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1TEM 1: PERSIAN GULF: SITUAT10N UPDATE (U)
NARR/1. IN KUWAIT, THE MILITARY STATUS REMAIN UNCHANGING
OVER THE PAST 12 HOURS. THERE CONTlNUES TO BE REPORTS OF ATTACKS BY
KUWAIT RESISTANCE FORCES ON IRAQI SOLDIERS. YESTERDAY , IT'S REPORTED
THAT THE DISCOVERY OF THE BODIES OF FIVE IRAQI SOLDIE RS LED TO
ATTACKS ON CIVILIANS BY IRAQI TROOPS OCCUPYING KUWAIT CITY. THERE ARE
REPORTS OF LARGE EXPLOSIONS AT A CHEMICAL PRODUCTlON PLANT IN THE
CITY CF AL OAIN, FIVE KILOMETERS FROM THE SYRIAN BORDER. ALTHOUGH
THE IRAQI'S INSIST THAT THE PLANT PRODUCES ONLY FERTILIZER,
[(b)(1)sec3.4(b)(1)]
SUGGESTING THAT CHEMICALS FOR
MILITARY USE MAY HAVE BEEN PRODUCED AT THE PLANT. SYRIANS IN BORDER
VILLAGES NEAR THE PLANT REFORT HEARING UP TO 46 EXPLOSIONS; HOWEVER,
THE EXTENT OF DAMAGE AT THE PLANT IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME. FINALLY,
TWO U.S. NAVAL SHIPS WERE HARASSED BY AN IRANIAN SHIP WHILE
CONDUCTING REPLENISHKENT OPERATIONS IN THE 6ULF OF OhAN 0N ~ SEP
1990. THE HARASSMEMT OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY 30 NAUTICAL MILES
NORTHEAST OF OMAN WHEN THE IRANIAN SHIP, A "BANDAR ABBAS" CLASS
REPLENISHMENT OILER, IDENTIFIED HERSELF AS AN ITALIAN VESSEL AND
POSITIONED HERSELF 500 YARDS ABEAM OF THE U.S. VESSELS, THE IRANIAN
SHIP THEN REQUESTED OPERATIONAL IMFORMATION FROM THE U.S. VESSELS.
THE U.S. SHIPS VISUALLY IDENTIFIED THE OTHER SHIP AS IRANIAN AND
DIRECTED IT TO OPEN DISTANCE. THE IRANIAN SHIP THEN COMPLIED WITH
THE U.S. DIRECTIVE. ALTHOUGH THE HARASSMENT BY THE IRANIAN NAVAL

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