IRAQ-KUWAIT: SITUATION UPDATE.

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[b.1. sec. 1.5.(c)]

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SERIAL:  DSA 221-91 

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SUBJect:  IRAQ-KUWAIT:  SITUATION UPDATE.
              
DOI:  7 MAR 91 (AS OF 0930 EST) 
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      [b.1. sec. 1.5.(c)]



                                                BAGHDAD 
HAS PREVIOUSLY EMPLOYED CHEM1CAL AGENTS TO COMBAT INSURGENT 
ACTIVITIES IN KURDISH AREAS IN NORTHERN IRAQ.  VARIOUS AIRCRAFT 
PLATFORMS HAD BEEN USED TO DELIVER THE AGENTS, INCLUDING
MI-24/HIND, 
MI-8/HIP, MI-6/HOOK HELICOPTERS AND PILATUS PC-7/9 LIGHT AIRCRAFT. 
THE AGENTS WERE E1THER DROPPED IN PLASTIC BAGS, STEEL DRUMS,
GRAVITY 
BOMBS, OR 90-MM ROCKETS. 


      [b.1.  sec. 1.5.(c)]