Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
IRAQ-KUWAIT: SITUATION UPDATE.
Filename:71624175
PATHFINDER RECORD NUMBER: 24175
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SECTION 01 OF 07
[ (b)(2) ]
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BODY SUBJ: IRAQ-KUWAIT: SITUATION UPDATE.
DOI: 8 MAR 91 (AS OF 0100 EST)
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MAJOR POINTS
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1. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] PLANNING A CHEM1CAL ATTACK AGAINST
AL HILLAH IN SOUTHEASTERN IRAQ.
2. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
3. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
4. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
/****** BEGINNING OF SECTION 002 ******/
DISCUSSION
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5. STATUS OF THE UNREST. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] A "BURNING
THE SKIN AIRCRAFT" WOULD EMPLOY "SPECIAL ORDNANCE" TO CARRY OUT
ITS MISSION AT THE TOWN OF AL HILLAH (32-39N 044-25E) [ (b)(1)
sec 1.3(a)(4) ]. A POSSIBLE REFERENCE TO SADDAM HUSAYN,
HAD DIRECTED THIS ATTACK, AND REQUIRED A 3-HOUR TIME PER1OD TO
ELAPSE AFTER THE ATTACK. COMMENT: THIS REPORT SUGGESTS THE USE OF
A BLISTER-TYPE CHEMICAL AGENT, SUCH AS MUSTARD OR LEWISITE, WITH A
3-HOUR DELAY TO ALLOW THE AGENT TO ACHIEVE INCAPACITATING RESULTS.
6. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
7. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] THERE IS A
PROPOSAL "TO DEAL" WITH AN INSURGENT COMMAND CENTER LOCATED IN THE
CENTRAL IRAQ CITY OF AN NAJAF (31-59N 044-20E) INVOLVING THE USE OF
"SPECIAL MUNITIONS." COMMENT: IN THE PAST, THE TERM "SPECIAL
MUNITIONS" HAS BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH CHEMICAL WEAPONS. THE "COMMAND
CENTER" PROBABLY REFERS TO A BUILDING OR GROUP OF BU1LDINGS AGAINST
WHICH THE USE OF INCAPACITANTS OR IRRITANTS WOULD BE PARTICULARLY
EFFECTIVE.
8. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
/****** BEGINNING OF SECTION 003 ******/
9. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
10. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
IN ADDIT1ON TO ATTACKING INSURGENT POSITIONS AND PROVIDING CLOSE
AIR SUPPORT FOR TROOPS TRYING TO QUELL THE CIVIL UNREST [ (b)(1)
sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
ATTACKS AGAINST CIVILIANS WERE NOTED 1N THE AN NAJAF AREA [
(b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]. COMMENT: HINDS AND OTHER IRAQI
HELICOPTERS ARE CAPABLE OF DELIVERING CHEMICAL
/****** BEGINNING OF SECTION 004 ******/
MUNITIONS. WITH THE IMMINENT DEPARTURE OF ALL FOREIGN JOURNAL1STS
FROM IRAQ, BAGHDAD WILL LIKELY FEEL LESS CONSTRAINED ABOUT
AUTHORIZING SUCH ATTACKS AGAINST IRAQI CITIZENS.
11. [ (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) ]
/****** BEGINNING OF SECTION 005 ******/
15. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
16. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
/****** BEGINNING OF SECTION 006 ******/
17. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
18. ([ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
/****** BEGINNING OF SECTION 007 ******/
ADMIN PREP: [ (b)(2) ]
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