Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
DIA MIDDLE EAST-AFRICA INTSUM 145-91/14 FEB 91. (U)
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CONTROLS SECTION 01 OF 02
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BODY SUBJ: DIA MIDDLE EAST-AFRICA INTSUM 145-91/14 FEB 91. (U)
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IRAQ-KUWAIT: SITUATION UPDATE (C)
AS OF 1430Z 14 FEB 91
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MAJOR POINTS
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1. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
2. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
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DEVELOPING SITUATION
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3. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
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DISCUSSION
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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. MISSILE/CHEMICAL ACTIVITY. NEW DESTRUCTION HAS BEEN NOTED
AT SUSPECTED BIOLOGICAL AND/OR CHEMICAL WEAPON STORAGE BUNKERS IN
IRAQ. A REFRIGERATED 12-FRAME BUNKER AT THE TIKRIT AMMUNITION
DEPOT
HAS BEEN DESTROYED. THIS IS THE 14TH OF 19 IDENTIFIED IRAQI
SPECIAL
REFRIGERATED BUNKERS DESTROYED TO DATE, REPRESENTING A 74 PERCENT
DEGRADATION IN IRAQ'S CAPACITY TO STORE BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS OR
OTHER
HEAT-SENSITIVE MATERIEL, INCLUDING CHEMICAL WEAPONS. COMMENT: THE
POSSIBILITY REMAINS THAT WEAPONS AND MATERIEL REQUIRING
REFRIGERATED STORAGE COULD HAVE BEEN MOVED TO OTHER UNIDENTIFIED,
POSSIBLY CIVILIAN, FACILITIES BEFORE THE BUNKERS WERE HIT BY
COALITION AIR STRIKES.
9. AT THE KIRKUK AMMUNITION DEPOT, TWO S-SHAPED BUNKERS
SUSPECTED OF STORING CHEMICAL WEAPONS HAVE BEEN HEAVILY DAMAGED.
TO
DATE, 16 OF IRAQ'S 22 S-SHAPED BUNKERS HAVE BEEN DESTROYED,
REPRESENTING A 73 PERCENT REDUCTION IN THIS TYPE OF FACILITY. IT
IS
HIGHLY PROBABLE THAT SOME OF IRAQ'S CHEMICAL WEAPONS INVENTORY HAS
BEEN DISPERSED TO INSURE SURVIVABILITY. AT THE QAYYARAH WEST
AMMUNITION DEPOT, MUNITIONS DISPERSAL HAS BEEN IN PROGRESS SINCE
EARLY FEBRUARY. RECENT ACTIVITY NEAR ONE OF THE FOUR S-SHAPED
BUNKERS AT THIS DEPOT SUGGESTS THAT CHEMICAL WEAPONS MAY BE
PRESENT
IN NEW REVETTED, EARTH-COVERED STORAGE THAT HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED
JUST OUTSIDE THE DEPOT.
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1O. THERE HAVE BEEN ND CONFIRMED REPORTS OF COLLATERAL
CONTAMINATION AS A RESULT OF COALITION AIR STRIKES ON BIOLOGICAL
AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH, PRODUCTION, OR STORAGE FACILITIES. COMMENT:
DECONTAMINATION EFFORTS HAVE NOT BEEN NOTED AT SITES THAT HAVE
SUFFERED BOMB DAMAGE. INDICATING THAT IRAQ IS CONFIDENT THAT NO
CHEMICAL OR BIOLOGICAL CONTAMINATION HAS RESULTED. THE RUBBLE AND
DEBRIS FORMED AS A RESULT OF A BOMB HIT WOULD PROBABLY CONTAIN
MINIMAL CONTAMINATION, AND IRAQ MAY HAVE DECONTAMINATED CERTAIN
AREAS WITHOUT BEING NOTED. IRAQ PROBABLY EVACUATED AT LEAST SOME
SENSITIVE FACILITIES PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF HOSTILITIES TO INSURE
SURVIVABILITY OF EQUIPMENT, PROCESSING STOCKS, AND FILLED WEAPONS.
11. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
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12. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
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[ (b)(2) ]
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