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PATHFINDER RECORD NUMBER: 37879
GENDATE:         950623
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TEXT:
ENVELOPE OTTMZYUW YEKSHA 3814 0541446-MORN--YEKDQX.
ZNY MMORN
ZKZK 00 ZZL XAO ZNS ZSL DE
HEADER O [b.1. sec. 1.5.(c)] FEB 91 ZZZ8 ZYH
FM CNO

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SECTION 01

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/*********** THIS IS A COMBINED MESSAGE ************/
BODY SUBJ: CNO INTELLIGENCE NOTES FOR    FEB 91 (U)
(U) SECTION I: MIDDLE EAST/PERSIAN GULF EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
A. (U) GULF WAR: SITUATION UPDATE.

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(U) BDA HIGHLIGHTS:
            BW: [b.1. sec. 1.5.(c)] IRAQI FACILITIES USED TO 
PRODUCE
OR STORE BIOLOGICAL WARFARE AGENTS HAVE [b.1. sec. 1.5.(c)] 
BEEN DESTROYED.
SALVAGE OPERATIONS FOR EQUIPMENT AND MATERIEL [b.1. sec. 
1.5.(c)]                  THE BOMB-DAMAGED BW PRODUCTION AND
STORAGE FACILITIES.

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(U) SRBM ACTIVITY:

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(U) NAVAL ACTIVITY:

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(U) MINE ACTIVITY:

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(U) AIR/AIR DEFENSE ACTIVITY:


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(U) GROUND ACTIVITY:
    A BRIGADE SIZE USMC FORCE ENGAGED THE IRAQI 7TH
INFANTRY DIVISION ALONG THE BORDER WITH SOUTHERN KUWAIT
YESTERDAY. IRAQI SHELLING AND RETURN FIRE WAS DESCRIBED AS
INACCURATE, AND INITIAL REPORTS FROM THEATER ESTIMATE 80-90
IRAQI TROOPS WERE KILLED, 18 T-62 TANKS AND 15 ARMORED
VEHICLES WERE DESTROYED AND 87 IRAQIS WERE CAPTURED. THE
MARINES REPORTED THREE WOUNDED IN ACTION AND 1 HUMM-V
DESTROYED. IRAQI FORCES REPORTEDLY FOUGHT UNTIL THE ARRIVAL
OF U.S. AIR ASSETS, AT WHICH TIME THEY SURRENDERED.
CAPTURED DOCUMENTS RECOVERED FROM A DESTROYED IRAQI
TANK INDICATE THAT THE 3RD ARMORED DIVISION COMMANDER HAS
INFORMED SUBORDINATES THAT THE COALITION ATTACK WILL OCCUR
IN THE 7TH INFANTRY DIVISION SECTOR. BATTLE PLANS INCLUDED A
COUNTERATTACK BY ELEMENTS OF THE 3RD ARMORED DIVISION AND

/****** BEGINNING OF SECTION 003 ******/
THE lST MECHANIZED DIVISION TO THWART COALITION FORCES.

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(U) EPW UPDATE:

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(U) OIL FIELDS UPDATE:
    IRAQI FORCES HAVE IGNITED AT LEAST 195 OIL WELLS
THROUGHOUT KUWAIT NUMEROUS KUWAITI RESISTANCE REPORTS
SINCE SEPTEMBER HAD INDICATED THAT THE IRAQIS WERE PLANTING
EXPLOSIVES IN OILFIELDS, DESALINATION PLANTS, AND OTHER
FACILITIES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, WHICH WOULD BE DETONATED
IF IRAQ WAS FORCED TO WITHDRAW. THE DECISION TO ORDER THE
DETONATION OF THE WELLHEADS WAS PROBABLY IN RESPONSE TO THE
PERCEIVED COMMENCEMENT OF AN ALLIED GROUND OFFENSIVE AND
SIGNALS A BEGINNING OF IRAQ'S HERALDED "SCORCHED EARTH "
POLICY.
    THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THE
DESTRUCTION OF THE KUWAITI FIELDS WILL BE FELT FOR YEARS.
MORE IMMEDIATELY, THE OILFIELD FIRES POSE A THREAT TO
COALITION FORCES. THE BLASTS OF EXPLODING WELLHEADS AND
TANKS, INTENSE HEAT, AND TOXIC FUMES ARE ALL POTENTIALLY
LETHAL TO GROUND FORCES. KUWAITI OIL CONTAINS HIGH
CONCENTRATIONS OF HYDROGEN SULFIDE, WHICH IS EXTREMELY
FLAMMABLE, HEAVIER THAN AIR, AND HIGHLY TOXIC. UNCAPPED
WELLS HAVE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LETHAL CONCENTRATIONS OF
THE GAS AT RANGES OF AT LEAST 1,000 METERS DOWNWIND.
B.  (U) OTHER POLITICAL/MILITARY DEVELOPMENTS:

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MINIMIZE CONSIDERED IN SUPPORT OF OPERATION DESERT STORM.
RELAESED BY  [ (b.) (6)   ]
ADMIN DECL: OADR
#3816

INFODATE:	O
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