Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
PERSIAN GULF: SITUATION REPORT
Filename:73559607
SUBJECT: PERSIAN GULF: SITUATION REPORT
PATHFINDER RECORD NUMBER: 59607
GENDATE: 950605
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ENVELOPE RATMCIEB YEKDQA 4806 2642038-MIDO--YEKDQX.
ZNY MMIDO ZNZ1
ZKZK RR AAZ DE
HEADER R 212038Z SEP 90 ZYS
FM SSO DIA/AIRES
TO SSO CINCCENT
FIC CATIS
USAINTCTREUR
SSO IRC CATIS
SSO USAFE
SSO SAC
SAC PACER
ETUTUSAREUR
SSO FTD
FICPAC CATIS
AFIS//INOAD//
SAFE
NAVSTKWARCEN
CMO 513 MI BDE
ESC IDHS
ESC
CATIS MACDILL
ZEM
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[ (b)(2) ]
SUBJ: CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION SITES IN SOUTHERN IRAQ
SECTION 01 OF 01 SECTIONS
BODY MSGID/IIR/[ (b)(2) ]
RPTID/PEPIR/[ (b)(2) ]
ITEMTYP/INDICATIONS AND WARNING ITEMS//
ITEM/006/IRAQ-KUWAIT BORDER DISPUTE/[ (b)(2) ]
/CTY:IZ/Y
//
LOC/GEO:300500N0474730E//
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RMK/PERSIAN GULF: SITUATION REPORT
/
/
[ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED, AS WELL
/AS THREE NEW CHEMICAL DECONTAMINATION SITES. A HIGHER THAN NORMAL
/LEVEL OF ACTIVITY WAS NOTED AT SAMARRA CHEMICAL WEAPONS RESEARCH
/PRODUCTION AND STORAGE FACILITY IN CENTRAL IRAQ.
/
/KUWAIT --
/
/GROUND ACTIVITY --
/
/[ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
/
/IRAQ --
/
/GROUND ACTIVITY --
/
/[ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
/
/THREE ADDITIONAL CHEMICAL DECONTAMINATION SITES HAVE BEEN
/IDENTIFIED IN SOUTHERN IRAQ. THE FIRST SITE IS WEST OF AL MUFRASH
/AIRFIELD, NEAR 30-10-44N 047-20-45E. IT CONSISTS OF AT LEAST FIVE
/DECONTAMINATION POSITIONS WITH V-SHAPED TRENCHING. FOUR OF THESE
/POSITIONS WERE OCCUPIED BY UNIDENTIFIED VEHICLES. THE SECOND
/DECONTAMINATION SITE IS ABOUT 7 KM SOUTH OF SHAIBAH AIRFIELD AT
/30-17N 047-37E, AND CONSISTS OF TWO V-SHAPED DECONTAMINATION
/STATIONS WITH ONE TRUCK AT EACH STATION. TWO ADDITIONAL
/DECONTAMINATION STATIONS MAY SOON BE BUILT AT THIS SITE AS TWO
/TRUCKS WERE POSITIONED ADJACENT TO THE OTHER STATIONS. BOTH OF
/THESE SITES HAVE BEEN CONSTRUCTED SINCE 16 SEPTEMBER. THE THIRD
/SITE, PRESENT SINCE EARLY SEPTEMBER, IS NORTH OF UMM QASR IN THE
/VICINITY OF 30-05N 047-54E. IT CONSISTS OF ONE DECONTAMINATION
/STATION.
/
/CHEMICAL ACTIVITY --
/
/AT SAMARRA CHEMICAL WEAPONS RESEARCH PRODUCTION AND STORAGE
/FACILITY, A HIGHER THAN NORMAL LEVEL OF MATERIAL MOVEMENT WAS
/OBSERVED IN THE PROBABLE CHEMICAL WEAPONS STORAGE BUNKER AREA AND
/IN THE MATERIALS-CHEMICAL STORAGE AREA.
/
/IN THE PROBABLE CHEMICAL WEAPONS STORAGE AREA, A DECONTAMINATION
/VEHICLE HAD ARRIVED NEAR ONE OF THE OPEN CRUCIFORM BUNKERS. THIS
/MOVEMENT MAY BE AN INDICATOR OF PREPARATIONS TO MOVE MATERIAL
INTO
/OR OUT OF THE BUNKER. THE MAIN DOOR OF ONE OTHER CRUCIFORM BUNKER
/REMAINED PARTIALLY OPEN.
/
/IN THE MATERIALS-CHEMICAL STORAGE AREA, TWO LOADED STAKE BED
/TRUCKS HAD ARRIVED. IN ADDITION, A LARGE AMOUNT OF UNIDENTIFIED
/MATERIALS HAD BEEN MOVED TO A STORAGE BUILDING NEAR A FABRICATION
/BUILDING [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] THIS BUILDING IS USED
FOR PROBABLE
/TEFLON-LINED CONTAINER FABRICATION). THIS MATERIAL HAS PROBABLY
/BEEN MOVED FROM THE PRODUCTION AREA, AND IS FURTHER EVIDENCE OF A
/CHANGE IN THE MUNITIONS FILLING ROUTINE OBSERVED DURING JULY AND
/AUGUST, WHEN STAKE BED TRUCKS LOADED WITH PROBABLE CW RELATED
/MATERIAL MOVED BETWEEN THE BUNKERED STORAGE AREA AND THE PROBABLE
/FILLING COMPOUND.
/ [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
/
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/
//
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