Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
IRAQ-KUWAIT: SITUATION UPDATE.
Filename:71625013
PATHFINDER RECORD NUMBER: 25013
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HEADER O 240800Z FEB 91 ZYH
FM SSO DIA //IRAQ REGIONAL ITF//
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SECTION 01 OF 11
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SERIAL: DSA 183-91
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BODY SUBJ: IRAQ-KUWAIT: SITUATION UPDATE.
DOI: 24 FEB 91 (AS OF 0100 EST)
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MAJOR POINTS
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1. IRAQI FORCES HAVE APPARENTLY SET FIRE TO SEVERAL
STRUCTURES IN KUWAIT CITY.
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5. A REVIEW OF INFORMATION ON THE FIRES IN KUWAITI OIL FIELDS
REVEALS A LESSER HAZARD FROM HYDROGEN SULFIDE AND ANHYDROUS AMMONIA
THAN REPORTED IN THE 0100 EST 23 FEBRUARY DSA.
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DEVELOPING SITUATION
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DISCUSSION
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23. A REVIEW OF INFORMATION ON THE FIRES IN KUWAITI OIL FIELDS
REVEALS A LESSER HAZARD FROM HYDROGEN SULFIDE AND ANHYDROUS AMMONIA
THAN REPORTED IN THE 0100 EST 23 FEBRUARY DSA. THE MAJOR HAZARDS
CREATED BY IRAQI SABOTAGE OF LARGE NUMBERS OF OIL WELLS REMAIN
INTENSE HEAT AND THICK, OILY, BLACK SMOKE. CHEMICAL BY-PRODUCTS
CONTAINED IN THE SMOKE ARE ASPHYXIANTS AND IRRITANTS. THESE INCLUDE
SOOT, CARBON MONOXIDE, AND SULFUR DIOXIDE. THIS SMOKE, HOWEVER,
DOES NOT CONTAIN TOXIC HYDROGEN SULFIDE, WHICH IS CONSUMED IN THE
FIRE. ANY ANHYDROUS AMMONIA GAS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS, BUT IS A
NEGLIGIBLE COMPONENT OF THE POLLUTION. THE PLUMES OF SMOKE FROM THE
BURNING WELLS ARE RISING ABOUT 2 KM AND DRIFTING WITH THE WIND.
SOME RESIDUAL SMOKE IS PROBABLY REACHING THE GROUND APPROXIMATELY
7 TO 10 KM DOWNWIND.
24. FURTHER HYDROGEN SULFIDE IS NOT PREVALENT IN ALL OF
KUWAIT'S OIL FIELDS, AND ONLY 97 OF THE 1,100 OIL WELLS HAVE
SIGNIFICANT CONCENTRATIONS OF THIS TOXIC GAS. HYDROGEN SULFIDE
WOULD
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BE RELEASED IF THESE WELLS WERE DAMAGED, BUT NOT IGNITED. VIRTUALLY
ALL OF THE WELLS CONTAINING THIS GAS ARE LOCATED IN THE AL MANAQISH
AND UMM GUDAGR OIL FIELDS, LOCATED IN SOUTH-CENTRAL KUWAIT. GAS
MASKS AND PROTECTIVE CLOTHING PROVIDE PROTECTION FROM HYDROGEN
SULFIDE. HOWEVER, THE MASKS DO NOT PROVIDE PROTECTION FROM
ASPHYXIANTS, WHICH DISPLACE OXYGEN. SOOT ALSO CAN CLOG THE MASKS,
REDUCING THEIR EFFECTIVENESS.
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TEAM ONE, DIA/J2, [ (b)(2) ]
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