED TO RETAIN THE CAPACITY TO PRODUCE 60 METRIC TONS OF 
SARIN PER MONTH.  [b.1. sec. 1.5.(c)]           PROBABLY 
PART OF AN EFFORT TO SALVAGE CW-RELATED EQUIPMENT SUPPLIES. 
(U) GROUND FORCES: 
 
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THE IRAQI MILITARY MAY BE ATTEMPTING TO BETTER ORGANIZE THE 
RIVER CROSSING EFFORTS,  
[b.1. sec. 1.5.(c)] 
                                         MANY VEHICLES ARE 
APPARENTLY BEING ABANDONED AND TROOPS ARE CROSSING ON FOOT. 
A PONTOON BRIDGE [b.1. sec. 1.5.(c)]                HAS 
SOMEWHAT EASED THE VEHICLE BACKUP. 
           ON SATURDAY, IRAQ ANNOUNCED THE DEMOBILIZATION 
OF RESERVISTS AGED 35 TO 38. 
    TO DATE, PRELIMINARY ESTIMATES SUGGEST APPROXIMATY 
3,089 TANKS, 1,961 APC/IPV, AND 2,145 ARTILLERY PIECES HAVE 
BEEN DESTROYED OR CAPTURED BY COALITION FORCES. 
B. (U) POLITICAL/MILITARY BRIEFS: 
(U) CIVIL UNREST: 
 
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