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[b.2] SERIAL: DSA 71-91 /*********** THIS IS A COMBINED MESSAGE ************/ SUBJECT: IRAQ-KUWAIT: SITUATION UPDATE DOI: 22 JAN 91 (AS OF 0100 EST) )) MAJOR POINTS )) [b.1. sec 1.5(c) 2. THE ABILITY OF IRAQ TO PRODUCE CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL AGENTS HAS BEEN SERIOUSLY DEGRADED. [b.1. sec 1.5(c)] SADDAM MAY BECOME INCREASINGLY FRUSTRATED BY THE LACK OF SUCCESS OF HIS SRBM FORCE IN ACHIEVING ASSIGNED MILITARY OR POLITICAL OBJECTIVES. AN ISRAELI COUNTERSTROKE HAS NOT BEEN PROVOKED, AND THOSE MISSILES WHICH HAVE REACHED THEIR TARGETS HAVE RESULTED IN ONLY NEGLIGIBLE DAMAGE. ADDITIONALLY, THE MISSILES HAVE PROVEN UNEXPECTEDLY VULNERABLE TO INTERCEPTION AND DESTRUCTION. THESE FAILURES MAY RESULT IN THE DECISION TO ESCALATE THE USE OF HIS SRBM FORCE BY USING CHEMICAL OR BIOLOGICAL WARHEADS, PARTICULARLY AGAINST /****** BEGINNING OF SECTION 006 ******/ ISRAEL IN AN EFFORT TO ACH1EVE THE SUCCESS THAT HAS THUS FAR BEEN DENIED. 12. CHEMICAL/BIOLOGICAL WARFARE ACTIVITY. THE ABILITY OF 1RAQ TO PRODUCE CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL AGENTS HAS BEEN SERIOUSLY DEGRADED. [b.1. sec 1.5(c)] ?
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