Subject: SUBJ: SIT REP ON TALL AL LAHM

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Subject: SUBJ: SIT REP ON TALL AL LAHM

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NOV 91 STAFF







SUBJECT:           STATUS REPORT, 12 NOV          91







TEXT:



1.   SITUATION REPORT ON TALL AL LAHM AMMUNITION STORAGE

DEPOT:   UNSCOM 20          INSPECTED TALL AL LAH14 STORAGE DEPOT

(GEOCOORD: 3044SON 462580E) ON 26-27 OCTOBER 1991. THE SITE IS

LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 25KM SOUTHEAST OF AN NASIRIYAH. THE

INSPECTORS FOUND TALL AL LAHM LITTERED WITH DAMAGED AND DESTROYED

SARIN-FILLED 122MM ROCKETS. THE INSPECTORS ALSO NOTED THAT THE

BUILDINGS WERE DESTROYED BY DEMOLITIONS AS OPPOSED TO AERIAL

BOMBBARDMENT. THEY ALSO FOUND AN EMPTY U.S. CRATE LABELED AS M48,

WHICH ARE SHAPE CHARGES USED BY THE U.S. MILITARY.

NOTIFIED ARMY CENTRAL COMMAND (ARCENT) OF THE LOCATION AND

EVIDENCE FOUND AT TALL AL LAHM. WE RECEIVED INFORMATION FROM

ARCENT TO THE FACT THAT 24TH MECHANIZED INFANTRY DIVISION WAS

LOCATED IN THE VICINITY OF TALL AL LAHM, BUT WE ARE UNABLE TO

CONFIRM IF U.S. TROOPS DID IN FACT DESTROY BUILDINGS AT THIS

PARTICULAR SITE. WE ARE SENDING THIS INFORMATION TO YOU IN ORDER

TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION AS YOU SEE FIT AS THE RISK OF CHEMICAL

CONTAMINATION BY 24TH ID PERSONNEL IS A POSSIBILITY.







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