BOMB DAMAGE OBSERVED

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Subject: BOMB DAMAGE OBSERVED                                            

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Folder Title: BASIC TARGET GRAPHIC INFORMATION CNA 1157                                                       

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               RESPOND TO ENEMY MANEUVERS; TO FIGHT DECISIVELY; AND TO BE PREOARED
               TO USE HELICOPTERS AND AIRCRAFT AGAINST ENEMY FORCES..
               COMMENT:  THE CAPTURED ORDERS--DA.TgD BE-FORE THE RECENT SOVIET -
               WITHDRAWAL PLAN--SUPPORT PREVIOUS REPORTS THAT THE IRAQI ARMY HAD
               PREPARED KUWAITI OIL FACILITIES FOR DESTRUCTION AND THAT
               IMPLEMENTATION WOULD BE PART OF THE ARMY'S DEFENSIVE PLAN. SAGHOAD'S
               FRIDAY ANNOUNCEMENT THAT THE GROUND BATTLE HAD BEGUN MAY HAVE LED
               LOCAL COMMANDERS TO INITIATE DESTRUCTION. IRAQI FORCES HAVE IGNITED
               AT LEAST 130 OII WELLS SINCE THURSDAY, AND A TOTAL OF AT LEAST ISO
               WELLS ARE NOW BURNING IN KUWA                                          U.S.C. 552 (b)(7)(E)
               AND MILITARY REPORTING..


               BOMB DAMAGE OBSERVED



                                                                                      5 U.S.C. 552
                    X -- AT LEAST 10 TANKS AND EIGHT ARMORED PERSONNEL CARRIERS WERE(b)(7)(E)
               DAMAGED OR DESTROYED IN THE 17TH AND 52ND ARMORED DIVISIONS' AREA, ON
               THE IRAQ-KUWAIT BORDER,


                    X -- SEVENTY OF 23S STORAGE SHEDS AND HARDENED BUNKERS HAVE BEEN
               OAMA6ED OR DESTROYED AT THE HADITHAH AMMUNITION STORAGE DEPOT. THIS
               FACILITY IS SUSPECTED OF BEING A MISSILE STORAGE DEPOT FOR SCUD
               FORCES IN WESTERN IRAQ.


                    X -- A HIGHWAY BRIDGE OVER THE EUPHRATES RIVER AT AN NAJAF IS
               DAMAGED AND CLOSED TO VEHICULAR TRAFFIC.


                    X -- THERE WAS ADDITIONAL DAMAGE TO  THE PRODUCTION BUILDINGS   AT
                ASSANIYAH III CHEMICAL WEAPONS PRODUCTION.FACILITY AND LATIFIYAH
                                                                           I
               PROBABLE BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS PRODUCTION FACILITY.            -7
                X -- THIRTEEN OF THE IS MAJOR PRODUCTION BUILDINGS A.T LATIFIYT)H
               SOLID PROPELLANT COMPLEX HAVE BEEN DAMAGED.   (S NF WN)

                    2. AMMAN, JEODAH, MANAMA, AND RIYADH, MINIMIZE CONSIDERED.

                    3. NO FILE. DECL   OADR ORV  LIA 3-82.









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     DECLASSIFIED
     ON: 09 OCT 96
     BY: DON GWDP IAW OPNAVINST 5513. SERIES

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Declassified = 18-OCT-1996