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BOMB DAMAGE ASSESSMENT CABLE - 29-04 JAN 91 
Filename:72327114
PATHFINDER RECORD NUMBER: 27114
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SUBJ: BOMB DAMAGE ASSESSMENT CABLE - 29-04 JAN 91 
60.134/0X-6
1. [   (b)(2)   ], ABU GHURAYB SUSP BW FAC, IZ, COORD:
331823N/0441136E, [   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]. FURTHER ANALYSIS  
[   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ] REVEALED NO DISCERNABLE DAMAGE TO THE 
ABU GHURAYB SUSP BW FAC. TWO U/I CAMOUFLAGED BUILDINGS JUST E OF 
THE FAC WERE DESTROYED. HOWEVER, THESE BUILDINGS ARE NOT ASSESSED 
TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FAC. THE L-SHAPE0 SUSP BW BLDG, LOCATED 
IN THE SE CORNER OF THE FAC, APPEARED TO BE INTACT.
2. [   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]
3. [   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]
4. [   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]
5. [   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]
6. [   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]
7. [   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]
8. [   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]
9. [   (b)(2)   ], BAGHDAD PETROLEUM REFINERY AD DAWRAH, IZ,
COORD: 331628N/0442553E, [   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]. NO 
ADDITIONAL DAMAGE WAS NOTED SINCE 27 JANUARY. [   (b)(1) sec 
1.3(a)(4)   ] REVEALED CONCEALMENT/DECEPTION MEASURES AT THE 
SOUTHERN END OF THIS FACILITY [   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]. FIRES 
WERE LIT AT THESE POINTS ENVELOPING MOST OF THE REFINERY IN SMOKE, 
[   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]  DID NOT REVEAL ANY NEW DAMAGE AT 
THIS FACILITY. [   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]
10. [   (b)(2)   ], HABBANIYAH POSS CW PROD FACILITY 1, IZ,
COORD: 333250N/0433755E, [   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]. ANALYSIS [ 
  (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ] REVEALED NO BOMB DAMAGE TO OR ACTIVITY 
WITHIN HABBANIYAH POSS CW PROD FAC 1 SINCE 21 JAN [   (b)(1) sec 
1.3(a)(4)   ].
11. [   (b)(2)   ], UBAYDAH BIN AL JARRAH, IZ, COORD:
322915N/0454544E, [   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]. CONFIRMED LIGHT 
DAMAGE TO ONE OF THE MARAGE AIRCRAFT BUNKERS IN AREA 2 [   (b)(1) 
sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]. THIS DAMAGE WAS SUSTAINED ON 27 JAN 91 DURING A 
PREVIOUS ATTACK BUT WAS NOT NOTED [   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]. NO 
DAMAGE WAS APPARENT TO EITHER OF THE CHEMICAL MUNITIONS STORAGE 
BUNKERS. [   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]
12. [   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]
13. [   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]
14. [   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]
16 [   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]
17. [   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]
18. [   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]
19. [   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]
21 ([   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]
22. [   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]
23. [   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]
24 [   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]
25. [   (b)(2)   ], HA8BANIYAH POSS CW PRO0 FACILITY III, IZ,
COORD: 332904N/0434919E, [   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]. CONTINUING 
BOMB DAMAGE ASSESSMENT REVEALED ONLY SUPERFICIAL DAMAGE TO THE 
SAMARRA- TYPE PRODUCTION BUILDING. ANALYSIS [   (b)(1) sec 
1.3(a)(4)   ] REVEALED PROBABLE SUPERFICIAL DAMAGE TO THE 
PRODUCTION BUILDING VICE PROBABLE LIGHT DAMAGE WHICH WAS REPORTED 
ON 25 JAN [   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]. THERE WAS NO OTHER BOMB 
DAMAGE SINCE 25 JAN AND NO ACTIVITY IS NOTED W/IN THE FACILITY. [ 
  (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]
26. [   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]
27. [   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]
28. [   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]
29. [   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]
30. [   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]
31. [   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]